Bridesmaid wants to drop out because she can't find a date to the wedding

Wow, WHAT? Dropping out over not having a date? Talk about melodramatic. Tell her there will be plenty of single men to hit on at the party!

I'm sorry you're going through this, this sounds crazy! Can you have a conversation with her and explain that it's important to you that she be in the wedding and she'll probably be too busy to notice she didn't bring a date? Plus, a completely random date is going to feel so out of place while she's doing bridal party things.

I have this friend who has changed her date mutliple times. I wish I could uninvite her... as rude as that sounds. SHe is one of those people who tells you all her problems she is having with the wedding. She had a hard time getting off work, can't decide on a date, does not have a dress to wear! I have other things to do than deal with her problems!

I would tell your bridesmaid to take a chance with any single guys going. She can dance with them.

She's not even going to have time to entertain her date. What a drama queen.

It's a wedding, not prom.

That is really immature of her, sounds like she has self esteem issues & maybe she feels she needs a date to validate her. Anyhoo, ur not being unreasonable at all. She needs to stop acting childish & keep her commitment to ur wedding, date or not

Seriously? This girl needs to get a life. I would not be happy with anyone bringing someone random from the internet to my wedding AND I met my fiance on Match!

Your bridesmaid obviously has some serious issues with being single. There is a LOT of potentially with a stranger coming the wedding. A random person on the internet could totally see this as an opportunity to steal your wedding cards.

I'm sorry to say, but the fact that she's willing to drop out of being your bridesmaid because she's single shows you how much she values your friendship.

That's awful...like she can stand up for you, have a good time just b/c she can't find a date?! Extremely immature of her. I think most people w/ a plus one would never act that way.

Honestly, this is such a ridiculous statement that she is likely using it as an excuse to not go period. Odds are, she probably wanted an "out" anyway.

I would say, I'm really sorry you are feeling that way, but we aren't comfortable with a stranger being at our wedding. I hope you'll still come as a guest. It sounds like she'll try to make the wedding day about her anyways.

Only 2 of my 5 bridesmaids are bringing dates. They're just going to be too busy they day of, none of them wanted to deal with it.

Your friend needs to put he big girl panties on and realize you don't have to have a man to have fun.

Wow, that's crazy. At this point I would think that anyone she met on a dating site would not go to a wedding he just met. In my experience men don't usually enjoy attending weddings when they "have" to attend with a girlfriend/fiancee/wife. Why on Earth would they want to attend a wedding for someone they never met as a dance of someone they just met?

I was enjoying trying to help her find a date but as the weeks passed and no one suitable turned up I really thought she would realize that this wasn't going to work.

Whoa I don't think anyone is forcing anyone to find a date, the OP said they can choose to come alone, just the BM is obsessed... She sounds a little crazy...

I'm not forcing her to bring a date. She keeps telling me that she is, but can't name who she is bringing and tells me that she is going to find a random person online to bring. I want her to say she's going alone like everyone else has, but she won't.

If she doesn't come because she can't find a date I think that speaks volumes about how she feels about your friendship... just saying...

Sounds like you're better off without her. Way less drama...

Wow! Sounds like you'll be better off without her in your bridal party.

I wonder why she feels so adamant about finding someone to bring. It's not like she's going to have time to even socialize with the guy until hours into the wedding because she'll be standing up front during the ceremony and then whisked away to take pictures. This poor random guy would have to sit by myself for most of things. No wonder she can't find anyone to take.

Why is she trying to bring sand to the beach? Tell her to suck it up and party with the rest of the single people. Drama...