Holy shit this was longer that I meant it to be. TL;DR: GMs may or may not have their tuxes for the wedding due to them being all over the place and not arriving in time.
This whole wedding planning process, I feel like I've had to 'school' FI on how things go. I mean as far as logistics and etiquette. He was all about some cash bars and registering for a honey moon and getting guests to move their chairs from the ceremony location to the reception until I gave him a big fat negative, and explained why none of that would be happening.
And I'm still having to fight these battles. I've come a LONNNG way from the me-10-months-ago when I had this picture perfect wedding in my head and wasn't really interested in FI's ideas, but some things I can't give in on, like the things I mentioned above.
However, I have one giant hill that I am now refusing to die on, and he can handle it when/if it does not work out.
We ordered tuxes through Men's Wearhouse because they're everywhere and we have groomsmen everywhere. 2 of the groomsmen have a MW in their city, the other 4 plus the ring bearer (one of the GM's son) have to travel about an hour to another city where the closest MW is located. We had 2 options, have all the tuxes sent to our location so they would be ready and waiting for the GMs when they arrive, or have the tuxes sent to the GM's preferred location and they bring them with them to the wedding. I was totally cool with either. We(FI and 2 of his GMs) decided to have the tuxes sent to our location so we could easily return them all on Sunday. Now here's the issue.
MW makes you pick up your tux 2 days in advance in case there are any issues. Makes total sense to me. But unfortunately most of the GMs will be arriving Friday afternoon/evening before the rehearsal. I'm being optimistic in hoping they can pick up their tuxes before the rehearsal starts. This means even if MW lets us pick them up that late, there is NO time to fix anything.
I said to FI last night that I felt like it would be best for all the GMs to pick up their tuxes in their preferred location that way if there is a problem, it can be fixed and the correct item can be sent to our store. FI said no because that would require the 4 groomsmen who have to travel the hour to take off early Thursday night to pick up their tux. I said umm no... because it's only an hour away and MW stays open until like 8pm. GM gave me a giant annoyed look and went back to cooking and I dropped it.
So guess what! The tuxes are being sent to our store, the groomsmen will pick them up whenever they arrive and hope for the best. If something is wrong, FI can handle it. I'm done worrying about it. I never HAD to have everyone match to begin with. I was cool with everyone picking out their own thing, but nope. FI wanted tuxes from MW. So he can handle it. I will just keep on sipping my wine that Friday while they run around trying to sort things out.
But for reals, am I being a bridezilla?
ETA: TL;DR