Bridezilla Moments - Ever had one?

shannonalise

Normally I'm pretty low key. But I was trying to format my response cards the other day and it kept fvcking up. After 2 hours of struggling with it and maintaining my cool, my computer battery died and I literally screamed and started to cry. There might have also been some beating my fists on the table and stomping my feet.

FI was so shocked by the outburst that he just stood there staring at me with wide eyes. "Oh my god..." was all he said. I couldn't get myself to grow up again for about 2 minutes. It was a tiny temper tantrum. And in my head I kept saying, 'Wow. You are really acting like a child.'
Any funny/silly/ridiculous bridezilla moments you'd like to share?

jajph1974

I kept my cool through the entire process, except for one minor freak out about 2 hours before the ceremony.

I only had a MOH, no bridesmaids, and the plan was for us to get ready in my hotel room. She was supposed to be there at 3:00. She got lost (totally understandable) and called me a few minutes after 4:00 and said "We'll be there in a few minutes".

We?

Yeah. She planned on her husband hanging out in my room while we got ready.

I said something about that being completely unacceptable and I would not be getting dressed with her husband in the room and blah blah blah f-bomb expletive etc.

He ended up waiting in the parking lot of the ceremony/reception site for two hours.

crfische

I've had moments like that, but not wedding related.

Just "at the end of my rope and if someone breathes funny I'm going to lose it" moments.

Two really bad ones off the top of my head that were less than pretty.

My mom had a momzilla moment the night before my wedding.

shannonalise

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[QUOTE]I kept my cool through the entire process, except for one minor freak out about 2 hours before the ceremony. I only had a MOH, no bridesmaids, and the plan was for us to get ready in my hotel room. She was supposed to be there at 3:00. She got lost (totally understandable) and called me a few minutes after 4:00 and said " We'll be there in a few minutes". We? Yeah. She planned on her husband hanging out in my room while we got ready. I said something about that being completely unacceptable and I would not be getting dressed with her husband in the room and blah blah blah f-bomb expletive etc. He ended up waiting in the parking lot of the ceremony/reception site for two hours.
Posted by jajph1974[/QUOTE]

I don't blame you. That would totally stress me out!

shannonalise

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[QUOTE]I've had moments like that, but not wedding related. Just "at the end of my rope and if someone breathes funny I'm going to lose it" moments. Two really bad ones off the top of my head that were less than pretty. <span style="font-weight:bold;">My mom had a momzilla moment the night before my wedding.</span>
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

Ouch. I could see this happening with my mom. She gets panicky about things and I would probably have to cry. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />

shannonalise

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[QUOTE]I had a mini flip out on the phone with my mom when one of my bridesmaids asked me if she could wear a hooker-tastic dress instead of one of the 4 I chose. I went off yelling that my wedding wasn't some hooker club with 18 trashy whores screwing their boyfriends in the bathroom and its not like I'm making them buy $100 dresses or anything specific. I picked out 4 freaking dresses all under $75 and how dare she think she's going to look like that at my wedding. Its bad enough that in the past 5 months shes managed to cover every available part of skin that will show in the dress with hideous tattoos. My mom started laughing at me and once I got all that out I felt better.
Posted by lovethebeach16[/QUOTE]

Haha!! Yeah, sometimes you just have to blow off some steam.

crfische

Yeah, and it was about something stupid.

The owner of the restaurant where we had our groom's dinner had set up the tables wrong. It was like...4 hours before the dinner was to start. SHE FLIPPED OUT on him.

It wasn't very pretty.

I think she was mostly upset because we worked pretty darn hard on the centerpieces and she was afraid we weren't going to have enough if the tables weren't set up like she had planned with him.

Yikes.

shannonalise

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[QUOTE]Yeah, and it was about something stupid. The owner of the restaurant where we had our groom's dinner had set up the tables wrong. It was like...4 hours before the dinner was to start. SHE FLIPPED OUT on him. It wasn't very pretty. I think she was mostly upset because we worked pretty darn hard on the centerpieces and she was afraid we weren't going to have enough if the tables weren't set up like she had planned with him. Yikes.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

Ahh.. Mom just needed a stiff drink. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />

crfische

True story. Once she got some bacardi in her, all was well.

banana468

I flipped out on my mom over the bustle in my dress.  She didn't see why I needed one (because I didn't want the train dragging behind me all night) and the compromise was a quick pin.  I looked all around for a brooch and one afternoon at my parents' house she said, "I don't get why you need that pin."

And I went BSC and screamed, "Because the FUUUCCCKING DRESS WILL HAVE A FUUCCKKING BUSTLE!!!""

