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Knot Justine · September 2010

We're looking for your worst or funniest bridal party stories. The winners will receive a gold necklace from Thistle and Clover -- one of which was also worn by Katie Holmes in the movie. Two lucky brides will be selected to win, so click here to dish your bridal party dirt!

Contest ends September 22, 2010.

SabrinaMichele · September 2010

Wow, where to begin! I'm afraid this story is definitely more dirt than funny. It makes me wince just to think about it, truth be told. But here goes anything:

My husband and I got married 6 years ago, and we were both very young at the time. I was 19 and he was 21. So all of our close friends and family were a part of our wedding party. My very best friend since I was knee-high was my maid of honor and my husband had the same for his best man. About 6 months before our wedding we had decided to play match-maker and introduce the two. Much to our delight (and later dismay) they hit it off instantly. Before we knew it, they were inseparable. We were excited to see them hit it off and didn't think twice about it 'til it started to take its toll on the wedding planning. Suddenly, all wedding events began to be focused on them being together and never apart. Which resulted in a botched joint Bachelor/Bachelorette Party which resulted in a hurt Bride & Groom. The wedge between myself and my Maid of Honor grew deeper and deeper with each inconsiderate action the two made without consideration for our day.

It all came to a head the night before our wedding day. I decided, with promptings from the rest of my friends, to confront her about it and why she had become so distant. Before I knew what was happening she was verbally attacking me over the phone claiming she had never wanted to be my MOH and surprised I had even asked her. She then went on to say she didn't consider us to be that close and didn't think we'd ever be best friends. Shocked, hurt and stunned I did what any rational person would have done. I decided right then and there that if that's truly how she felt about our friendship, I did NOT want her to be a part of our wedding day. Instantly as she realized this meant she would not get to have the cute wedding day pictures with her boyfriend (the Best Man), she told him what had happened and he started to threaten to not be in the wedding if she wasn't going to be in it. Needless to say, both my husband and I were beyond hurt and disappointed at their words and their actions. Thankfully the rest of our friends and family were all there with an incredible amount of love and support for us and our actions. I do not know what we would have done without it. In the end, the Best Man and my husband reconciled and he was still part of our day. I am reminded even now, that when times get their worst, true friends are there for you no matter what. And that's what matters most.

Sabrina Michele

melindasr5 · September 2010

I was the maid of honor in a wedding. One of the other bridesmaids flew in from out-of-state 2 nights before the wedding, let's call her Jenn. Jenn had the misfortune of her luggage not arriving with her, which wouldn't have been that big of a deal if she hadn't packed her medications in the bag. As you can imagine, this was very stressful. We went out to dinner the first night and stopped by the ATM to get some cash. Jenn was going through a divorce and had recently opened a bank account in her own name. Her soon-to-be-ex owed people money and when she tried to withdrawal money, her account had been emptied. Later that night, her luggage arrived so at least that wasn't a complete disaster. The next night at the rehearsal dinner Jenn got into a fight with the bride and left. She also skipped the lingerie party/bachelorette gathering we had after dinner. The day of the wedding, she reconciled with the bride but I definitely had some stress headaches trying to control the crazy.

melodyb · September 2010

When my sister got married years ago, she had two little girls that were her flower girls. One of them kept "tooting" during the ceremony. The bridesmaids all got tickeled when we realized what the odor was (not flowers or sweet smelling might I add). We were laughing, but no one in the congregation knew. After the ceremony a few guests came up and said how touching the service was and how nice it was to see young ladies taking their job seriously and howwe were all touched deeply during the vows. No one said a word; that it was really tears of laughter, not tears of sincerity and love.

klukach1 · September 2010

The night before my sister's wedding we picked up our bridesmaids dresses from the dry cleaners and walked back to the hotel where we were staying the night. At about 9pm the night beforethe wedding, we realized that one of the bridesmaids dresses was missing. We franticly checked the hotel, called the dry cleaners, tracked our steps, but the dress was gone.
We had to go to the mall the morning of the wedding and buy all new bridesmaid dresses, since the style of the previous dress was from the season before. It was very stressfu! But in the end, the wedding was beautiful and no one knew our little secret!

Steffany01 · September 2010

My sister got married about 3 years ago, but before the marraige there is always a bachelorette party which I was in charge of hosting. I knew she was excited about the event and couldn't wait to look fabulous while touring all possible nightlife in the Destin,FL area.

What she didn't know was that I had previously told all who were attending to pick up a wild costume wig. It could be any color, style, or texture. I wanted there to be variety and complete ridiculousness. Everyone made the promise to bring their wig to the meeting place (a friends house) and only to put them on when instructed by me.

We all got ready at the same place so we got to listen to how my sister was excted about looking like a superstar. I think we were all silently laughing as she tried on every outfit she had, styled her hair perfectly, and spent time dolling up her face. She never saw it coming...

There were too many of us to ride in the same vehicle so I drove my sister and we left the house first. The girls were told to put their wigs on while still at the house and arrive wearing them. When my sister and I arrived at the first destination we waited in the car for the others to show up.

The look on her face when everyone got out of their cars with their wigs on was priceless. I opened the trunk, grabbed my wig, and GRABBED HER GEAR! We made her add the new attire in the parking lot! We added a ball-in-chain, a candy garder, a short pettiecoat around her waste, a bright pink sash, red devil wings, and a black afro wig with short veil attached to the back. HAHA!

