Phone a Bridesmaid: Fire my sis?

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Apr 04, 2024

📞 Hello? Hi. It’s me, Jen Glantz. Welcome to the Bridesmaid for Hire Hotline. A place where real stories are shared and your best advice is given.

This week: We’ve got some drama to sort through. A few of you sent in some sticky situations that you need advice on ASAP. So I’m sharing those stories with you and asking for your votes. How should these strangers handle these uncomfortable situations? Your words are their magic. 👇

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💁‍♀️Phone a Bridesmaid

A handful of you sent over tricky little situations you’re struggling with. I’ll recap each one and share options for how you think the person should handle the drama. Vote on what you think they should do.

Sis, She Sucks!

I of course asked my sister to be my maid of honor — because what choice did I have — and she’s been nothing short of awful. We weren’t that close and I hoped that giving her this role would be fun and a way for us to bond but she’s dropped the ball on everything. She never even reached out to the other bridesmaids and my wedding is two months away and she hasn’t planned a bachelorette party or bridal shower for me. I’ve tried to say something to her but she gets super defensive. If she wasn’t my sister, I’d kick her out of the bridal party and never speak to her again at this point.

Fiance’s Feral Friends

The wedding planning process was the first time I met a lot of my fiance’s friends (who became her bridesmaids) and some of them are just really awful people. One of her friends tried to encourage her to get black out on her bachelorette party and if she hooked up with anyone else it would be a secret. Another just says mean and degrading things to her all of the time. I don’t like these girls and it’s honestly made me wonder why my fiance likes them. I’m questioning her too. Do I actually even know the real her if these are the people she surrounds herself with?

Dress Wasn’t a Success

I had good intentions around getting my bridesmaid dress on time but it just didn’t work out that way. I went to the store to order it 6 months before the wedding but the store messed up (I know that seems like a lie, but it’s the truth) and sent me the wrong dress. With a month to go before the wedding, they tried to help fix the situation but the dress is backordered and won’t arrive until weeks after the wedding. My friend’s wedding is now in three weeks. I don’t have the dress and I don’t even know if I can pull off a miracle to get it on time.

One Child Only

I’m getting married in late May and my best friend from college, who is also a bridesmaid, just asked if she could bring her two year old to the wedding. I’ve clearly stated that the wedding is child-free and we don’t want kids there. It’s just our preference and we’ve told so many other people that they can’t bring their kids. She made me feel guilty and even said that if her son can’t come, she might have to leave early and won’t get to celebrate me in the way she hoped.