Wanted: Bridesmaid horror stories

[Ride Junkie]

Wow, I guess I should consider myself lucky that, at age 37, I've never been a bridesmaid!! (just a bride.) I only had a MOH (my sister), and I let her pick out whatever black dress she wanted. We found one on sale at Macy's that was perfect, and she just wore it to another wedding last weekend.

She didn't like the idea of Pepto pink with a big butt bow...

These stories are awesome, keep them coming!!!

 

[tiggger1]

This wasnt so much the brides fault, poor thing just wanted a nice wedding.

It was my sister in laws and the whole upcoming hair story isnt her fault in any way.

The worst part for me the bridesmaid was getting the hair done. (Aside from the ordering the wrong size dresses for us all, bad alterations, pinning the dress together so the top didnt gap so bad you could see both of the "Twins". The other bridesmaid took it to her grandma to fix, she couldnt zip it up far enough once you got to her "twins".)

I had moved to this hick town, DD was the flower girl and she was 2 with a little hair. So I just had to worry about getting mine done, picking up Dh and DD, head to the wedding. Sounds simple, works on paper. I made an appointment at the only decent hairplace in town. I head down there at 9:30 to get my hair done and there is a note on the door for her clients: I forgot it was Mothers Day weekend, went to Chicago. Call me Monday to rescedule your appointment." I freaked! We were supposed to have updos done, I have very fine hair that is a pain in the bottom to try and do myself.

I started calling around and found someone who would do my hair in a panic, the next town over had a day spa that told me to come down ASAP and they worked their magic. They even felt so bad for me with my puffy eyes that they did my make up. Poor Dh and DD had to wait for me since we were running out of time to get to the wedding. I gave them one heck of a tip and my service from then on!

Poor sister in law let future mother in law do her flowers. The lady tried to put out hanging baskets with the hanger still attached. But fake (very bad fake flowers) for our bouquets! We did what we could with that one, running out to buy more flowers and what not!

At least it was only you and your DD, that sorta happened to me and my entire Bridal party. I had went in 5 months before and scheduled all the appointments. Called and double checked 3 times. The Bridesmaids were supposed to start at 9, mine was at 10. show up for mine at 9:30 and none of my bridemaids are started yet.. I ask what was going on and they tell me we are all early. We arent supposed to be there until 3...Ummm no, My wedding is at 3! and I just talked to the manager a week ago when I got my rehearsal hairdo done.. I pull out my card and show them the time.. the receptionist turns white and excuses herself...3 minutes later the manager I spoke to runs into the salon... turns out there was another wedding party who wanted to get her hair done and she is also a frequent client. She whined to her hairdresser about being book and she moved all our appointments to the afternoon and never told anyone. She figured that they would tell me I screwed up and make us wait. I was hysterical and the manager was livid with the hairdresser..The manager was great, She called in all of her hairdressers to do my bridal party and fired the hairdresser on the spot... we were a bit late at my house to get dressed but we managed!

 

[lulu71]

I have been in 11 weddings, and I was at "the age" in the early 80's. I had enough ugly gowns I could have opened a deranged bridesmaid store. But I will only give you my best story. Picture this, one bride, one dozen bridemades and a few miscellaneous kids. I was away when they went shopping. They could not agree on a color that made them all look good, so they went rainbow. I was given the last color. A lovely chartreuse in a nice poly blend. The wedding was in July so I was especially tan, white teeth and pretty muched glowed in the dark. On the way out of church, the bride & groom were gettin into the horse & carriage and the darn horse went to kick me and I jump back fall on my butt, chartreuese poly dress up in the air with my matching pumps swinging The entore church got a peek. ( it was before the days of thongs thank goodness)

I picture permed hair wearing a stick of Extra spearmint gum. At least day glo was all the rage in the early 80s!

 

[BrooklynnsMommy]

I have a story about two of my bridesmaids.

The night before my wedding I rented connecting hotel rooms so my bridesmaids and I could hang out. At about 12:30 a.m. we decided to run to Krispy Kreme. Two of the girls said they were tired and were going to bed. When we returned around 1:00 a.m. the room was dark so we went in the other one to sit and chat and eat our doughnuts. About 1:30 there was a knock at the door. It was the lady from the front desk holding a bridesmaids dress. It had a post it note attached that said "we feel this is best". THe dress belonged to one of the two girls who had stayed behind on our doughnut run. She hadn't paid for it yet (I had). We went next door and all their stuff was gone. They left and never came back or called to explain themselves. So the day of the wedding we had to completely re rehearse because now we had 6 groomsmen and 4 bridesmaids. It was CRAZY!

