Bridezilla moment

fangsiting · September 2009

I would love for someone to propose at my wedding. I have to think if there's anyone close to engagement that I can pay off to make a scene at the reception. I'm really dreading being the center of attention. FI is more of a groomzilla than I am of a bridezilla. We had fights over the food & his family demanding us to change the time of the wedding (I would have gladly changed the time if they asked the week before the save the date emails went out, but I week after? no. no, we cannot change the time just for you. Leave early if you want to go home early. No one is making you stay until 11pm). FI had a freak out over table cloths & whether or not they would be nice enough. He has a lot of pressure from his judgmental family to have a nice wedding. Apparently there is a lot he is not telling me about what they say.

sameoldash · September 2009

Didn't read up before I posted, but it seems my moment is a growing trend around here. 3 WEEKS OUT?You're a saint. Really.

TheSaltyPeanut · September 2009

My mom waited until 2 weeks before the wedding to buy her dress. I may or may not have said, "you aren't even excited for the wedding!" and "All my other married friend's mothers got THEIR dress months and months before the wedding!" cringeworthy.

salt78 · September 2009

I'm still waiting for mine. So far so good.

anna.oskar · September 2009

Manda: That sucks! I'm trying to figure out what to do if one of them doesn't get a decent dress. My step-sister wanted to wear this dress but I vetoed it and I'm terrified she's waiting to the last minute so that she will be able to sneak the dress in.I just don't want her to look dumb next to the other dresses that are more this style. Seriously thinking about whether I would want someone to stand up with me if they can't respect my wishes. Which I thought were fairly reasonable. This is the MOH's dress

sameoldash · September 2009

Anna - my BM vetoed that dress (or one extremely similar to it). She called it "matronly". I'm afraid of what she might possibly show up in.

buttaflai · September 2009

His friend took our e-photos and we specifically asked her to send us everything. She sent half and deleted the rest because she's OCD and want to decide which pictures to send. I flipped out on her after said, "oops!"MIL wanted to make all of the centerpieces. I pretty much flipped out (kicking him under the table) so that he would open his mouth and say "no thanks".I was pissed at my MOH for planning one of the nights in Vegas for the bach party at a bar I abhorred. I left her and half the girls and went to Rain instead with the other half.

anna.oskar · September 2009

nothing matronly about that dress. The back is hot. I think my MOH has pretty good taste.

goheels05 · September 2009

I was really rude to our DOC at the RD. We didn't pick her, the priest did, and she sucked. But I guess I could have been nicer to her, especially since she was doing this for free.She sent someone over to me in a panic because there were more groomsmen than bridesmaids. Um, you think? Chit, we had no idea, kick one of them out!!! Off with his head! She asked me how I wanted something done, and my reply was "I have no idea, isn't that what you're here for?"Later that night, they were discussing how the groomsmen would walk out and come back in to escort the moms and grandmothers. This was one of the few things I had an opinion on, because I have been to weddings where the guests got up and walked out before the moms/grandmas had been escorted out. I wanted some of the groomsmen to walk back around to the back of the sanctuary and enter a side door before the guests had time to get up and start leaving. DOC basically disregarded this request and decided that the groomsmen would walk back in from the back. I told her not to ask for my opinion anymore if she was just going to over-ride it, even though she clearly hasn't planned a wedding, like, ever.

tlv204 · September 2009

Oh I also flipped about my mom's dress. Not about the color or anything, but about her lack of a dress. I went shopping with her 6 TIMES for a dress, but she hated trying anything on, and if a dress was too small, she would just hate it forever instead of trying it on actually in her size. She's not even big, she's just delusional and thinks that a size 14 sounds "fat." Crazy. She ended up with a black dress, but added a jacket that she was sewing herself and didn't finish until the DAY before our wedding. I'm just happy she didn't show up naked.

goheels05 · September 2009

Oh! Another one.My sister gained so much weight in 3 months that she couldn't fit into her bridesmaid dress. She TEXTED me 36 hours before the wedding to say she was dropping out if i didn't go out rightthisminute and find her a new dress. I told her to find her own damn dress and that she would stand up for me if I had to put her in a paper sack. Mom intervened, took her to the mall, and found her a dress in the exact shade as the other BMs dresses.

mandapanda78 · September 2009

I'm not worrying about the BM with no dress. She either gets one or she sits in the audience. It doesn't bother me either way.SaltyPeanut- my mother showed up to my brother's wedding in a teal pleather miniskirt suit. And then left the reception early to go to the mall. Last I heard she's planning on floor length culottes for my wedding. I told her as long as she's not naked she's ok.

sameoldash · September 2009

I agree. The dress is classic.

~mRm~ · September 2009

Mine was a long and sordid story with the a bridal first salon I had to deal with. When my bridal gown arrived and I went to try it on, it was literally 6 sizes to big. If I lifted my arms it would fall right to my ankles. When I questioned why it was so extremely huge they said it wasn't an error on their part, I had just lost "too much" weight. They then told my my alterations would practically double the price of the gown. Keep in mind my bridal party had already ordered their gowns between the time mine was ordered and actually arrived. The troubles continued. The salon "lost" the orders for my MOH and another BM, called me to see if I could get their measurements. They had them taken in the salon and paid for their gowns in full. They hassled my OOT BM's about scheduling Saturday appointments because that was their "bride day" and then tried to charge them for their alterations after telling us they would be free. They wanted ALL of us to come in and do alterations the night before the wedding. I was like WTF planet are you on!I ended up making the decision to walk away from my bridal gown, and losing my deposit. To this day when I drive past that bridal salon I get very p/o'd!

