I'm a bridesmaid in a wedding today, and I'm shaq-fuing PISSED

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The bride and groom are both my friends, and not relatives.

I generally need 10 hours of sleep a night for some odd reason. I would have even killed for 7 hours. I got a whopping 5 hours. The reason why I can't get back to sleep (went to bed at 1AM, got up at 6AM, still can't fall back to sleep) is because I'm so damn hungry, and I have already eaten like 1000 calories' worth of food. I blame the fucking bride and groom for taking us to a crappy CHINESE RESTAURANT for our rehearsal dinner last night, and it was pretty damn obvious the food was coated in MSG. Really fucking classy right there.

Nevermind the rehearsal. The Bridezilla told us to get there at 7PM sharp or we couldn't participate in the wedding. She said it would last 30 min-hour tops. Turns out we had to wait a fucking hour to even start the rehearsal because they- meaning the bride and groom- were still setting shit up that should have been done weeks ago. And the bride was being a general bitch, yelling at the matron of honor's 4-year-old for no logical reason, since he was acting pretty damn nicely for a 4-year-old. Nevermind that the readers had little infants that they had to bring because no one else could watch them, and they made us all wait so long anyway.

I'm really fucking fed up at this point. There's no way I am going to be able to wear my contacts to the wedding because they dry my eyes out so badly as it is, and with 5 hours of sleep, there's no way in hell I'll be able to stand them even for the ceremony.

I am fucking jetlagged still from my 24-hour total flight from Guam to Boston. They know this. Yet they pull this horseshit anyway. I am seriously considering not going, or going and leaving after dinner has been served at the reception. I just hope it doesn't have MSG in it.
 
Is this your first bridesmaid experience? Generally all the weddings I've been in (10+) have gone pretty much like this.
 
[quote name='javeryh']Is this your first bridesmaid experience? Generally all the weddings I've been in (10+) have gone pretty much like this.[/QUOTE]

Hell no, sir. I was a bridesmaid in a wedding last summer and it was pure fucking class. Everything went off without a hitch. Of course this may be because my cousin is quite possibly a saint reincarnated or something, but still. I'm almost certain this could have gone more smoothly. I was also a flowergirl and a junior bridesmaid.
 
[quote name='gregthomas77']I will have to remember that expression for future use.[/QUOTE]

:rofl:

This is all the food I've had so far since waking up and I'm still starving:
2 TV dinners, 1 cereal bar, 1 750-calorie thing of mac & cheese, and a hot dog.

That has to be over 1200 calories. WTF????? How much MSG did they put in my lo mein?!?!
 
Hehe
I am truly sorry for you.

A wedding is an interesting thing to say the least. Everyone gets worked up over it - there are always a bunch of chiefs, not enough Indians - and it is the worst day in the brides life. She feels like she will disappoint someone no matter what she does.

Now the groom - he is just along for the ride. I am truly sorry for you. But to be honest - they do not care much about the members of the wedding party. It is all about them, and then it is about you talking about them.

Realize it is what it is. Eat as much cake as you can possibly eat - and sleep during all of the other stuff. ;-)

By the way - Chinese food for the rehearsal - Groom must not have a lot of money. Sounds like they were trying to save some money.

Take Care,
Matthew
 
I did the sound system for a wedding last summer for some cash. They gave me a CD full of songs that had WEDDING SONGS written on it. Anyway, their was 18-20 songs on it, and they only used 3 during the whole wedding.

SO, during the rehersal(if you could call it that) they were telling me song names they wanted played. The songs they wanted played I had no idea what they were called because the songs were labled SONG 1 all the way to SONG 18. So, I was playing the songs asking if that is what they wanted. "NO, I want this one" is what I get.
So, rehersal goes flat and I leave. I did not get an invite, but the wedding party went to a bar to get drunk for the rehersal dinner.

Next day I show up for the wedding. I was there about an hour early, and I was the first one there. The wedding party was not even there so I had no clue when they were actually wanting to start individual songs for "prewedding music". I finally find someone and ask them, get my info.

From 6 to 6:30(keep in mind it's about 10 after 6 already) they wanted the same song over and over again along with a slideshow up on the screen. They had NO MENTION of a slide show before hand. So I finally get that going. They also say "Start this particular music at 6:30 SHARP". The particular music was the song they wanted played when the wedding party was walking down the stage.

