My brother and his girlfriend recently got engaged (yay), then she asked me to be a bridesmaid.
I was honored...but this is where the snark comes in: my brother mentioned she went shopping for dresses with her bridesmaids. I live far away, so I didn't expect to physically be at the actual shopping session, but it would have been nice to be included. Whatever, I figured it wasn't a huge deal...especially since they have been engaged a few weeks, don't have a venue or date: I thought maybe it was a fun way to spend the afternoon just browsing.
Tonight I get an email from brothers FI that says "I know you all know this already but here's the style number for the dress at nordstorms, it's currently 15% off" well no, I had no information about this, but also now I'm supposed to buy a $200 dress from a retail store when you have NO idea when or where the wedding is? What if you end up finding a venue that's booked for a year, I'm supposed to keep this in my closet? What if it sells out and all of us can't purchase the same dress?
I guess I'm a bit confused. I've been in weddings where we went to a bridal store, tried on dresses and placed orders...and I've told my BMs to buy their own dress in a similar color scheme, so I understand there's more than one way to do this, but I'm concerned I'm going to throw money out on a dress that she may change her mind on once she finds a venue, picks a time of year, etc. am I being crazy?
Edit: tried to fix paragraphs but the knot refuses