BecW2be · September 2009

I think my only thing so far has been my guest list. I was still trying to get correct names/addresses (NO, FI, Shannon and Hubs will NOT go on our mailing envelopes!). Both FI and his parents sent incomplete lists without everyone's names or addresses and I guess assumed I'd figure it out. Then when I mentioned that we only got 60 spots each total, and they'd given me 120 when I counted all family members, they looked at me like I was nuts. They counted just the person on the list, not spouses, kids, etc. WTF? When his parents added 8 people the day they were supposed to mail out, that's when I lost it. They keep saying that a lot of them won't show up, so I asked them to mark which ones. They came up with 32 names. That still puts me at 148 that probably will. I went off on FI and told him I was putting $X amount in, that would cover my part, and if 150 people show up for this 100-110 person wedding, he and his parents better figure out how to feed and liquor them. It's not my problem.

sarabellam · September 2009

I through a little temper tantrum avour the fondant not being absolutely smooth on the cake. It was a little too dry, so it cracked. It took me about twice as long to put fondant on that motherfukcer than it should have. I also went a little bridezilla on my husband when I discovered that he had just tossed his gym bag on top of my dress and the bridesmaids dresses that were oh, so carefully laid out in the trunk of my car.

sammyjo0320 · September 2009

mine was uh about an hour ago..referring to the post with about a thousand replies..got my a$$ kicked in there..actually helped though..im over it.

Bubbalub · September 2009

Well, no major bridezilla moments for this one yet but we still have plenty of time. However, for my first wedding, when I was 23, I flipped out about the guest list. Then-FI had some questionable friendships and I did NOT want them anywhere near our wedding as they would offend my family. He told me that two of his groomsmen would act as security and not let these guys in. However, one of the guys showed up anyway, with his barely-legal girlfriend (he was in his 30's) and crashed our wedding. There was nowhere for them to sit, we had no dinner for them and later in the reception they went upstairs to the ceremony room and had sex in one of the chairs. (It was in a Masonic Temple). Then they TOLD people they had sex upstairs and somebody decided it would be a good idea to tell me. I was so pissed and horrified. I told then-H to get his groomsmen to get that guy the fuuck out of my wedding reception or this was going to be the shortest marriage in history. Dramatic, much? Yeah.

cpetruzziello · September 2009

When I got to work and there was an email from my dad telling me "you need to find seats for Joe and Jess". really? cuz joe and jess weren't invited. turns out their d-bag father, who i can't stand, asked my dad if his kids could come because "they want to". oh they want to? how nice for them. i didnt scream and yell but i definitely put on my b!tchface and told my dad sorry, they aren't invited. i am aware he has children and if *i* wanted them there, i would have invited them. this isn't a backyard bbq. you told him they could come, now you go and tell him they can't. i felt bad that i made my dad do that but WTF, can they come because "they want to"?? who says that?

A-D · September 2009

Um (and I'm getting catty now) it would have also been easier to shop for a wider range of dresses if you weren't a size 26. As a plus sized bride, I say OUCH to this, and agree that it's a pretty catty comment. :oSI think my most bridezilla-ish moments have been very short lived. I just called FI to ask him and he said "I don't really think you've had one", and I think PFFT, he's the biggest liar ever.I've had a few moments of mental angst (read: melt down) because FI has been offered a job and we have to move. And suddenly he wanted to fix up the house (which he put off for 2 years), and put our house on the market and buy a new one, all before our wedding - this was at the 2 months to go mark. I lost it - he doesn't help paint, doesn't help with wedding prep (not unless he's asked... ok, nagged to do it), doesn't help around the house. Normally I can handle it all by myself, but with 2 months to go, I may have lost it on him for a few hours one night... locked myself in our bedroom and screamed at him every time he tried to talk to me.

tiffgriffin7 · September 2009

I have had a couple of control moments dealing with my FMIL since she took forever getting me her guest list with addresses and wants to know every tiny detail. But we are getting through it...I was actually at a wedding where the best man proposed to his gf (he caught the boutinniere and she caught the bouquet...but still!). The bride was very gracious and didn't seem to make a big deal about it but it had to bother her. I thought it was soo tacky and I felt bad for her. It's true...guys just don't "know any better". I have just been telling that story to all my dating friends and emphasize how tacky I thought it was...it's a good tactic if you can't find a way to just say it...

shawna77inil · September 2009

Mine was when we received the RSVP back for my uncle and his wife. The invite was addressed to the two of them. The RSVP's for 8. Yes 8. I wish I was kidding. Then when we called and told him no, he asked well what if they all eat first, THEN can they come?When I said no, we simply cannot accomodate 6 extra people, he said, "Well I guess you should have rented a bigger hall then, huh?" Yeah, that's when I lost it. Told him, in not so nice a tone, that our venue was plenty big. We could all have our own table in case we wanted to lay down for awhile. Our problem was that everyone seems to think that they can bring everyone they have ever met to our wedding to drink on our dime. If you can't come without these other 6 people, I understand, but NO they cannot come. If you try to sneak them in, I will have ALL of you removed. We have security hired already, enough said. He quietly responded that it would be just the two of them.

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