Saw a few other vent posts so I want to get in on the action lol. Okay this will be a little complicated to follow:
I bought a tux for my wedding because I've rented several times for others' weddings and rentals look horrible on me because they never fit right, or the rental place doesn't give a sh*t, so on and so forth. I bought all my GM's tuxes as well, so we all own the same tux.
One of my GM's gets married in 2012, so he and I already have the same tux. A great friend who wasn't in my wedding was also a GM so the married couple bought him a tux from Mens Wearhouse that looked almost identical (same lapel, same buttons, same sheen) to the tuxes I bought for my guys.
Now that friend is getting married and myself and two of my GM's are GM's in his wedding. If you're not keeping count, now we have a group of four who have identical tuxes. He has a best man and one other GM who do not have tuxes of their own.
Mens Wearhouse does not rent the tux that the groom has; they only sell it.
Rather than having the two men out either rent or buy something that looks very close to what the other four of us already have, the bride has decided that even the slightest difference would simply ruin the wedding and the wedding pictures, so the only solution is that all six guys spend $140 to rent the same tux from MW. On top of that, we're even being required to rent the shirt, because who knows the horrors that could result if the 12 square inches of white shirt that are visible around the tie and vest (yes renting those too) were to be off in any way.
I made the mistake of pointing all of this out in the private facebook wedding party group and got a bridezilla response.
Married in Vegas - June 2011