I am currently going to physical therapy because my back is all sorts of sucking recently (no gold stars for it from me). My physical therapist is a young plucky girl that is very pleasant to work with, and obviously makes a lot of friends.
Today while we were chatting, she mentioned that she would be gone the rest of the week because she was a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding. She did not have a happy face when she said this.
I pressed for more information, and it turns out that the poor girl is wearing a dress that she hates, was forced to buy 70 dollar matching shoes, will be spending 500 on plane tickets, is expected to drop 100 on staying in a cabin the bride and groom have 'assigned' the bridal party, AND to top it off, is being asked to pay over 1,000 for various parties that she cant even attend.
I felt very bad for her, and told her that I commonly hung out on this awesome site, and it helped me avoid being overly burdensome on my bridal party. She looked at me like I was wedding jeebus when I told her that my party picked thier own dresses, wore whatever black shoes they wanted, and weren't asked to pay for any of the parties.
Let's hope we have a future awesome bride that comes here!