It was NOT my finest moment at all and I owed my mom a HUGE apology after that one.

jajph1974

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[QUOTE]I flipped out on my mom over the bustle in my dress.  She didn't see why I needed one (because I didn't want the train dragging behind me all night) and the compromise was a quick pin.  I looked all around for a brooch and one afternoon at my parents' house she said, "I don't get why you need that pin." And I went BSC and screamed, "Because the FUUUCCCKING DRESS WILL HAVE A FUUCCKKING BUSTLE!!!"" It was NOT my finest moment at all and I owed my mom a HUGE apology after that one.
Posted by banana468[/QUOTE]

Haha. Just from reading your posts for the past year, I cannot picture that at all. You always come off as being very composed.

shannonalise

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[QUOTE]I flipped out on my mom over the bustle in my dress.  She didn't see why I needed one (because I didn't want the train dragging behind me all night) and the compromise was a quick pin.  I looked all around for a brooch and one afternoon at my parents' house she said, "I don't get why you need that pin." And I went BSC and screamed, "Because the FUUUCCCKING DRESS WILL HAVE A FUUCCKKING BUSTLE!!!"" It was NOT my finest moment at all and I owed my mom a HUGE apology after that one.
Posted by banana468[/QUOTE]

Haha!! That's hilarious!! Sounds like something I might have snapped and done after so much conversation about the same fuucking thing. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />

banana468

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bridezilla Moments - Ever had one? : Haha. Just from reading your posts for the past year, I cannot picture that at all. You always come off as being very composed.
Posted by jajph1974[/QUOTE]

I normally stay fairly composed.  Every now and then when I get stressed I get a bit....stompy.

DH thinks it's hysterical. 

jajph1974

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bridezilla Moments - Ever had one? : I normally stay fairly composed.  Every now and then when I get stressed I get a bit....stompy. DH thinks it's hysterical. 
Posted by banana468[/QUOTE]


lol @ stompy.

When I get like that, Tim calls me Bratopotamus

banana468

DH just mimicks me....then I get even angrier until he makes me laugh.  That lasts usually about two minutes.  :-)

AmoroAgain

Hm.  I think the only real one I had was actually the day of the wedding.  2 of H's groomsmen were bringing their wives up with them (totally understandable, considering the distance) and I told them where all the coffee shops and shopping was around the venue.  Instead, they show up and decide to hang out in MY dressing room, refusing to leave.  During pictures, I just wanted to go in there, use the bathroom, touch up my makeup, and have a QUIET moment.  Instead, I went in there, and there they were, having a grand ol' chat.  I just walked out and didn't know what to do, I was bitching about it to my MOH, so she said, "Oh, I can take care of this" went in and told them to leave. lol! 

Course, then the bitches just set themselves up in the seating area in the bathroom downstairs and MISSED the wedding because they were so busy gossiping! Oh, man, it was hilarious.  Their husbands were PISSED.

I guess it wasn't really a bridezilla moment though.  Hm.

MyNameIsNot

I had a moment at my MIL, but she doesn't know.  She lives in Miami, and of course she was flying up for the wedding.  She booked her flight in for Thursday, and the one out for Sunday AM, really early.  Our wedding was Saturday night.  So the week before the wedding, she calls DH and is going over her itinerary with him.  He tells her he'll pick her up on Thursday night.  She asks if he'll take her to the airport on Sunday morning, and he didn't answer.  When he told me, I went a little batty.  "Does she seriously expect you to wake up at 6:00 am the day after our wedding to drive her 30 minutes to the airport?  HellNo.  She can take a cab or rent a car."  Of course, this was the day after I had to nicely tell her that her sister and her 5 cousins could not come to my apartment to get ready with me and the BMs, and that my hair guy could not squeeze them in.  

Only DH got to see that one.  

fallbride1109

Amoro, wow, I love that picture! 

My husband told me the week of the wedding that he was planning to format his brother's computer the day before the wedding "because he needed help with it."  I went ballistic and told him if he was going to be helping anyone the day before the wedding, it would be ME.  That was the only pre-wedding one.

On the day of the wedding, our rabbi shows up at the reveal smiling and waving and walking over to us.  My stupid no good wedding planner wasn't there manning the area like she was supposed to.  Luckily, my photographers got rid of him quickly but she snapped a few pictures of me during it that were not pretty.

Galvanwed

So far the only moment, I had was after I told my FI, when I asked who were his BM & GM's and he didn't know yet. I went crazy on him for a few minutes and then I realized how stupid I looked and stopped and gave him a week to figure it out. The week will be up next Saturday!! So maybe no more Bridezilla moments!
Have you ever seen that show? The girls on there really get on my nerves, I could only watch about 10 minutes of one of the shows and was like OK that's enough!!

beatlesgirl25

I had a bridezilla mini-meltdown in the couple days before my wedding. My parents were already staying with us in our one-bedroom apartment until the wedding was over, plus my sister, her husband, and baby were staying over the night before the wedding and spending their days at our place. I got guilted into doing this to help everyone save on lodging costs.

THEN my relatives who had flown in for the wedding (and were staying in nearby hotels) wanted to all hang out at my tiny apartment during the day and stay over for dinner every night. I didn't even have enough chairs to seat people.