She looked absolutely ridiculous.

We had so much fun, she loved all the attention, and embraced her surprise waredrobe additions.

lpennington5 · September 2010

Bridesmaidzillas Attack!!!

1st bmaid: Got angry with me because I would let her wear a corset backed dress that flaunted her boobs...so, she dropped out of my bridal party...what's worse...she's my sister in law!

2nd bmaid: Got mad b/c I didn't send her an invite...well, I figured her attendance was a given, being she IS married to my future brother in law (who is also in the wedding).

3rd bmaid: Got elbowed in the mouth at a bar, knocked out her 2 lower front teeth!

She has had tons of oral surgery...and is throwing a big celebration bash at her house for being through with surgeries...for awhile. This bash? She planned it the night before my upcoming bridal shower...and invited me via text & said she "can't wait to get hammered & see all her friends...I hope it doesn't affect me at the shower, lol, I'll come rollin' in there looking & feelin rough"....my reaction? "You DO realize my family will be there"...her reaction..."I know!". ((((GRRRR))))

4th bmaid (my moh): only thing keeping me sane!

kemeersma · September 2010

My fiance' Terry and I are to be married on July 2, 2011. Terry having a sever cold proposed to me on February 21, 2010, we were taking a Sunday drive to Lake Allatuna on a sunny day. On our way to and from while driving Terry kept asking me to reach into his pocket to get a cough drop, unbenounced to me he had placed my engagement ring in the pocket hoping that I would find it. Well guess what I didn't, at dinner that night (Ippalito's) he explained as an introduction to his proposal what he had been trying to get to to find all day. The day was so romantic.

We both on our 2nd marriages and having a intimate wedding planned have asked my best friend and mother to be my maid of honor and Terry has asked my 12 year old son to be his best man. Both have graciously accept their rolls. My son James is beside himself with the roll of best man and can not wait until OUR wedding day.

Kathy

juliehudsong · September 2010

My brother and sister in law married 19 yrs ago when my daughter was only 3 years old. Everyone admired my daughter as always being the "little lady". I often heard, "When I have a daughter I want one just like Janelle". Their wedding was held in my sister in law's parents home. There was a separate room where someone had also set up a running video camera apparently thinking that the ceremony would be in that room. For most of the evening people wandered in and out of that room but mostly kept in the other rooms because thats where the food and people were mingling. Janelle and some other cousins decided to hang out in that room. As I went looking for her I came in when she was helping herself to some M & M's from a pretty crystal candy dish. She decided to put a whole handful into her mouth only to discover that they were peanut and not plain. She promply declared "ugh I don't like peanut M & M's and spit them back into the pretty crystal candy dish. Well the little cousins thought that was so funny and began laughing. I was only happy that it was only them in the room at the time - or so I thought! As I escorted her out of the room I felt somewhat relieved that no other adults had witnessed this slightly embarrasing action from my "little lady". Well I guess it was almost 3 months after the wedding before we got together with the "newlyweds" at a family gathering. My sister in law said she was disappointed that she didn't have a video recording of her ceremony. Then she started to tell about what she did have on the video. Well you guessed it to my surprise the M & M scene was recorded with both picture and sound. My "little lady's" actions were recorded and documented and alas the secret was out. Janelle, the "little lady" had shown her true colors that she really liked to get the last laugh.
Julie

ecass83 · September 2010

It was an August wedding in 1975. My mother was 7 months pregnant and about to burst. My father's brother was getting married on one of the hottest days of the summer. Being pregnant, my mother just wanted to feel comfortable to stand the heat. She ended up buying a gorgeous pale pink dress of which she looked absolutely stunning. When she arrived at the Church everyone fussed over how she was glowing with her pregnancy. Just as the ceremony started all eyes suddenly turned to my mother. The Mother of the Bride was walking down the isle wearing the SAME exact pale pink dress! My mother completely mortified, snuck out that back, went home and put on a green unflattering jumper. She didn't care what it was, as long as it was not the same of the MOB! So once she arrived back for the reception of course her father in law said, "Hey where did the other dress go? You looked a hell of a lot better in it then that cow." Mean while the MOB was standing right there.
I say it was the classiest move ever on my mom's part