 

[Handbag Lady]

My only regret is that I didn't pick Pepto Pink AND had my back-up singers wear butt bows.

I tried what I thought was best: I picked my favorite color and bought the fabric and they could have whatever dress they wanted made. I offered to pay for that part, too, but they made their own. I did pick eggplant, though, as I love dark purple.

The moral of my story is this: never have your professional make-up-hair artist / assistant do your make-up.

She showed up late to my get-ready suite at the hotel; she decided that she was going to join in the breakfast ordered from room service, and when I pointed out that it was taking over three hours for hair and make-up... we simply needed to just move it along.

Her response: you're the bride, they will wait for you!

Mind you, this is my assisant! The nerve! She took LONGER and at one point (changing the hair...again!) , and even though I swore to high heaven I was NOT GOING TO BE A BRIDEZILLA I decided I was done and pissed her off and left for my wedding.

I did miss the pre-wedding photos, which I paid for!

 

[nannerbadnanner]

I have a story about two of my bridesmaids.

The night before my wedding I rented connecting hotel rooms so my bridesmaids and I could hang out. At about 12:30 a.m. we decided to run to Krispy Kreme. Two of the girls said they were tired and were going to bed. When we returned around 1:00 a.m. the room was dark so we went in the other one to sit and chat and eat our doughnuts. About 1:30 there was a knock at the door. It was the lady from the front desk holding a bridesmaids dress. It had a post it note attached that said "we feel this is best". THe dress belonged to one of the two girls who had stayed behind on our doughnut run. She hadn't paid for it yet (I had). We went next door and all their stuff was gone. They left and never came back or called to explain themselves. So the day of the wedding we had to completely re rehearse because now we had 6 groomsmen and 4 bridesmaids. It was CRAZY!

That's horrible! Did they ever tell you why they did that?

 

[goofinoff]

I was in a friend's wedding years ago. We had only been out of high school a year when she got married. (they got engaged at our senior prom! UGH!!) Never let a 19 year old plan a wedding. Our dresses were a hidious shade of pink with an even uglier pink lace overlay. They came up really high in the front and low in the back. They were T-length with a really full skirt and big puffy sleeves that had bows on the end. We also had the pink dyed satin shoes to match. There, of course, was the big butt bow. To top it all off, we all wore bows in our hair made from the same material. Apparently, the bride bought way too much of this lovely material and lace because not only did we get bows for our hair but we got button earrings and purses! We looked so dumb! Oh, and it was at the end of July and the ugly dresses were about 10 pounds! The wedding was in this teeny, tiny chapel with no air at all. I walked down the aisle with this guy who was a friend of the grooms who had a psycho girlfriend who wanted to beat me up because I had to walk and dance with this geek. The reception was at a VFW hall. The food was buffet style, make your own subs, potato chips out of the bag, store bought potato salad and paper plates. No air in the hall. Her middle school brother was the DJ, playing cassette tapes on his boom box! The best man got so drunk that he passed out on the dance floor. The bride and groom smashed the cake in each other's faces so bad that it was all in her hair and all over her dress. But guess what...They are still married so good for them, I guess!

 

[figment52]

This thread really needs pictures of some of these dresses and wedding portraits - faces removed to protect the innocent and guilty.

 

[kimberlym4]

I worked in the bridal industry so I could write a book. Seriously.

The only thing worse than being a bridesmaid has to be working in the industry. I'm in my sister's wedding this weekend and the seamtress who was doing my alterations was cracking me up. I had been lamenting the cost of the alterations so she knew money was on my mind. The dress is nice but is a halter top and my "top" doesn't stand up like it used to. So she's trying to "adjust" me in the bra to best flatter my sagging girls. In the process she's getting to know me better than she probably wants to. As she's apologizing I say that's OK - as long as I don't have to pay extra for that! She says, "honey, pretty soon I'm going to have to pay you!" I laughed and she says "at least wore underwear to the fitting .

Which ones of you are going to your fittings without underwear!? YIKES.

 

[Costumesaremylife]

The only thing worse than being a bridesmaid has to be working in the industry. I'm in my sister's wedding this weekend and the seamtress who was doing my alterations was cracking me up. I had been lamenting the cost of the alterations so she knew money was on my mind. The dress is nice but is a halter top and my "top" doesn't stand up like it used to. So she's trying to "adjust" me in the bra to best flatter my sagging girls. In the process she's getting to know me better than she probably wants to. As she's apologizing I say that's OK - as long as I don't have to pay extra for that! She says, "honey, pretty soon I'm going to have to pay you!" I laughed and she says "at least wore underwear to the fitting .

