to laugh at this second-hand wedding drama?

[kitchentableagain]

It's second hand because it's actually happening to someone I know vaguely on FB who is in America.

She is getting married! And man, does everybody need to know about it! So far she's had:

An engagement shower (which seemed to be a party just for her thrown by her mother)

An engagement party (for the couple and potential invites to the wedding)

A wedding shower (same again?)

A bachelorette party (hen do)

Sent out save the dates (which I'd never heard of before her fb post about "looking out for them"), invitations, RSVP cards. And on and on.

Many many public dramas on the way, including rants about the fact that some people RSVP'd "sorry I can't attend" AFTER getting their save the date cards - she sent the save the dates SEVENTEEN MONTHS before the wedding. I'm sure most people had lost them by the time the correct year rolled around!

Anyway the wedding is this weekend (yay! An end to it all!). This week's FB drama is that people are cancelling last minute. She posted a screen grab of a text convo today though that has had me scraping my chin all day (my jaw is on the floor). It said:

Friend: Wanted to warn you hun, I won't be able to make it on Saturday. I'm so sorry. I'll call you tonight.
Bride: You know what, DON'T call me. You're the second to do this. So sick of selfish people wrecking my special day.
Friend: Mum died this morning.

Bride is on FB asking her friend list AIBU to think that "if her mum died on Monday then she could totally attend a wedding on Saturday".

Amazing.

And before anyone says it, yes I know I should unfollow/unfriend but I am shamefully addicted to this stuff...

[kitchentableagain]

And also to be clear, obviously I'm not laughing at the poor woman who lost her mother yesterday!

Just at this bride's incredible level of entitlement.

[EbwyIsUpTheDuff]

wow. I hope never to meet such a bitch!

[Heels99]

You have got to get yourself on the invite list it will be comedy gold

[OneFlewOverTheDodosNest]

Well she is a whole new level of deluded to post a screengrab of a conversation where she so clearly and obviously comes off looking terrible.

Are you sure she hasn't been possessed / abducted by aliens and replaced by an evil doppleganger?

[TaliZorahVasNormandy]

This is why we all need a FB crazy, they are comedy gold and also teach us a lesson on how not to be a crazy twat.

[viva100]

What I always wonder is what must be going through her partner's head. Why would anyone in their right mind not run a mile when they see all this happenig?

Also, I wouldn't unfollow either, nothing more entertaining than a bridezilla

[kitchentableagain]

I'm definitely not getting an invite, and I'm in the UK so even this level of primetime drama wouldn't be worth the flight costs.

She seems to have become caught up in the whole "biggest day of your life" idea, she just can't see that her wedding is most important TO HER and her future husband, not so much the rest of the planet. She added me as a friend as I know someone she went to college with and I once Liked a photo she posted of a dog!

Unfortunately she is surrounded by Facebook enablers - somebody has suggested that coming to the wedding would "cheer up" the bereaved friend!

[Justmuddlingalong]

If her wedding day is anything but 'perfect', this could run and run. Please keep us posted, OP.

[DeliciousMonster]

Wowsers. The very definition of batshit crazy!

[DeliciousIrony]

Wtf is an 'engagement shower', when it is clearly differentiated from 'engagement party' and 'wedding shower' .

She sounds dreadful, I hope her poor bereaved friend told her where to go. Please keep us updated with any further drama!

[kwerty]

Words fail me..

[Nolim]

Oh. My. God.

[TheWitTank]

I secretly love bonkers fb dramas like this -it's better than any soap .

[CurlyWurlyCake]

My FB is sooo boringly normal.

She sounds like an utter nutter!

[RainbowFlutterby]

I'm not marking a place for future updates.

Honestly.

[Justmuddlingalong]

Do you think she might manage to squeeze in a '1st sh@g as a married couple celebratory, pinata whacking, pom pom shaking, brass band playing, Beyonce appearing, gospel choir singing breakfast/lunch feast' the day after the wedding? Or maybe she'll be too upset because the doves released were the wrong shade of white...

[BeCoolItWasMeWotKilledLucy]

I'm quite jel - all my FB friends are boringly 'normal'. Suddenly I'm feeling my "avoid the crazies on FB" policy is depriving me of Comedy Gold.

[MythicalKings]

Another not place-marking.

[TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams]

Wow. Most people would spontaneously combust and die of shame at that exchange. Any chance her profile is public?

[Flambola]

What a fruit loop.

[Justmuddlingalong]

I'm going to a wedding next year and will be devastated relieved if there is no bride/groomzilla behaviour involved.

[YoniMitchell]

You need to find a way to get people to post live updates on FB during the wedding! I'll bet there are some corkers in the making for the day itself.

[CornChips]

What fun!

[CrystalCove]

I love threads about over entitled me me me wedding brides. A while back there was a fab thread about what was the worst wedding you had been to and why and there were lots of bridezillas on there! (The other common reason seemed to be a lack of food!)

[MonkeySeeMonkeyDooo]

Bridezilla from hell! Send her a link to this thread.