becboo512 · September 2010

Soo. Where to start. As I was very young I decided to get married my stepmom and sisters were fighting with me and they had decided they did not want to attend therefore I had to find a new MOH and bridesmaids. I had picked my best friends mother and 2 of my best friends. The wedding had to be planned in one month and was to be held at my future in laws, where everyone was asked to do afew things to help with the big event being that I live 3 hours from that location. The night before my wedding my soon to be husband informed me he had decided to work the day of the wedding. And my two bridesmaids said they were going to go out for awhile but they would be home early so they could wake up in the morning. Completly upset due to me having to do the last touches on the wedding by myself I blew it off and went to sleep at about 3 am having to wake up at 5 am and having the soon to be husband at work at 6 am. At 7 am I began to call my bridesmaids to see if they were ready to go to my surprise no answer! I continued to call and what do you know they answered and said they were to tired to go! So we continued our journey without them. We get to my future in laws and nothing had been done!!! I began mowing and sweeping the porch and ect... Our wedding was to began at 5 pm and it was already 11 am. My soon to be husband had two children that we had decided must be in our wedding, it was planned that my future mother in law get the kids from their mother and have them there that morning. The mother of the children had decided that being that her kids were supposed to be there she needed to be there too. She showed up with the kids dressed very nicely exactly what i wanted. Which seemed to be the only thing that was going my way.. It's now 4 and I decide that I need to get dressed. My soon to be husband still has not showed up and I was completly upset! Finally I looked like a very lovely bride dress on, makeup done, and hair done, I was ready to go... As I come outside I relize my soon to be still aint there so i try calling over and over again. He finally answers where I hear a train in the background I know he's by the train tracks and he says he isn't coming so I ball my dress up and go to look for him... Stopping on the way cause i can't see for all the tears coming down my mom catches up with me and tells me the preacher is going to leave (why not right). My soon to be with his grooms men and best man decided to go have afew beers before they came to the wedding! Drunk he gets out of the truck and informs me he aint changing... And then he relizes his ex is there and hits the roof... thinking I had invited her... Then loving all the negitive attention she decides she's going to take the pictures! He's pissed and I'm upset to say the least. Finally we are all done. We go in the house and are going to have cake and punch and he goes in the bathroom takes off his ring and lays it on the sink! His daughter comes into the livingroom and says mommy, daddy took this off and hands it to me... Then it starts to rain, where we have to run out and get all the decorations taken down.. I finally go into the house and take off my dress and that night ended with him sleeping on the couch at his mothers and me being right by his side on the floor! Needless to say I am now happily divorced and am planning to get remarried to a wonderful guy that acts nothing like my ex lol...

JandAWeddingWed128913 · September 2010

We have had some crazy times with our wedding party! To start, my father-in-law left the family about six months before the wedding. He was a groomsman, but as this was his third time leaving, my fiance didn't want to take his crap anymore and kicked him out. His sister is one of my bridesmaids and she's such a daddy's girl that there's a rift forming between fiance and sister, and mother and sister. She has already asked if I want her to step down. Then we have a groomsman and a bridesmaid who are both in their first year in the medical field and neither one is sure they can get off work to attend the wedding! Then there's my bridesmaid who lives in Rome, Italy and isn't sure she can afford to pay for two trips back to the United States- my wedding, and Christmas with her mom (FL and CT). Did I mention I'm having a December wedding?
And then there are the ushers.... old friends are coming out of the woodwork, and assuming they are in the wedding party. One friend showed up for my birthday party and we hadn't seen him in over a year... this was his drunken comment, "I can handle being an usher. Groomsman would have been better, but usher is okay. But groomsman would have been better." He repeated this all night long! We hadn't even asked him to be an usher! And fiance's brother in law has been married to fiance's sister for ten years. Ten years is a long time to be in someone's family, and it's really right to have him as an usher (at least). But fiance can't decide. He is an usher, he isn't. He is, he isn't.....I think we're going to end up with more ushers than groomsmen!

I hope all this craziness comes together and we can be with our loved ones on our special day. Only three more months to go!

dobrowskiwedding · September 2010

When my sister got married 10yrs ago, I was the MOH. It was such a great honor for her to choose me to stand beside her. About 2 weeks before the wedding our mom got extremely ill and lost her voice completely. We all thought this was hilarious because now we could all act like we didnt hear her barking orders to everyone. It sounded like a dim fog horn everytime she tried to speak. She knew we were ignoring her and laughing about the whole motherzilla of the bride. Well they are correct that what goes around comes around. It was the day of the wedding and I was busting my butt decorating and setting everything up while all the other bridesmaids and bride went and got their hair done. I wasnt talking to anyone so I had no idea the surprise I got about an hour before the wedding. I no longer had a Voice! My sister had asked me to make a speech. I was more than excited and prepared for it. Needless to say it was a very emotional day for all and I was so happy for my sister that I did cry during my "speech". Noone understood a word I had said except, "I love you". It was the worst high pitched shreiking ever and and it kept cutting in and out. My family LOVES to make fun of me to this day about it. My sister says blah blah blah, I love you..... My mom says its because I ignored her when she was sick and so what goes around comes around. Ten years later they still love to play the video back and watch me try to say a beautiful speech.

funygurl212 · September 2010

So last year my friend had me be in her wedding party. I love my friend to death, but had I found out how redneck this wedding would have ended up, I probably would have said no.

The bridesmaids all got prom dresses from Deb...now I was the skinniest girl out of the bridal party, but also the tallest, and all the dresses on the 1-13 side of the store were too short. In order to get the exact length she wanted...I had to wear a size 24 dress (I'm a size 12!)...the way they fixed my dress so it would kind of fit was by using a pin to hold it back. I was constantly pulling it up like every 10 minutes!

Now the bride and groom had made a agreement...if they got married, the groom got to pick what the groomsmen wore and the theme for the wedding. He picked a camouflage and cowboy theme!

The groomsmen..poor poor guys. They had black tuxedos, camo vests, cowboy hats and boots! None of them even looked like they ever went to get their tux fitted to them!

The head table was lined with camo and white tool over it. Our toasting glasses had our "nicknames" painted on with fabric paint and then wrapped in camo ribbon. No one in the wedding party was old enough to drink, so we all had mountain dew in our glasses.