So, about 6:25 or so I leave the sound desk to go find someone and ask them if they are ready to start the wedding march or if they are going to run late. I am greeted with a "IT'S 6:30 ALREADY!!!!". They run out and go get the party, apparantly they were downstairs sitting in chairs chatting it up. So, I am waiting at the entrance to get the info on when to start the music. The party comes up the stairs, along with a bridesgroom that had a short skirt. Let's just say she was sagging her dress and was not wearing any undies. Her ass was sticking out of the dress.

Wedding happened and I got less money than expected, especially taking actual time I put into the thing. I have the feeling that I am never doing another wedding sound board AGAIN.

Moral of the story>>>>> ALL WEDDINGS SUCK
 
[quote name='Rags']The party comes up the stairs, along with a bridesgroom that had a short skirt. Let's just say she was sagging her dress and was not wearing any undies. Her ass was sticking out of the dress. [/QUOTE]

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

At least we all have long dresses. :lol:
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

At least we all have long dresses. :lol:[/QUOTE]

They were all wearing different outfits, nothing matched at this thing. I wore a pair of cackie pants and a dress shirt, I'd say I was in the top 3% of best dressed in the room.
 
Ive been a bridesmaid a few times, and I've encountered similar problems before. One in particular just felt like it was gonna be a wreck. Everything that could have went wrong pretty much did. The only reason it survived was because the bridesmaids and groomsmen were there to help out, as well as everyone else that was helping. I'd have to say that wedding actually went pretty well, since I wasn't nervous at all when the time came, and we just wanted to get it over with.
Now just hope that the party afterwards is open bar ;)
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']It's not. Not even soda is free. What a clusterfuck.[/QUOTE]
:lol:
Thats pretty lame.
 
[quote name='GrimNecroWizard']Hah, only 5 hours of sleep? Hahaha[/QUOTE]

Dude, I know that's a lot of sleep for some people, but it isn't for me. Different strokes for different folks.

And the wedding is not in OH. It's in MA. Too bad. :cry: That saloon is really damn close to my dorm though.
 
Bring the DS with you, and make sure it matches your dress color. :D

Good luck with surviving your experience today, you deserve some karma points for sticking it out.

Then again, payback would be not to go. :D Could be friend-wrecking, however, so proceed with caution.

Oh, and the no open bar is a bad move. Not even for soda, now that's a true clusterfuck indeed.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']Bring the DS with you, and make sure it matches your dress color. :D

Good luck with surviving your experience today, you deserve some karma points for sticking it out.

Then again, payback would be not to go. :D Could be friend-wrecking, however, so proceed with caution.

Oh, and the no open bar is a bad move. Not even for soda, now that's a true clusterfuck indeed.[/QUOTE]

My DS is silver and the dress is blue. Though the shoes and gloves are silver so the DS should match perfectly. :lol:

I need to go, but I have already made up my mind that I'm leaving early. The only reason why I'm going at this point is because the groom has been a good friend to me for 8 years. The bride already wrecked a decade or longer friendship to someone who was SUPPOSED to be the maid of honor because of bullshit. She wouldn't let the MAID OF HONOR's boyfriend come to the wedding because they wouldn't have been dating for a year by the time of the wedding. So? The maid of honor and best man should be guaranteed the ability to bring a date. Plus there was other shit and now the girl, who was supposed to be the maid of honor, isn't even attending the wedding.

I think my cousin's wedding had an open bar for soda but not for alcohol. People still got wasted to fuck and a groomsman hit on me the whole time despite that I was 17 at the time (guy was like 26) and my ex-boyfriend (then-boyfriend) was in attendance. He kept trying to get me to have a drink.
 
[quote name='Rags']I did the sound system for a wedding last summer for some cash. They gave me a CD full of songs that had WEDDING SONGS written on it. Anyway, their was 18-20 songs on it, and they only used 3 during the whole wedding.

SO, during the rehersal(if you could call it that) they were telling me song names they wanted played. The songs they wanted played I had no idea what they were called because the songs were labled SONG 1 all the way to SONG 18. So, I was playing the songs asking if that is what they wanted. "NO, I want this one" is what I get.
So, rehersal goes flat and I leave. I did not get an invite, but the wedding party went to a bar to get drunk for the rehersal dinner.

