Bridesmaids Driving you Crazy?

Bridesmaids giving you trouble huh?

 

What to do when you can’t stand your bridesmaids anymore. Now this is a conundrum. The standard group of bridesmaids consists of: your best friend/s since Elementary School, your college roommate, your sister-in-law (because let’s face it, you had to) and your sister (again because you had to of course). So what happens when you can’t stand these women who you’ve spent years (maybe not in the case of the sister-in-law) bonding and creating memories with drive you insane? What do you do?!

I’m not saying this happens with every wedding party. In fact, I’m sure the majority of brides and their bridesmaids are perfectly happy with each other and have no problems but let’s face it, if your group of bridesmaids live close by, or are electronically savvy, they’re going to want to be a part of the wedding planning. Everyone will have their own opinion on how your wedding should be. What the decorations should look like. What flowers you choose. What your color scheme is…the list goes on and on and on. If your opinions don’t mesh with everyone else’s and if they begin to bicker between each other then at some point there will come a time when you can’t stand your bridesmaids and wonder why you ever chose them in the first place. Heck, you’ll probably wonder why you even liked these people to begin with!

Here’s my advice if, God forbid, this happens to you and your bridal party.

• Get out old photographs and remember the special times you spent together as well as those awful times that brought you closer together.
• Go through yearbooks and remember how you swapped notes in class, how she held you when you cried because your dog died, or your boyfriend dumped you for that cheerleader who no one ever actually liked, and how you made fun of her when she she got that perm and ended up looking like one of those troll dolls!
• Watch the old cartoons you used to watch together on Saturday and remember how much fun you had laughing over Hey Arnold and Rugrats.
• Remember how you banded together to get out of doing Saturday morning chores.
• Watch the old movies you watched together in college that highlighted how you were feeling or what you were going through at that time.
• Remember how she stood by you when you were terrified. Didn’t matter what it was, an audition, a test, the first time you asked a boy out yourself, even walking in to that huge cafeteria the first day each school year. It didn’t even matter if she wasn’t actually there, you knew she was there in spirit and had your back no matter what.
• Think about the time she chased you down the poorly lit street that night because she knew that in your drunken state you would call that dirt-bag of an ex boyfriend and she was never going to let happen. Even if you did run down the street, three different times trying.
• Remember when she let you borrow her pearls for your first job interview, how she helped you pick out the perfect outfit for an important date.
• Don’t forget those times where she made sure you didn’t do anything stupid or embarrassing. Who knows what would have happened if she hadn’t been around!
• Most importantly, just remember how she has always, and will always, be there for you. No matter what.

 

It might be at the point where you can’t stand your bridesmaids anymore but it’s time to forgive them for all the ways they are making you miserable now and remember that payback time is coming!! Oh yes! They’re going to get married someday and, oh! You’ll make them pay!  Just Imagine it. you’ll be able to tell her the color of the ivory gown she chooses makes her look sallow, and when she tries on a white one, you can tell her it makes her look too pale! You can tell her that the color palette she chose clashes and the decorations she wants are hideous. Think about it gleefully for a few minutes… but then put it away.

 

You would never hurt your friends, sister, or even your sister-in-law like that, even though your bridesmaids might be driving you crazy now, you know they don’t deserve it. They are your family and your best friends.

 

Then, after remembering why you love all your bridesmaids and how you can’t possibly get married without them by your side, take them to That Bachelorette Show to have fun and blow off steam. Dance to great music, drink enough to make you all sentimental and reconnect while you vote for the man of your choice! You’ve already got the man of your dreams but you’ve got to help Adriana find the man of hers.

Love,

That Bachelorette Show