Oh and one of the times I had forgotten to pull up my dress to cover myself up (didn't want the girls making an appearance), they flew out and everyone noticed!

Needless to say...I am getting married on September 10th, 2011...and I will be having the exact opposite wedding!

Sugarbuzz23 · September 2010

I was a Bridesmaid in my Sister's Wedding back in "Sept. 2000".
When it was time for her to throw her Bouquet, she gathered all the "Single" Ladies together & I of course joined in. She then looked to see where I was before she turned around to throw it(She wanted Me to catch it). Anyhow, as she threw it & I jumped up to catch I heard a voice from somewhere grab my arm & say very loudly~~ "IT'S MINE!!" & the next thing I knew I was on the floor(Hardwood) with the person who yelled & I couldn't move or get up(I was wearing a long Gown, which went under my knees) since she landed on me. She was a rather large Girl at the time. She wore glasses which flew off when we fell, so she couldn't see to get up. Everyone was coming over to see if I was ok & I said I don't know yet because I can't get up. After she finally found her glasses so she could see to get off me I then got up & made sure I was ok~~no cuts..THANK GOD!! The Bouquet wasn't in the best of shape after that:(
My Sister still rewinds the Video so she can laugh over & over since she obviously didn't get to see that part, said she should send it into "America's Funniest Home videos"!! HA!! We still talk about that Day & it'll soon be "10 Yrs." since she Married.

secksyheh · September 2010

My future husband and I decided to have a small bridal party with just a few friends and mostly family. We took my twin niece and nephew out for their 8th birthday shortly after we got engaged and brought up the wedding to them. They seemed very happy that we were getting married and extremely excited to learn that the wedding would be at the zoo. However, when we finally asked them if they would be interested in being a part of our wedding party, my niece, much to my surprise, said "Hmmm, I'll have to think about it and get back to you." Then my nephew chimed in "My answer will most likely be yes but I'll have to get back to you too." At least they did agree to be a part of our wedding, but they took a month to decide! Who knew the most bridal party stress I would have would be from my youngest relatives' response?

Wegals11 · September 2010

This is a Batchlorette Party Story!

We decided to take the bride to a bigger city and a change of atmosphere for some shopping as well as a night out on the town. The night was going GREAT, we were having a few drinks, getting all dolled up in our new duds. We decided to give the bride a list of things she needed to accomplish before the evening ended. One of the things on the list was to get a pair of mens underpants, boxers, tighty whiteys, what ever she could get! Now you have to know the bride, she is the type of girl who is very poise. She would give you the shirt of her back, but not dare ask for yours in return. She has a bit of a wild side but it doesn't just come out on demand, you have to work at it. So needless to say this underpants getting wasn't going to be easy, for her anyways!

As the night progressed we were getting down the end and we had this 1 task left. We obviously stuck out like sore thumbs all decked out in our bachlorette garb, we definalty had all the attention. We got these drinks bought for us from this table of gentlemen. We wandered over there to acheive the task at hand! Before too long the one man at the table whipped of his jeans down came the boxers and TADA, task acheived!!! We were all SHOCKED, he didn't even go to the washroom, just right there in the middle of the bar, he just dropped trow!!! This had to be the best look on her face. It was great!! As you can tell this story is not about myself but my best friend. I am sure we will have a story like this for my own Bachlorette soon!!

thelowies · September 2010

A few years ago, my good friend asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding. About 10 months before the wedding, she e-mailed all of the bridesmaids a picture of the dress she wanted us to wear, and said that she found someone to make the dresses. I was skeptical, but the bride said that this woman came recommended by her future sister-in-law. Well, two weeks before the wedding, the seamstress only had one dress done, and it looked NOTHING like the dress in the picture. The bride told the seamstress to forget about her wedding. She found a shop that was willing to rent us dresses, so the bride ordered them based on our measurements (all of the bridesmaids except one lived out-of-town, so we couldn't try on the dresses before we ordered them). They wouldn't be in until the day before the wedding, so two hours before the rehearsal, we all went to pick up our dresses. They were awful. The bride told the shop to order coral-colored dresses, and they were bright orange. Then, the dresses didn't fit any of us right. One was too tight, one was too big, one made the girl's chest look obscene, and mine was too short. We didn't have a choice, so we all told the bride they were fine and we wore them at the wedding.

mrstfuture · September 2010

Well I guess I should have known what I was in for when one of my bridesmaids had asked my other bridesmaid to be in my wedding...

My fiance and I were engaged just over 2 years when we were able to finally set the date. As soon as we did, his sister-in-law (the one who asked my other bridesmaid to be in my wedding) turned into Bridesmaid-zilla. I picked out the designer for the bridesmaids dresses, the color, and a handful of dresses for the girls to pick from. I had already gone shopping with my MOH, which is my sister, and my flower girls, for their dresses. I thought everything was going very well. About a week later, the bridesmaid-zilla decides to email me a dress that is a different designer, my color not available, and about twice as much as the ones I had picked. When I gently said that we were keeping my dresses, she threw a fit and backed out of my wedding. She just didn't back out of the wedding though... She had her husband, to call his brother (my fiancé) to tell me that she was backing out of the wedding for "financial reasons". Well she obviously lied to me when she went on vacation not already planned, her husband got a couple of tattoos, and threw a huge party. Now she isn't speaking to me, even when we are in the same room.