Next day I show up for the wedding. I was there about an hour early, and I was the first one there. The wedding party was not even there so I had no clue when they were actually wanting to start individual songs for "prewedding music". I finally find someone and ask them, get my info.

From 6 to 6:30(keep in mind it's about 10 after 6 already) they wanted the same song over and over again along with a slideshow up on the screen. They had NO MENTION of a slide show before hand. So I finally get that going. They also say "Start this particular music at 6:30 SHARP". The particular music was the song they wanted played when the wedding party was walking down the stage.

So, about 6:25 or so I leave the sound desk to go find someone and ask them if they are ready to start the wedding march or if they are going to run late. I am greeted with a "IT'S 6:30 ALREADY!!!!". They run out and go get the party, apparantly they were downstairs sitting in chairs chatting it up. So, I am waiting at the entrance to get the info on when to start the music. The party comes up the stairs, along with a bridesgroom that had a short skirt. Let's just say she was sagging her dress and was not wearing any undies. Her ass was sticking out of the dress.

Wedding happened and I got less money than expected, especially taking actual time I put into the thing. I have the feeling that I am never doing another wedding sound board AGAIN.

Moral of the story>>>>> ALL WEDDINGS SUCK[/QUOTE]

:lol:

That's just plain classy right there. I was a bit disturbed for a second though as I always thought the bridegroom is actually the groom and I thought he came wearing a skirt for a second. Still, I know some people don't care about their weddings being fancy so much, but c'mon if they were going to be that lazy about everything why even bother, just go get eloped in Vegas or something. At least it seems like you didn't have to sit through the reception to DJ or anything...
 
The groom is on the interwebs right now (AIM). I am IMing him telling him about my trials of this morning. And I need to get ready in a few minutes too.

EDIT: Told him I'll probably be leaving early, he said that was fine. Hopefully the time that I'm there goes okay....
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']The groom is on the interwebs right now (AIM). I am IMing him telling him about my trials of this morning. And I need to get ready in a few minutes too.[/quote] Best of luck in surviving this mess. I'll do a little :pray: for you in the meantime.

And if the DS does match, certainly bring it along. ;)

[quote name='Pookymeister']This is why im getting hitched in Vegas.[/quote]
Yeah, that GBA-player financed wedding. :D
 
[quote name='shrike4242']Oh, and the no open bar is a bad move. Not even for soda, now that's a true clusterfuck indeed.[/QUOTE]

On the contrary, you might find the reception end far sooner than expected.
 
Part of the problem that so many brides (and their moms and future mom in laws to be) have is that they feel the wedding has to be this huge carnival show.

Dude, it's a holy ceremony between two people and God. Everyone there is there not to see roman candles and experience the most expensive inedible food ther is, but to be part of that ceremony... "when our marriage is having a rough time, can I count on your support to help us find our way back?"

Lose site of what's truly important and voila! you have DoKs situation.


Sugar, stick it out. It stinks, and no one ever appreciates what the bridesmaids go through. But it's one day and then things return to normal. If today you decide to teach a friend a lesson, it'll be a lifetime without that friend.

Learn from this, tell funny stories about it to women who are engaged and then you'll be using this experience for good. You'll share some laughter and hopefully keep weddings in proper perspective for a few people in time. =)

EDIT: [quote name='mykevermin']Skip the wedding and go here: http://www.surlygirlsaloon.com/[/quote]
I'm not much of a drinker (and can't really handle more than one drink at a time anyway), but that has the best name. =)
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']What the crap?! Apparently I was talking to the bride!! She was answering his IMs!!! I'm glad I didn't say anything bad.[/quote]
That sucks. I've had that happen before, actually.. Just not to that particular degree.

Good luck on the wedding. It's cool to see that you're putting up with it as best you can... I would probably have used up the five hours of sleep to plan retribution.

You know, spiking the cake or something. :D
 
ive always thought weddings were happy things, but my mom made me watch bridezillas and it, among other things, have made me afraid of women, and now your depiction of what someone has to go through..yeesh, im thinking of doing one of those "boyfriend and girlfriend never get married things now" :p
 
Weddings are antihappy things. I hate going to them, and hate being in them more. They kill a whole day if you go, and if you are in them kiss your weekend goodbye.

