My sister is getting married next year. We're all very happy for her etc etc but one small problem: she's quickly turning into the bride from hell. I'm meant to be bridesmaid along with our younger sister who will be 15 by then. I really dont mind doing this. I'm not terribly excited but weddings as a whole dont excite me. They just don't.
She's been engaged and planning this wedding for about month or so and so far has told me that the bridesmaids will be wearing a hideous colour dress that will suit neither of us (we have similar hair and skin colour). I can deal with this except I'd have given birth a few weeks before to DC2 so if past experience is anything to go by my tits will be huge, as will my bingo wings and my cankles. I will not be able to pull off a shocking pink prom dress. Little sister is not thrilled (she says she'd prefer black- I'm with her).
Bride has perfect solution to my weight issue: I should breastfeed! Not for baby's benefit, just to fit into the dress ok. Thing is I've already told bride why I'm not planning to BF. (PND last time, had to go on medication 3 weeks after the birth that I was told not to BF while taking). She knows this but thinks I could "hang in there, coz you know you will lose all your weight you know." Mind you she's also telling our mum she needs to lose weight before the wedding too. Mum is no Cheryl Cole but surely she should lose weight for her own health, not for a fucking wedding?
The wedding is about 500 miles away and me, DP, DD and newborn will have to find money for petrol, accomodation etc the same month we will be moving house. (We have to move that month as that is when tenency is up). DP says we might not have enough money to go at all. I've told him if it comes to that, he can tell my sister that, I'm too bloody terrified!
Basically, AIBU to really hope that Sister and BIL either change the location to somewhere more local (practically all the families on both sides live local to where I am, the bride and groom moved away 2 years ago). Or failing that, Dsis finally decides to not marry her chump of a DP at all? I know that's mean btw.
Also as a side note, is it really tradition for mother of the bride to coordinate with the bridesmaids?
God that's long but I feel loads better! If you made it through, hope I made some sense!
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saffy85 · 02/12/2010 15:32
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