One of my other bridesmaids kept putting off ordering her dress. When she finally decided to go shopping, she emailed me a dress she wanted. Well, the dress she wanted was above the knee and all of the dresses I had picked for the girls to choose from are floor length. Again, I nicely reminded her that I wanted floor length. A couple of days later she emailed me to tell me that she ordered her dress but didn't tell me which one. I called her that night and asked her to which she replied, "It's a surprise!". She refused to tell me the entire conversation and I was worried that she was going to order the cocktail length one. I had to call the store where she ordered it to find out which one she ordered. Thankfully it was one of the ones that I had chosen, but it has been a very bumpy ride with bridesmaids.

alli320 · September 2010

*Names have been changed in this story...

My friends and I always joke that it is a good idea for bridesmaids to wear strapless dresses.
We were all bridesmaids in a close friends wedding out of town. We had the usual gap in between wedding and reception so we filled it with bar hopping in the limo. Fast forward a couple of hours later and we are all stumbling out of the limo into the reception. "Ashley" was sitting next to me, at the head table, looking a little woozy. We were just about to be served our food when I looked over just in time to see her running through the swinging doors to the kitchen. "Ashley" had run into the kitchen in hopes of finding a shortcut to the bathroom to throw up. the cooks were trying to point her in the right direction but it was too late-while standing in the kitchen of the reception hall, not wanting to throw up on the floor, the only thing she could do was pull out the top of her dress...and throw up right in her cleavage!

While we don't know why she chose that route, we can all agree that, had she been wearing a halter or straps, things may have turned out differently

susanchunk · September 2010

I don't have quite the stories compared to some of these ladies, but I'll add mine anyways. My husband and I decided on March 11 to get married with the plan that on our second anniversary we would have the ceremony. We picked a date, and decided March 24th was perfect because then in 2012, it would fall on a Saturday. I wanted my bridesmaids to know about the ceremony before we actually tied the knot though. I didn't want them to feel hurt that they weren't in on the plan before it happened. I saw my (younger) sister first. I told her our story and asked her to be my MoH and also a witness at our "marriage" as we're calling it (the "wedding" has yet to happen). She was so happy! The next day, I went and met with two of my other three bridesmaids at their school and asked them. Then I called the furthest away and asked her. Two yeses and a maybe later, I had my bridal party. My sister and one of my bridesmaids have been a HUGE help, but the other two are rather MIA. To me, it doesn't matter though. Even if it just ends up being my sister and my one other bridesmaid on the day of the ceremony, I will know those two ladies have been there with me through it all and had a role in shaping such an important day.

dcentofranchi · September 2010

Keeping a feasible budget while planning a wedding on Long Island is hilarious, especially if you are from the area. Watching shows like Say Yes to the Dress, Platinum Weddings and Bridezilla (to learn what NOT to do of course) doesn't help your ceremony/reception from turning into a circus rather than an intimate setting like you and your future spouse "originally" wanted. With that said, I decided to ONLY look at wedding dress sites with a range from $0 (haha yah right!) to $1500 so that I would not fall in love with some fancy schmancy designer gown and refuse to try on anything else. Davids Bridal won and after giving birth 2 months prior, I decided now would be a good a time as any to try on that magical dress I was supposed to have dreamt about since I was a little girl. Being overly swollen, bloated, and face it out of shape from giving birth, my "dream" dress didn't fit me as perfect as I wanted it to so I decided to settle. Well, as most brides know there is no such thing as settling when it comes to your big day! Six weeks later and one dress purchased I had a bridal melt down and after watching one of the already mentioned shows above realized this was not my dress. Panicking (both me and my bridal party) I called up DB to explain my disaster. Thankfully I could apply the purchased dress amount to a more expensive dress, which was perfect because the original dress I wanted was clearly more money. So, in I walked and the DB associate assumed I was there to pick up my already ordered and paid for dress...fat chance!! I informed her that I made the wrong decision and before I could even say anything she said, you are really here for the Galina...? I was shocked. She said that when I tried it on the first time, even though I claimed to be "fat" from being pregnant she said she could see in my eyes that it was the dress for me. With that she ran and got it, we hurridly put it on, and instead of coming out thinking okay I could wear this dress, I came out prancing around singing this is the dress! this is my dress! Thank you to those brave b*tches on Bridezilla for helping me understand how not to freak out and handle my situation appropriately!

kdunseath · September 2010

I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried...

For a friend's bachelorette party last year we decided to do a girls' weekend at the beach. You have to understand, like most groups of grilfriends, we have a gamut of stereotypical qualities represented. Needless to say, they each put on QUITE a show.

The "responsible" one of the bunch (who coordinated the entire weekend from start to finish and kept us all in the loop through email) managed to forget her driver's license. As she was the youngest of the group, 23 at the time, and baby-faced, she wasn't admitted to any bars or clubs and had to spend the weekend back at the beach house.

The "badass" of the group drank beyond her heart's content...I believe the potion of choice was Twisted Tea with a shot of raspberry vokda added for good measure (see: deadly mixture).

The "sweetheart" of our group had too much to drink and ended up crying most of the night...