The day before the wedding, I had a million errands to run and get my nails done, etc., and people kept asking me "so what are we doing today?" I wanted to scream "Look at the fucking 'Things to Do in the Area' section of my website that includes eleventy million ways for you to spend your time in the Boston area! I'm not your fucking tour guide. LEAVE ME ALONE." This was after I had arranged transportation for everyone to the welcome dinner, as well as printed out activity ideas for their welcome bags. So I went off about it to my parents and cried my eyes out, and they passed on the general idea to the relatives who went on their merry tours or whatever. But I felt bad because people had come all the way out for the wedding and just wanted to spend time with me.

ETA: Sorry about the novel!

jeanacorina

I've had a couple, I'm sure.

I let my BMs choose their own dresses. I said "knee-length, Alfred Angelo Violet. Be comfortable." FMIL asks if FSIL (who is a BM, of course) can wear an ankle-length dress and if she could get her a bolero in Eggplant. WHY? Why would you take a pretty reasonable request and throw it out the window?

She didn't want her baby girl showing off too much leg, I guess. In June. In Louisiana.

I told her suuuuure, go right ahead. Whatever. I came home to FI and ranted for a good 15 minutes about how his mom is stubborn and crazy (not the first time either of us has said so, and he agreed). 

She actually invited me to go along when FSIL tried on dresses (she texted me when they were on their way, probably assuming I'd be at work and unable to go), and the first one she tried was ankle-length SATIN (for JUNE?) and she wanted to get a little Eggplant jacket for FSIL to wear over it since it was strapless.

*facepalm*

I stayed composed and said she should get it if she was comfortable. When FSIL came out in a knee-length chiffon dress with a halter top I told her she looked absolutely stunning. That's the one she ordered.

I guess she didn't want to look like a covered-up granny at an outdoor wedding in potentially 90-degree weather.

FSIL really does look hot in that dress, though!

Most of my bridezilla moments have something to do with my FMIL being as stubborn as I am and trying to take control of things. We have an awkward, strained relationship and I don't get why she makes things even more weird sometimes.

tlv204

What's wrong with satin in june?

I didn't have a specific moment that I can think of, but I was pretty intense about our invitations. I MAY have asked my mom and H for help assembling them, then freaked out and didn't let them help anymore because they weren't cutting straight. Oops.

Also, my mom won the award for drunkest wedding guest (well, she tied with a BM and a GM), so I almost went off on her a couple of times at the reception, but instead I just drank another beer and walked away.

jeanacorina

It's just hot.... and really humid. It was more about the length than the fabric. I mean, if she wanted to wear satin instead of something lighter.... I guess that's up to her. I'm not even wearing satin, though. That crap is heavy!

sgervais88

I haven't started planning yet, but I'm sure there will be a few.

The only moment I've had so far was with FI's brother's girlfriend. We came over to tell them we had gotten engaged (they live with FI's parents) and she kept asking to try on the ring. Which I had only been wearing for an hour. Well, she kept asking and asking and asking....she was driving me crazy. I kept changing the subject and pretending I couldn't take it off. Finally I just handed it over. She had it on and was looking at it and somehow managed to fling her arm just right...it flew off and across the room, landing on the BRICK, scratchy, fireplace. I was furious. I went BSC and screamed and ranted and cried and went over every milimeter of that ring making sure it wasn't scratched, which of course it was. A little. On the shiny band

Sigh. Sorry for the novel.

tlv204

Satin is a lot lighter than most of the fabrics I tried on. I've just never considered that a heavy or hot fabric. Now if she had suggested WOOL...

jeanacorina

Yes, wool would have been much worse, lol.

mags0607

I had a moment the other day, but the only reason it related to the wedding was the fact that UPS had lost my sample invites.

Then they mis-logged how many times they tried to deliver them, and THEN they sent them back without my knowledge. Oh, and the fact that i signed the little notice thing that said to leave my package,but even with that they won't leave it at apartments around here.

I might have gone a little BSC and screamed for a good part of an hour. what really got me going was the fact that the local manager uttered the words, "It sounds like you want me to go back in time and leave your package, I don't have a time machine, sweetie."

Yeah, that conversation did not end well, in fact it ended with a lot of foot stomping and swearing.

Nobody calls me sweetie without my consent.

JHS16

So far I've gone BSC once, but I have five months to go....

I asked the BMs if they would like me to buy them purple heels for the wedding, and if so, what size they wore.  FSIL answered with her size, so I naturally ordered the style I offered.  Two days after I ordered the shoes, and two months after asking about them, FMIL informs me that FSIL cannot wear heels and cannot walk in them.  

Since I spent a bit of money on them, and they were already ordered, I overreacted and said "well they are already ordered, and she has a few months to learn how to walk in them, and anyway, she had two months to tell me she didn't want them."  Then I proceeded to uninvite both FMIL and FSIL to the pre-wedding spa day in a passive-aggressive email, saying "I suppose I shouldn't presume you would enjoy these activities, simply because I'm providing them, so please feel free to enjoy your day any way you want."  

We have since made up with apologies from both sides, and they have been rescheduled for the pre-wedding spa day.