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About to Lose It

Veronica, on June 16, 2019 at 8:17 PM Posted in Wedding Attire 0 13

My fmil offered to make the flower girl dresses for our wedding shortly after we got engaged. She was basically using it as an excuse to travel to North Carolina to see her grandchildren (the flower girls, ring bearer, and usher). I said from day 1 that the dresses needed to be done 1 month prior to the wedding so I could purchase matching flower girl baskets, shoes, and headbands for the girls to wear. Our wedding is 1 month from this Thursday and the dresses still aren't done. She left for Ohio today to take some of her belongs to her other son's house. She is moving in with my fiance's brother. She will not be home until late Wednesday night and works Thursday so there is pretty much no way they are going to be done by the deadline I gave. My fiance keeps defending her even though she keeps giving us excuses. She will tell us they are going to be done by x date, but then she has things suddenly come up. Last week she told me they were going to be done by today or tomorrow, but surprise surprise they aren't done. I want to just buy dresses from either Amazon or Walmart which is what I planned on doing from the very beginning, but she insisted on making them. I am afraid this will cause a huge fight between my fiance and I, but I don't want to not have dresses for the girls to wear. Originally, she was going to mail the dresses to them, but if they aren't done that is rather difficult to do. Would you recommend giving her more time and hope she actually comes through or would you buy dresses?

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Latest activity by Veronica, on June 16, 2019 at 9:32 PM
  • Emily
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    If you will need to order dresses from those places, at least they can help you in a pinch! I understand it is irritating. At least you have a backup plan.

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    It just angers me because I didn't want her to make them because I knew she was a procrastinator. She made bridesmaids dresses before and didn't finish them until the night before the wedding.

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  • Emily
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    Oh, believe me, I would definitely set a final deadline of two weeks before the wedding. I would make it very clear to her and your FH. That way you still have some time.

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    I'm not going to have much of a choice because every time I ask for an update the completed date changes to further and further out.

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  • Anna
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    If I were you I would juT purchase those without her knowing. If she does make em, just return it. My mom did that with my baptism dress. She said she would purchase the dresses just incase the godmothers didnt buy any. But this is just a suggestion.
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    The only issue with that is that I have to confirm the sizes with their mother. The mother might tell her.

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    So then you need to set a firm deadline of 2 or 3 weeks before the wedding. Enough time to get dresses from Amazon or Walmart or wherever. Ask the mother for the sizes and explain that if the dresses aren't made by X date, you will be purchasing from whatever store. That way it's not a big deal. Explain that you are worried about her getting them done in time and want to make sure there is a back up, just in case! If she gets then done, great! If not, then you have peace of mind knowing you have dresses available without having to run out the day of, which is what my brother had to do for his girls 🙃🙃🙃
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  • Ashley
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    If you makes you feel a little better....at least it's just the flower girls dresses. I've been dealing with my family making MY dress! Everyone at work kept telling me to just go buy one... even his step mom and my mom offered to buy me one, but his mom wanted to make it for me... I have 75 days until the big day and no dress. She just got SOME of the fabric in a few days again and she wants me to come up to her place July 13th to get measured! She has a lot of applique work to do. Theres not much time left...hoping she pulls through.. and I'm hoping it looks good on me!
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  • Ashley
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    My FMIL**** not family making the dress, sorry autocorrect lol
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    Oh gosh! I would probably try to find a dress if I were you because I certainly wouldn't want to worry about not having a dress.

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    I definitely agree with telling her they need to be done. I had told my fiance he needed to tell her they had to be done 1 month ahead of time, but I don't know if he ever said anything. I would hate to have to run out the day of the wedding to get dresses because she didn't finish them.

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  • Ashley
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    I just keeping hoping she can pull it off... otherwise I am a prime member on Amazon LOL
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    Amazon does have some pretty wedding dresses.
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