So here's where my story actually begins:
We're at a beachside bar, having a wonderful time, drinking, dancing, and possibly flirting a little, when the "fiesty" one of the group overhears a female bar patron calling our "sweetheart" fat and saying she has no business out on the dancefloor. Well, this fiesty little thing doesn't take that from anyone so she confronts the girl. One thing leads to another, and next thing you know, she decks her! right in the FACE.

This is too much for the "badass" to handle and the bride takes her to be sick in the restroom (As I mentioned, never combine Twisted Tea and raspberry vodka). While in the bathroom, the bar-brawn informs us that the female making fun of our friend is the niece of the owner and we need to leave...immediately. We peel "badass" out of the bathroom--puke and all--and hop in a cab. "Sweetheart" cries into her cell to her husband all the way back to the house about being called fat. Finally, we get back home. "Badass" runs for the bushes to empty what's left in her guts, while "sweetheart" trips on her way in and scrapes her face on the pavement outside. All she's worried about is her cell phone and wedding ring--thankfully neither are injured. Her face was another story.

Fast forward: "Responsible Rita" opens the door to find a drunk mess: "badass" is passed out drunk, "fiery" is muttering about how she could've taken that B, and "sweetheart" is crying, blood streaming down her face.

On the trip home from the beach, "Responsible Rita" finds her ID in the bottom of her purse.

We sure are an ecclectic bunch! But I don't think the bride would have traded us for the world!

justice1023 · September 2010

I have actually been pretty lucky when it comes to my bridal party...with the exception of one (ex) bridesmaid.

I had 4 bridesmaids and they had planned this wonderful bachelorette party for me in Seattle which is about 4 hours away from where we live. One of my bridesmaids lives in the Seattle area so the plan was to stay with her for the weekend. One bridesmaid, I'll call her Lisa, offered to drive. Well the first part of the trip started out great and once we got there we were greeted with wine and dinner. We were all sitting around having a good time (I thought) drinking wine when I needed to use the ladies room. Lisa burst into the bathroom I was in and started grilling me about why I was upset. WHAT?! I kept telling her I was fine and that I just needed to use the bathroom. This went on for about 10 minutes until one of the other girls came in and made her leave the bathroom. When I came out Lisa was MAD, packing her bags and saying that she was just going to go home. We had NO CLUE what happend or why she was acting so crazy. She made us come out to the car to make sure all of our things were out of it and then she promptly left us in Seattle. A couple of minutes later we were standing in the parking lot, stunned, when I realized that she had my engagment ring! When we were having dinner she was admiring my ring so I let her try it on and she hadn't given it back. Cue panic attack. My other bridesmaid quickly jumped into action with phone calls and luckily were able to get her to come back with it about an hour later. But then she turned right around and left again.Then I remembered that I had met Lisa at her house and parked my car in her garage for the weekend. I asked my Fiance to go and get it for me because at this point I didn't know what she was capable of. When he got there to pick up my car, she decided to tell him her version of the story (which was not even CLOSE to what really happened) and she told him that she wasn't even sorry. He said "well you stranded them in Seattle with no way home". To which she replied "They're big girls, they can figure it out." OMG
My fiance offered to come get us but I went on the Amtrack website and found that train tickets were pretty reasonable so I booked two of them. BUT when we got to the train station, the ticket counter agent told us that the tickets were actually BUS tickets! I almost lost it. So we ended up on a bus for the next 7 hours for what is normally a 4 hour trip.
Luckily, we made it home safely but needless to say Lisa is no longer a bridesmaid in my wedding...or a friend for that matter.

Mycia · September 2010

My cousin got married two years ago in Ohio, one of my sisters and our parents flew out from Washington to be there for her big day. My sister and I were staying at her parents house, our fathers youngest sister, now my Aunt is pretty much one cool cookie, she holds it together, is head nurse at the hospital she works at and is the family peace keeper. My Aunt was a mess by the time my sister and I flew in, two days before the wedding she was showing my mother the wedding dress, now this should all be okay but my Aunt has a nervous habbit of rubbing the side of her thumb raw till it bleeds. So needless to say her thumb was bleeding and she did not know this when she ran her hand down the back of my cousins white wedding dress, there was about a foot long line of blood down the back of her dress. My Aunt had to find a dry cleaner to clean the dress without my cousin knowing.
Now that is just the first part of the stress leading up to the wedding...
My Aunt was going to type up and print off one programe for the wedding, well needless to say that in all the family arriving and the getting ready she ran out of time and didn't get them done. My sister who has worked in editing and knows computers sat down the morning of the wedding and typed up the programes and not without problems. It took her until about a twenty minutes till we had to be at the church to get the thing printed off, my other Aunt ran out to the nearest staples or some such place and had 200+ printed off and at the door of the church as the first guest were arriving.
Now you would think that nothing else could go wrong , my cousin was married and we just had to kill a hour before we went to the reception, easy peasy right, wrong. Because it took so long to get the programes printed right and computers working, my Aunt never had time to print out 200+ sitting cards. So my Mother, sister and I with the help of two more cousins sit down to fill them out by hand, when I realized that we were missing a whole page of names, so my Aunt had to run back to her house wich was about twenty minutes away from the hotel where we all were and print off the list of names. We did get the cards done and they were set up with five minutes to spare.
All was good with my Aunt after that, she was alble to relax. Now the next bit of stress came after the wedding when we all were heading back to the hotel where everyone was staying, bride groom and both familes and friends. I have worked many weddings, as photogreapher and caterer, so I know to do things like have food packed up for the bride and grrom, have the top of the cake boxed up to br frozen, make sure the card/money box and all the gifts make into someone that can be trusted car, ect. So I decied that my Aunt did not need to worry about this, pulled her, my cousin, her new husband aside and toild them I was taking it all back to the hotel and having it put in their room. The one thing I did not take in to account was how much everyone had drank... I came down to the lobby of the hotel to find my cousinand her husband in full blown panic, someone had stolen their box of cards and money from the reception, as well as the few gifts and the brides bouquet. There had been some stories of how this was a new thing at wedding receptions that were in public places so that was what they thought. They had not made it up to their room at this point and had not found everything waiting for them.
Their were overjoyed when I told them that everything was in their room and plus more then they were thinking would be. They had a meal and champagne waiting for them.
Alls well that ends well and the night did end well!
Every wedding I have ever been to and it has been a lot has its moments, but that is all a part of the magic!