When my brother got married we stood(Brother, groomsman, and me) in this little room(about 5 feet by 5 feet) for about 45 minutes before the wedding march started. The room led into another room down some steps but that room had a foot of water in it because the church had flooded that morning due to rain and snow melting. ALSO, the room had to be 95 degrees.
So, 90 degrees, water and a tux for 45 minutes leads to hell.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']Pics.....we Must Have Pics!![/QUOTE]

I'll post pics later. This is one clusterfuck after another. The zipper on my brand-new, $170 dress is fubared. And the bride has the balls to ask if the dress is "too tight." I'm a size farkin' 2 for fuck's sake!!! The zipper is just defective. I was gonna take the dress off after trying it on and then putting it back on again at the church, but I can't risk it if it won't zipper up again. It was a huge struggle just to get it zippered this time, it probably won't work at all next time.
 
5 hours of sleep? Greasy Chinese food?

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You know...not to piss you off more than you are now. But how the hell are you finding the time to continue to post here if all of this stuff is going on? Are you just running out of the room to a laptop?

Just seems odd.
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']I'll post pics later. This is one clusterfuck after another. The zipper on my brand-new, $170 dress is fubared. And the bride has the balls to ask if the dress is "too tight." I'm a size farkin' 2 for fuck's sake!!! The zipper is just defective. I was gonna take the dress off after trying it on and then putting it back on again at the church, but I can't risk it if it won't zipper up again. It was a huge struggle just to get it zippered this time, it probably won't work at all next time.[/quote]
Blowing out a zipper on something like that during a wedding is a very very bad thing. :D
 
the only thing you have to worry about is if the bride decides to *disappear* and then calls a few days later to say she's been kidnapped by a hispanic male and female :|
 
[quote name='iheartmetal']boo hoo, i guess next time you should ask your friends to plan their wedding around your schedule and dietary needs[/QUOTE]


Finally someone said what needed to be said.

Grow the fuck up, sometimes it isn't all about you.
 
It's nice to know you're a good enough friend to manage to twist their (your supposed friends, for fuck's sake) wedding into some petty bitching about lord-knows what.

Come on. This is their day. Stop whining, sneaking off to post on a goddamn internet forum and, I dunno, be there for your friends?
 
[quote name='m1lesteg'] This is their day. [/QUOTE] Maybe it's just me, but I always felt like the whole wedding thing was just a big show for the friends and families. Not for the bride and groom.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']Blowing out a zipper on something like that during a wedding is a very very bad thing. :D[/quote]

Hope she won't will have to go nekkid. :D
 
[quote name='guinaevere']Part of the problem that so many brides (and their moms and future mom in laws to be) have is that they feel the wedding has to be this huge carnival show.

Dude, it's a holy ceremony between two people and God. Everyone there is there not to see roman candles and experience the most expensive inedible food ther is, but to be part of that ceremony... "when our marriage is having a rough time, can I count on your support to help us find our way back?"

Lose site of what's truly important and voila! you have DoKs situation.


Sugar, stick it out. It stinks, and no one ever appreciates what the bridesmaids go through. But it's one day and then things return to normal. If today you decide to teach a friend a lesson, it'll be a lifetime without that friend.

Learn from this, tell funny stories about it to women who are engaged and then you'll be using this experience for good. You'll share some laughter and hopefully keep weddings in proper perspective for a few people in time. =)

EDIT:
I'm not much of a drinker (and can't really handle more than one drink at a time anyway), but that has the best name. =)[/QUOTE]

Wow. This is really good. I agree. :) It is amazingly rare to hear this view of marriage. Kudos.
Matthew

Matthew
 
[quote name='niceguyshawne']Finally someone said what needed to be said.

Grow the fuck up, sometimes it isn't all about you.[/quote]
It almost feels like she has a grudge with the bride in general.
 
[quote name='guinaevere']Part of the problem that so many brides (and their moms and future mom in laws to be) have is that they feel the wedding has to be this huge carnival show.

Dude, it's a holy ceremony between two people and God. Everyone there is there not to see roman candles and experience the most expensive inedible food ther is, but to be part of that ceremony... "when our marriage is having a rough time, can I count on your support to help us find our way back?"

Lose site of what's truly important and voila! you have DoKs situation.


[/quote]

My sister's wedding was awesome. It was a small, quaint service with just myself, my parents, my bro-in-laws parents, and his sister. They got to see more than enough people at the recepetion.
 
[quote name='Hex']ferengi wedding omfg![/QUOTE]


so you say the groom looks like rom, and the bride looks like Leeta?
 
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