Hahaha

emilyinchile · February 2010

I just got an e-mail from my MOH that made me laugh. She asked if she should get a pedicure before she comes to Santiago, or if we'll get them here. Totally legit question - she has no way to know what pedicures are like here, if they even exist, or if we'll have time.

But then she goes on to ask what color I would like her to get or if I'd prefer French tips. I love that she thought to ask, but I would judge myself if I actually requested a specific color. And I'm cracking up because you know there's some bride who's trying to figure out how to tell her BMs to all get the same toe polish, and I've got a BM who's offering it up, and I do. not. care. Seriously, they are her toes. She can have them electric blue or rainbow colored, and I'm pretty sure my wedding will not be ruined.

mbcdefg · February 2010

Hahaha

My sister/MOH asked me what kind of hairstyle she should get, and I said I didn't care. Her reply: "Oh, good. I thought you might ask me to get an updo. I would've done it if you'd asked, but I really wouldn't have wanted to because it makes my head look bigger." :P

MyNameIsNot · February 2010

Ha. When we went to Peru (we had a second reception with DH's family in Peru), my SIL set up our hair appointments. I remember having this conversation with my SIL about getting mani/pedi down there.

The cool part was that our hair cost about $3 US. I was fascinated.

aerinpegadrak · February 2010

Oh god, my sister had us paint our toenails brown. She did the whole "all the bridesmaids together in the hotel the night before" thing, and we watched the Sex in the City movie and painted our toenails. I'm not remotely a girly-girl, so I was pretty sure my head was going to explode.

I didn't have to pay anything for it, though. So that made it slightly better.

megk8oz · February 2010

When I was in BSC friend's wedding, we were required to get mani-pedis. We had to pay for them ourselves, and we all had to go together (She had 5 BMs, and the bride was the only person that was unemployed at the time so scheduling really sucked on this one).

Her reasoning behind making us pay for it? "Well, I'm giving you the choice of French or matching your dress. It's not like I'm making you do a specific nail". The dresses were orange. You can probably guess what everybody "chose".

She did the same thing with hair, too. We all had to get pro hair, and go to the same salon the morning of the wedding with her. But since we were being given a "choice" on hairstyle, she made us foot the bill on that as well.

akhensley81 · February 2010

I've told each of my girls that they can do what they want with their hair... as far as nails, *I* am springing for manicures/pedicures for all of us the day before the wedding. And since I'm paying for them, we're all getting french tips.

aerinpegadrak · February 2010

Akhensley: Let's hope none of your BMs are like me, who would rather eat shattered glass than let someone file or paint her nails.

swim1011 · February 2010

Yeah, I did only did the fake nail thing for my bff because everyone else was.. and was quickly remind of why I HATE having my nails done. Those suckers were gone not too long after the wedding.

MyNameIsNot · February 2010

Ooo, I would drop out of a wedding party before I'd let someone give me fake nails. I made the mistake of getting acrylics for prom. It took a year from when I took them off to get my nails back to normal. I'd suck it up and paint them (with an eye roll), but there is no way I would ever get fakes.

emilyinchile · February 2010

I think fakes is way over the top. I did them a couple time in HS and college and was considering them for the wedding, but I would never ever get them because someone else asked me to or ask someone else to get them. My MOH was referring to the color scheme, not actual fake nails, FWIW.

aerinpegadrak · February 2010

MOH and one of my BMs were trying to talk me into fakes for my wedding. Hell to the no. My nails look naturally French-tipped because I keep them clean, but the length and shape varies and they break pretty much when I sneeze. I do want them to look somewhat nice for the wedding, so I'm going to trim them all the way down and maybe paint them something neutral and shiny. Which means that I'll have to go out and buy nail polish and stuff. Lame.

akhensley81 · February 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_wedding-party_hahaha?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:37Discussion:65b90680-4304-442c-932a-837f59e0d3c2Post:83585759-169c-4c21-bdc8-a6ec332192d3">Re: Hahaha</a>:
[QUOTE]Akhensley: Let's hope none of your BMs are like me, who would rather eat shattered glass than let someone file or paint her nails.
Posted by aerinpegadrak[/QUOTE]

I've already let them all know that this is something I'd like to do, and I didn't get any complaints. I'll take that as a good sign!! :)

Whippet8 · February 2010

I had the same idea with my BMs concerning nails and hair, and everyone seemed to freak out on me...

...my MOH was a little over the top, and even had the balls to say, "I know you dont care about our nail color, but I do, so can you make a decision so I can tell them what color to do?"

..same thing with their hair..." I know you dont care if everyone gets their hair done professionally, but I think it will look much nicer if everyone's is done. the last thing I want is for it to look tacky!"

...I later found out that she was sending a million emails to the BMs with things they should be doing and what not...and it sounded like it was coming from me...I had to calm down quite a bit before I had to react about that one.

aerinpegadrak · February 2010

Melko, some of my attendants have been the same way, talking about how "they know how important pictures are." Really? Silly me, and here I was thinking I just wanted to document what was happening that day, but I guess it's supposed to be a magazine shoot or something. *eyeroll*

stina93446 · February 2010

My bms also asked me what color should they paint their toes and hands. I was like, "you're an adult, right? you can pick yourself. They're your nails."

megk8oz · February 2010

My little sister talked me into pink and whites for my wedding (She wound up treating me, which was actually a nice surprise). They looked great, but they hurt like a biotch (I've never had them before), and I wasn't able to do basic things like button my jeans with them ...

I think we were home like a day from Disney before I was trying to dissolve the little effers off with acetone.

emilyinchile · February 2010

Granted, I would much rather have this "problem" than have a BM refusing to buy the dress or something, but it does just make me laugh to have my friends asking if I'm sure that I don't want to tell them exactly what jewelry to wear. I'm the first to get married, so I'm hoping I'm setting a good precedent and will be rewarding by never having to wear dyeable shoes, haha.

megk8oz · February 2010

And I did not require pro-hair or nails. Everybody wound up going and doing nails on their own, but nobody splurged on hair.

Actually, my sisters took a page out of my book and bought hair pieces so they didn't really need to do their hair (Yes, you read that right, me and my sisters wore fake hair to my wedding because we're broke and lazy, lol).

ecsmiles · February 2010

oh man - a friend of mine got married a few months ago and insisted that we all get our nails (both manis and pedis) done in a "muted tone" such as ivory or pale pink....She also never asked our dress budgets, made us get our makeup done (without offering to pay) and forced my fiance and I to sit apart for the reception....Lets just say everything she made us do made me judge her a little. I mean, come on - in long dresses WHO would notice the color of toes? It was really ridiculous

gottahavashorti · February 2010

[QUOTE]My girls are all currently arguing about what color shoes to wear. All of the bridesmaids want red, my sister/MOH wants black. I told her to just go ahead and wear whatever she wants and she said "NO, I CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION, YOU'RE THE BRIDE." I totally couldn't care less what shoes they wear. Black, red, whatever.
Posted by baystateapple[/QUOTE]
Tell them that bridesmaids will wear red shoes and the MOH will wear black shoes to be different from the bridesmaids. Then you've told them what to do like they want, and you've let them choose their own shoes like you want.

Hahaha

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