Which ones of you are going to your fittings without underwear!? YIKES.

The lack of underwear isn't surprising. We have actors that show up to try on numerous costumes without any underwear on.


I was MOH in my DS wedding. When I was planning the shower, which my DS wouldn't give me any input or ideas about, I recieved an email from our cousin saying I was incompetent and doing everything wrong. Which she apparently knew because my DS had told her this. I can't figure out how, since DS didn't know about it at all. Didn't I know that women expect a wedding shower to be a brunch on a sunday? I was planning a great fun party on a Saturday around four o'clock with a chocolate fountain and delicious food. Also, didn't I know that people will buy her gifts that are the colors of the invitations? That's a bit funny because my sisters wedding invitations were bright blue and yellow and I didn't see a single brightly colored gift. They held the shower on my birthday when I was in disney and I know that was on purpose.

Basically I showed up to the wedding stood, smiled and walked away.

 

[horseshowmom]

The lack of underwear isn't surprising. We have actors that show up to try on numerous costumes without any underwear on.


I was MOH in my DS wedding. When I was planning the shower, which my DS wouldn't give me any input or ideas about, I recieved an email from our cousin saying I was incompetent and doing everything wrong. Which she apparently knew because my DS had told her this. I can't figure out how, since DS didn't know about it at all. Didn't I know that women expect a wedding shower to be a brunch on a sunday? I was planning a great fun party on a Saturday around four o'clock with a chocolate fountain and delicious food. Also, didn't I know that people will buy her gifts that are the colors of the invitations? That's a bit funny because my sisters wedding invitations were bright blue and yellow and I didn't see a single brightly colored gift. They held the shower on my birthday when I was in disney and I know that was on purpose.

Basically I showed up to the wedding stood, smiled and walked away.

Well, you can tell your sister and cousin that I've NEVER been to a wedding shower that was a Sunday brunch, and I've never even HEARD of buying wedding gifts the same color as the invitations...

I think they needed to get a life...

 

[BrooklynnsMommy]

That's horrible! Did they ever tell you why they did that?

Nope. I still don't have a clue. I have run into them a couple of times and they always turn and walk the other way as soon as they see me.

 

[Curly Q]

Yeah, I wasnt to happy.



Just noticed where you are. I'm in NH right now, working. Sort of.

Are you being affected by all this filming? I didn't think I would be able to get into the parking garage this morning because it's in the filming zone. Thankfully I could park. Hopefully it won't be to bad.

Filming??? I don't get out much What's going on?!

 

[Costumesaremylife]

Well, you can tell your sister and cousin that I've NEVER been to a wedding shower that was a Sunday brunch, and I've never even HEARD of buying wedding gifts the same color as the invitations...

I think they needed to get a life...

Thanks that's what I thought too!

 

[ZephyrHawk]

For my wedding, my bridesmaids were pretty good; except for the two that dropped out of the wedding party about a month before the ceremony (without very good excuses). And no, it's not because I was a bridezilla (I had two friends who jumped at the chance to fill their spots).

I was a BM for the marriage of two of my good friends. The church had no air conditioning and the wedding was on one of the hottest days that summer. I have to admit the fault was partially mine (for choosing a strapless style dress) but in the heat in my tight dress I started to feel faint during the ceremony. I noticed a bench sitting next to the row of bridesmaids and sat down as quietly as I could. I felt horribly stupid until 2 of the other girls, red faced and sweating, joined me. Later, when I felt a bit better, I was able to return to my place and, with the aid of another bridesmaid, essentially held up the swaying maid of honor by her elbows. The poor girls were dropping like flies. The air conditioning went out in the limo on the way to the reception too...with all 16 bridal party mebers crammed into it. It was....less than comfortable.

 

[Heidict]

Filming??? I don't get out much What's going on?!

Girl, get that head out from under that rock!!

They are filming the Indiana Jones IV movie here through next weekend. Harrison Ford and Steven Speilberg are in town. They are filming along chapel street. There is supposed to be some big motorcycle chase or something. They transformed all the store fronts along chapel street to look like it's the 1950's. Looks realy cool.

No problems getting off the highway and to the parking garage this morning but people coming from the north and not on the highway had a horrible time of it.