I'm going wedding dress shopping this weekend (yay!). My mom asked me last week if I would mind/ want to invite our neighbor X to come with us for an appointment or two. Originally, I only really wanted to go with my mom, but I love X. I've known her since I was a little girl, and she's my mom's best friend. She and her family will definitely be invited to the wedding. So I told my mom "okay, that could be nice. Make sure she actually wants to go though, and doesn't feel obligated."
Today my dad informed me that X called, and during the conversation mentioned how fun it will be, and that it will be a whole lady's day out. Apparently, and I hope my dad got the information wrong, X invited a few other neighbor ladies to come with us. My parents live in a really cute little neighborhood with coldesacs (sp?). Very much like Wisteria Lane from "desperate housewives" if you've ever seen it. X is very popular. She knows everyone in the neighborhood. My mom knows some people through X, but my mom works a lot and we're just less social than X. And I don't think I've ever met these other women. So... the prospect of going dress shopping with women I've never met seems really strange and potentially embarrassing for me. Strangers will see my bare back when half the dresses I try on will be too small.
I'm hoping X just wanted to do a lunch out with ladies of the neighborhood, and was including me, which has nothing to do with my upcoming wedding. But if she really did invite them... well, I'd get over it to avoid awkwardness, even though I think it will take away a lot of the meaningfulness/ fun of dress shopping. Like I said, I can get over that. I can go shopping again without them. But, if my dad was correct, besides the fact that it was rude for her to invite extra people, I'm more concerned that it will be rude for us(my mom and me) to allow people to come watch me try on wedding dresses (therefore, a prewedding event) who I have absolutely no intention of inviting to my wedding.
Ahh, the craziness.
ETA: sorry, knot formatting is not letting me use paragraphs today. more craziness.