Are you a bridezilla? Read this.

DrillSergeantCat

I know it's your special day and you think it should be all about you, but here's some real life stories from the former friends of badly behaving brides.

SP29

OMG! People are like this in real life?!?!? How do they have any friends left??

I always wonder what people's lives are like a year after their wedding when they don't have the hoopla anymore.

short+sassy

Whoa!  Those are some serious doozies.  I have too many comments, to comment, lol.

OurWildKingdom

  

The story of the bride who expected her bridesmaid to wipe her ass is the worst. 

ETA: I'm taking that back. The stepmother who didn't want her stepdaughters at the ceremony was the worst. 

ahoywedding

OMG the sex swing! It would never cross my mind to buy that for a friend!

But seriously, what do people do when the wedding is over and they go back to real life? H (so weird!!) and I were relieved to not be the center of attention any longer, as sad as we were to have our family and friends leave town. 

MissKittyDanger

Ho. Ly. Fuck.

banana468

I've  seen some of those before and while they're doozies, I can't get over the people who just didn't tell their friends NO.   Seriously?   

CharmedPam

I want to meet the grooms.  I know some guys who would marry a person like this just "to be married".  Like, I literally know someone like this. He had all the warnings (some from her own family!) and still said yes.

DrillSergeantCat

banana468 said:

I've  seen some of those before and while they're doozies, I can't get over the people who just didn't tell their friends NO.   Seriously?   

Apparently saying no means getting slapped.

sparklepants41

DrillSergeantCat said:

banana468 said:

I've  seen some of those before and while they're doozies, I can't get over the people who just didn't tell their friends NO.   Seriously?   

Apparently saying no means getting slapped.

My jaw hit the floor when I read that one. I would have left the reception and taken my gift back with me. 

divarhd

WOW! I thought I was asking a lot for silver shoes.....

atomicblonde

OurWildKingdom said:

  

The story of the bride who expected her bridesmaid to wipe her ass is the worst. 

ETA: I'm taking that back. The stepmother who didn't want her stepdaughters at the ceremony was the worst. 

That story stood out to me because it just doesn't sound like that was a "small" cooking accident.

Also, $2400 for a DRESS?  And the one with the "matching makeup."  I bet those results were... interesting.

short+sassy

atomicblonde said:

OurWildKingdom said:

  

The story of the bride who expected her bridesmaid to wipe her ass is the worst. 

ETA: I'm taking that back. The stepmother who didn't want her stepdaughters at the ceremony was the worst. 

That story stood out to me because it just doesn't sound like that was a "small" cooking accident.

Also, $2400 for a DRESS?  And the one with the "matching makeup."  I bet those results were... interesting.

Right!?!  And that her friend was outraged she wasn't willing to pay that, kicked her out of the WP, and basically terminated their friendship.  I would have been like, "Friend, I wouldn't spend that kind of cash on my OWN wedding dress.  Much less a BM dress."

sparklepants41

short+sassy said:

atomicblonde said:

OurWildKingdom said:

  

The story of the bride who expected her bridesmaid to wipe her ass is the worst. 

ETA: I'm taking that back. The stepmother who didn't want her stepdaughters at the ceremony was the worst. 

That story stood out to me because it just doesn't sound like that was a "small" cooking accident.

Also, $2400 for a DRESS?  And the one with the "matching makeup."  I bet those results were... interesting.

Right!?!  And that her friend was outraged she wasn't willing to pay that, kicked her out of the WP, and basically terminated their friendship.  I would have been like, "Friend, I wouldn't spend that kind of cash on my OWN wedding dress.  Much less a BM dress."

Yup. Including alterations, my wedding gown was around $1300. If someone expected me to drop that kind of money on a bridesmaid dress I would kick myself out of that bridal party so fast.  

thisismynickname

I'm going to go on kind of a feminist rant for a second. I feel like bridezillas are born from a cultural attitude that a wedding is a woman's greatest accomplishment and the greatest day of her life (starting with the old fashioned Disney princess "find your prince and live happily ever after" mentality). How could otherwise normal women turn this crazy? What kind of perfectionism is that important and why? I know some women who were a bit annoyingly meticulous in the planning, and maybe innocently clueless (like assuming a bridal party would do set up and clean up), but nothing to the point of alienating friends and family over behavior. It seems like non-bridezillas are women who fully understand that a wedding is just a wonderful celebration and life has so much more to offer. 

MissKittyDanger

The bride expecting to be wiped the slapping the girl, THEN BEING SHOCKED WHEN SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS ANYMORE was just - wow!

Side story - as a MOH for my bff's wedding, she was pregnant {due in January - this was August} and when she went to the bathroom she asked I could join her because with her dress, she couldn't close the bathroom stall and wanted me to essentially "stand guard" so she could pee.
She had such a hard time managing, I offered my help. We laugh about this now because there's a product out there that is designed to help keep your dress up while you pee. But this is now chalked up to inside jokes.

Moral of the story, there is a difference between DEMANDING your friend to help and your friend OFFERING their help.