I am a Bridezilla and my confession is....

Maysie

i've not heard of autism assistance dog before sounds interesting. I will have my then 19yr old autistic nephew coming he can make some interesting loud noises and jump up and down a lot.

Enchantica

One of my friends may take a Bridezilla moment at some point... me and OH are planning on starting trying for a family in November 2011 after we are married. If I happen to be a very fertile myrtle then I could be 7/8 months pregnant at her wedding in 2012. Luckily she doesn't want me and the other bridesmaid in matching dresses, we are to buy what we like as long as it's purple and semi casual. I would hold off on the baby making but me and OH are very much ready now and wish we could try sooner! But want to wait until after we are married. I'm not getting any younger (will be going on 28 after we are married) so want to get started on it. So I could be a bumpy bridesmaid! I assume I will probably be around 5 months gone as I doubt I will get preg so soon... maybe not even preg at all by then.

Also is it wrong to ask everyone to wear outfits the colour of the wedding theme? Lol, I would love to but I won't Although putting ONLY SILVER, BLUE AND WHITE ALLOWED AT THE WEDDING would be quite funny on the invites.

bubbles0169

enchantica i think its lovely if everyone matches the wedding colour, you could put on the invite 'please ask about our colour scheme if you would like to follow it in your attire' or somthing but no i dont think you could put 'ONLY.... ALLOWED' lol

missknixon

I am Bridezilla! No longer having moments I am 100% it! |Everything is irritating me! Visiting my mum and dad hasn't helped - she told me she would sort out the flowers for their side - she still hasn't been and done them - we get married on Saturday she only needs to sort 10 button holes out! I offered but she said no! Now I am getting stressed! x

emz118

Gandy... look at the pics of Robbie's wedding... their dogs were their "bridesmaids"

They had flowers around their collars... maybe an idea?

I think it's a fab idea to have the dog going down the aisle to keep your nephew calm. Remember it will be a well trained dog!

clearing_out_my_pockets

I'm a bridezilla and I'm feeling a little sad.

I always imagined that when I "grew up and got married" shopping for bridesmaids dresses would be a fun experience with my sister and best friend. Instead, it feels quite sad and OH is actually quite angry at how much my bridesmaids are letting me down.

(Warning - this may be long-winded)

I went to buy my dress in July. My sister came along with my mum. After one of the appointments, my sister looked at BM dresses and saw two that were "Okay" as she put it. As I am the same size (ish) as my best friend, I also tried them on. One of them suited us both. I send a link to my best friend on Facebook and got the reply "ooh - me likey, not sure about colour" which is fine as it comes in about 30 colours!

So, September comes along and best friend asked "when are we going BM shopping?". Making a snap decision, I said October 16th. She seemed really excited. The next day I booked appointments with two bridal shops for the 16th and told my mum and sister. Everything was fine. Then about two weeks beforehand, best friend tells me she has a Saturday job. She can do dress shopping Monday-Friday after 3 or Saturday after 4.30, or a Sunday. The bridal shops I had booked only open until 5 on a Saturday and not at all on a Sunday. I know I could get a dress from the high street and I know that she shouldn't put her life on hold, but it's one day that was arranged a month beforehand. But we decided to keep the date and send her a picture of our shortlist so she could still have a say. Then, to top it all off three days before the 16th, my sister said that she wanted to go away for the weekend to see her boyfriend

So 16th ended up being me and my mum shopping for accessories for my dress and arranging the flowers. I have now told the BMs what they are wearing and what colour it will be. If they don't like it, they don't wear it. No choice now.

Had a lovely day with my mum though :T Reckon I could get her to be BM?

White_Sapphire

I can understand it being difficult for your friend having got a Saturday job - of course I don't know whether she would have been able to get some time off or not on that day, but I would hope that she did at least try given that you had booked the date a month in advance. Although having had a Saturday job it can be very difficult to get time off as they expect you there EVERY Saturday.

Your sister on the other hand is a bit out of order IMO - she can go away for the weekend any time she likes, why choose the weekend when you have something planned?!

Could your friend maybe try to swap her hours, or take a couple of hours off one Saturday? It might be easier in a month or so when she is established in her job and can give a bit more notice. I reckon with your sister you should give her a date that's convenient for you and your friend and say that if she is not there then she has no say in what she wears, as she will have cancelled twice!

EDT: Sorry, just read your post again, and note that you have now chosen BM dresses for them! Good on you I think - you're not asking them to put their lives on hold for you, just for one day/afternoon/couple of hours which really isn't much to ask.

Can we have a wee peeky at the dresses please?

clearing_out_my_pockets

White_Sapphire wrote: »

I can understand it being difficult for your friend having got a Saturday job - of course I don't know whether she would have been able to get some time off or not on that day, but I would hope that she did at least try given that you had booked the date a month in advance. Although having had a Saturday job it can be very difficult to get time off as they expect you there EVERY Saturday. She works for her step-dad and she said herself that it's a casual thing and she can get time off. But she needs the money. If she doesn't go, she doesn't get paid.

Your sister on the other hand is a bit out of order IMO - she can go away for the weekend any time she likes, why choose the weekend when you have something planned?!

Could your friend maybe try to swap her hours, or take a couple of hours off one Saturday? It might be easier in a month or so when she is established in her job and can give a bit more notice. I reckon with your sister you should give her a date that's convenient for you and your friend and say that if she is not there then she has no say in what she wears, as she will have cancelled twice!

Some comments in red above. Fortunately, friend has the 6th off although she can only stay for an hour so we're going then. Dress has been chosen, both of them agree to it.

The thing that's annoyed my about the job is that she knew she'd got the job in September and that she was starting in October, but she didn't say anything. I've bent over backwards trying to find a dress that suits both of them and trying to accommodate their needs. Surely it should be the other way round :rotfl:

Final thing on best friend - when she told me that she could take it off, she proceeded to tell me how much money she would be missing out on. She was making it fairly clear she expected me to make it up to her financially. On top of getting a free dress which she can keep and sell on ebay after!

clearing_out_my_pockets

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Mrs_Moore_To_Be

That dress is gorgeous! Ill be your bridesmaid!! :rotfl: x