mandyk10 · September 2010

My husband and I just got married the end of July. My MOH threw me a big bridal shower in May and invited all of my friends, my future mother in law and my mother, who flew across the country just to attend. None of my friends really knew what my mother in law was like, but we'll just say she is one-of-a-kind. So, we get to the point of the shower to start opening presents and she plants herself in the middle of the room next to a friend of mine, the best man's girlfriend. I get to this present, its a bag filled with all these small tissue-wrapped packages and start opening them. They are random things like a magnetic notepad, a travel-sized gameboard with hangman and connect the dots, and a bunch of other stuff. I'm totally confused at this point, and i hear my friend both laughing and shrieking in horror. I then find out this bag is from my mother in law and all the gifts are to be used on our wedding night and honeymoon. The notepads are so we can write down every single sexual thing we did, the gameboard is so we can draw diagrams of positions we tried, etc etc etc. She's announcing this to the entire group now, all of my friends, some of their mothers and my own mom. Everyone was horrified and speechless. Luckily my MOH is quick on her feet and quickly gave me a new gift to open and got her to quiet down.

lisaburo · September 2010

So, my story still makes me mad. My parents threw us a beautiful engagement party at their home in NJ. We wanted to keep it small, so we only invited our close family and the bridal party. We are all adults (youngest age of the bridal party is 26), so I assumed that everyone knew how to conduct themselves at such events. Well, the joke was on me for assuming that. My one bridesmaid showed up wearing half of a dress, like a tube dress that barely covered the essentials. That wasn't even the issue though. She proceeded to get obliterated drunk (she was walking around with a bottle of wine to herself and when someone asked for a glass she would say "this is my bottle, there are more over there") and as time went on the dress seemed to get smaller and smaller. She then proceeded to be rude to my other bridesmaids, she hit on my father (who is still married to my mother), and at the end of the night she proceeded to take her clothes off in from of me AND my fiance. Oh and apparently she was also telling my family members that she is a stripper. Awesome. This girl in the past has been a great friend to me, and she is always there for me if/when I need her.. which is why I just didn't understand WHY she would act like this. I was so mad I couldn't even stand the thought of talking to her, and questioned the idea of removing her from the wedding party. I talked to her about the situation, and told her everything that upset me. She apologized (of course) and gave (lame) reasons as to why she acted that way. I let her know that I will NOT tolerate behavior like that and have to apologize or be embarrassed for my bridesmaids behavior and if something happens again I won't think twice about removing her from the wedding party. She said that she understands and promises that it won't happen... we'll see about that!! UGH.

superdani07 · September 2010

This is the story of the worst bridesmaid ever! I was in my best friend's wedding a couple of summer's ago, and since I was already going to have to drive across country to be in the wedding, I volunteered to pick up another one of her bridesmaids along the way. The other maid, I'll call her Mary, seemed nice enough on the phone, even though I had never met her. I thought- how bad could she be?

When I went to pick her up she loaded her stuff into my car. We would be on this trip for a total of 5 days, and she brought two huge suitcases and several duffel bags. Just when my car was about to explode- she came out carrying a pet carrier. I was a little confused as she hadn't mentioned bringing animals when we talked. Apparently she just thought it wouldn't be a big deal that she was going to bring her two dogs on our 14 hour road trip! (Insert here that I'm allergic...)

We had a few words about the dogs, but what was I going to do? The wedding was in two days, and I couldn't leave my friend hanging without a bridesmaid. Mary outright refused to go without her pups. She insisted that they would only need to stop every 4 hours, and they would remain in the kennel the rest of the time.

We ended up stopping every 2 hours or so for her dogs. She let them run all over the car, and then acted put out when I would not let the dogs ride in my lap while driving- she said that's what they were used to and it wasn't a big deal. Our trip ended up taking closer to 17 hours, and by the time we got there, I was MAD. I also smelled sort of like two small dogs...

I thought I was done babysitting Mary when we got there, but not so! At the bachelorette party she conveniently forgot to bring a gift, and asked to sign my card. She then proceeded to eat all of the chocolate truffles- before anyone else got any. The last staw was when she complained about her favor- personalized coffee mugs- because she doesn't drink coffee.

As we were leaving the bachelorette party, Mary asked what we were wearing to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. I said I was planning on wearing a skirt and a nice sweater. The bride's mother overheard Mary telling me that she was going to wear jeans and a rugby shirt. The mother of the bride then ordered me to take Mary shopping so that she could buy something appropriate for the church and nice dinner location. It took us HOURS to find something that Mary would agree to purchase and wear- and she kept trying on clothes in the middle of the store in front of tons of people. (She also kept saying things like, "Well, we can't all be stick skinny like you- can we! Some of us actually eat!)

She mostly behaved throughout the wedding- until the end of the night when we were supposed to be helping clean up. She sat in a chair drinking wine watching everyone else work. As we were all leaving she announced that despite the instructions of the bride- she had not made reservations to stay at a hotel the night of the wedding (rather than at the Bride's place- where she had been staying). Mary said she didn't think it would be that big of a deal to stay there with the newleyweds, ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT. She then informed the couple that she would be riding with them back to their place for the night.

After all of that- I had to drive her home (15 hours that time). It was ridiculous- and I will NEVER volunteer for something like this in the future. Needless to say- my friend owe's me big time when I get married next year

alilprincipessa · September 2010

I was recently in a bridal party where I was one of the bridesmaids. WE had the two MOST adorable flower girls. Well, the church wasnt air conditioned so the girls kept fanning their dresses sitting so politely in their pews. Long story short, when we finally cooled off in the limo and started taking pictures we were all so happy to be cooled off so we started doing the hokey pokey with the girls for their professional pictures. Long story short a picture sure is worth 1000 words!

cantwaittoliveonthesamecontinent · September 2010

March of 2009, Amy decided to go and hang out with her cute sister Laura (Cissy) for St. Patty's Day. Laura was the civilian communications director for the U.S. Navy on a remote location - St. Mawgan Royal Air Force Base in Newquay, England. Laura found out about this incredible trip to Dublin Ireland and invited Amy along...

On the bus that was meant to travel from England to Ireland Amy saw Tony for the first time (and thought he was ohhhh so cute). She tried on several occasions to speak to him...But Tony, being a bit shy, didn't have much to say. Amy thought Tony didn't fancy her whatsoever as a result...But then on St. Patty's Day this changed after Mr. Guiness suggested conversationAmy deciphered throughout the rest of the trip in Ireland that Tony's shy demeanor was very endearing, as being a man of few but very significant words, he always spoke to the point and with honesty...They also shared strikingly similar taste in films and music, and both loved to delve into a good book. Amy & Tony held hands for the fourteen hour bus ride back from Ireland to England....talking and sharing the whole time, with Tony pointing out all the various places along the way. They both knew this was something special, and so they decided to write via e-mail...And their e-mails proved how much they had in common!!! (natural soul-mates who continue to know the other's thoughts/do the same things at the same time, despite distance, to this day.................).

After March, Amy was really wanting to see Tony... She sold most of her silly belongings, threw the rest in storage, and flew over the moment school let out for the summer. She told Tony she was going back to England to surf---but she was really going back to see if he truly liked her or not. It did not take long for Amy to realise that he did in fact like her as much as she liked him...They fell in love very deeply, then Amy spent the rest of her time in Newquay surfing and dating Tony. It was heart-braking for both when Amy had to go. But the soul-mate they had both found in one another was too important, too impossible to forget...And so they continued hopping accross the pond for a year and a half, working very hard to pay for pilot's kids to go to college in the process. But their times together were so special...And their soul-mate relationship continued to grow despite the barrier of the Atlantic Ocean.

Knowing it was meant to be, they were engaged in July of 2010...And now, they can't wait to spend the rest of their lives together---ON THE SAME CONTINENT:)

jessicalp0917 · September 2010

My fiance & I met in high school. We were friends first & then he finally worked up the nerve to ask me on a date. He had decided we would go see a movie. He got to my house early, to meet my parents. They approved, and sent us on our way... with a curfew. We got to the movie theater and we searched the movies, nothing looked good. We decided to go to our "cheap theater" which has older movies at a discounted price, but still a big screen. I joked the whole way, saying that I was a "cheap date". We got there & realized we both loved Batman... a huge thrill for him realizing that I was more of a guys girl than a girly-girl. During the moving, we shared our first kiss. He touched my chin & moved me toward him. He took my breath away. After the movie let out, we realized our mall was closed... we had parked on the complete other side & had to walk all the way around. To this day, it was our best date. We just talked about everything. We joked, laughed, held hands. When we got back to his car, my mother called with her perfect timing, asking where we were. I lied. Said we got done at the movie & got a bite to eat.... we were on our way home.
He drove me home, and asked for another kiss. As perfect as that first kiss was, it was tempting... but my uncle was at my parents house, standing in the front door... awaiting my arrival. We said good night.
The next morning, he was the only thing I could think about. I text him and asked him " How about that kiss?". His answer, "How ABOUT that kiss?" I finally just asked, 'Should we be boyfriend & girlfriend?"... He said that he thought I would never ask.
Five years later, to the day, we will be married. That day is next week, Sept. 17, 2010. I could not be happier! He is the love of my life & we are still the same together. He still is a smarty-pants and his humor still makes me laugh everyday. I love him & we are so excited for our wedding in Las Vegas next week with our friends & family.

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