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Pirate & 60s Bride
Legend March 2017

Bridezilla moment anyone???

Pirate & 60s Bride, on April 14, 2018 at 2:12 PM Posted in Planning 0 38

Uuuuugh, wedding planning is stressful. I mostly kept my cool. But I lost it with the venue over a tiny but important detail to us...the meaning of "family-style" dinner. It fit our theme perfectly (and I wanted photos of our one long table with amazing food!). A few days before our wedding, the venue said to maintain quality the dishes are brought out in stages, once people start eating they bring out the next course WHAT?! That's not family style! I got hissy. I offered to sign their "food quality release" waiver. I wanted to talk to the chef. They said NO.

Finally let it go. No detail is worth stress wrinkles or missing the real reason for a wedding anyway. Guess what? The chef did it! lol. And it was awesome.

Have any Bridezilla moments? Did you apologize, let it go, or did it get worked out?

38 Comments

Latest activity by Pirate & 60s Bride, on April 15, 2018 at 3:04 PM
  • Red Queen
    VIP May 2018
    Red Queen ·
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    I just asked my fiance if I have had one, and he is telling me that he doesn't think so. I have stressed myself at home but haven't done it to anyone else LOL!

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  • Pirate & 60s Bride
    Legend March 2017
    Pirate & 60s Bride ·
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    Red Queen, you still have a month until your wedding. Give it time! lol. Hope you don't though, it's not pretty or fun. Good luck on your final stages. Smiley smile

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  • M
    Dedicated July 2018
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    Yes I had a Bridezilla moment DB order me the wrong size on my wedding dress (I fit me like a high low dress & my arms didn’t fit good in it) I notice 2 weeks after I got it because I tried on for the first time. I called DB and they made me a appointment to go in that week. when I went in the Alteration lady got a original dress and got mine together on a hanger and told me nothing was wrong with the dress that was sent to me. I got piss and told the lady to let me talk and put it on for they can see what is wrong with it. After they got the manager in and I told them what they had told me originally that ordering it in a bigger size my back was going be lower and the dress was going be adjustable To be off shoulder they told me that they couldn’t do that! So finally I told them that I call customer service The day before and they said since I wasn’t happy how the dress got to me I can change dress. Told the manage and they let change it after 30 to 45 mins of going back and forth
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  • Pirate & 60s Bride
    Legend March 2017
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    Getting the wrong wedding dress would be cause for a Bridezilla moment! So glad they agreed to fix their mistake.

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  • Jessi
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    My florist sent me an email the week before the wedding, basically saying he was having a little trouble getting a specific flower that I wanted and would I be fine with a different one. I freaked a little privately, but then wrote a straight forward email. “I’m sorry you are having difficulty in getting the anemone but the ranunculus simply will not do. 8 months ago the only question I had when we had our consultation was if you could get that flower. There are 3 web sites that can have a box of them delivered to me in three days. Please figure it out.” The owner contacted me the next day and said everything was fine. I felt like it was justified because of our conversations and our contract, but I still felt a little bridezilla-like.

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  • O
    Master October 2017
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    😅Nope, I never behaved that way. Even when we had difficulties with one photographer and canceled the contract months before my wedding-I never acted irrational.
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  • R
    Devoted October 2018
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    I had a minor one at the bridal salon. They kept insisting I order a size up from what my size is according to their own book. I told them I am on a strict diet to loose my baby weight and would rather not go up as I know my body will bounce back (4th kid so I know). We argued for litterally 15 mins before she agreed to let me order it in my current size. Since then Ive lost 20 pounds and counting. They do all their alterstions in house and I felt like they were trying to price gauge me.
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  • FutureMrs.V
    Super June 2018
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    I had a little moment with my mom the other day. She's amazing, but she has been trying to sway me in the direction that she wants for decor, my dress, alcohol, food, etc. I picked the dress she really wanted me to and spent so much money trying to make it the way I wanted. I still didn't feel like it was my dress. So, this week I went to a local, less expensive bridal shop to look at alternative dresses. I went by myself and then called my mom when I picked the one I liked after sending her pictures. I was so excited about it and I loved how it looked and fit. She said "well I mean it's cute. I don't like the straps". This was the moment when I finally had enough and said "I like them, I love this dress. This is my dress" and that was the end of it. She wanted us to only have enough alcohol for each adult to drink one drink every two hours. I put my foot down on that and said that's not how it is going to be. I feel bad because it has caused tension, but it's my FH and I's wedding day. We deserve to have things the way we wish and my guests deserve more than one drink every two hours.
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  • Dominique
    Devoted June 2018
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    The only time I’ve ever had a bridezilla moment is when FH’s Grandma demanded that we invite her two friends who neither of us know and got upset because my side of the guest list was bigger because of family (they have a small family, I have a huge family). I wouldn’t have minded inviting them if she had asked nicely instead of saying we needed to invite them. Needless to say, they are on the list because it’s easier adding them then dealing with her.
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  • MrsMcK
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    I don’t understand why everyone says wedding planning is stressful... I enjoyed planning, it was fun. Dealing with my family was stressful, but they always stress me out so that wasn’t wedding specific.

    Glad everything worked out in the end for you.
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  • Colleen
    Master September 2019
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    I had a schoolzilla moment maybe it had some stress to do with wedding. I thought I lost all my school work. Word would not let me sign in. I woke my fiancé up twice freaking out. He works nights. Thankfully we found it.
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  • Colleen
    Master September 2019
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    The money part is stressful to me.
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  • KPTheCheeto
    Devoted December 2019
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    It's not the planning, it's the executing. I could write down guests lists, decoratiom ideas, food ideas, candy table setup, a list of music I want played....but if I can't find a DJ that speaks Spanish and English i'm screwed. If I can't find a venue under $6000 that will let me hang my own decorations, my planning was for nothing. If all of my guests decide not to show up, the wedding is a waste of money. Plus on top of that everyones family always thinks its THEIR wedding. So yeah....stressful lol but i'm happy someone had a good experience. Its rare. Especially if you are a really specific person with a vision.
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  • KPTheCheeto
    Devoted December 2019
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    So far I haven't had a bridezilla moment, but I talked to my husband the other day and we both agreed that if someones cell phone rings during the ceremony I will get out from the altar and drop kick them. And if someone's late or steps in front of the photographer that WE paid for and ruins our memories, they will not be at the reception. They can take their gift with them I dc.

    Also if a woman shows up in white she will be turned away at the door.

    Lol I dont care how it sounds, if they want to behave badly or wear white, they can pay for their own party and do it then. Smiley smile
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  • M
    Dedicated April 2018
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    I had several openings to become a bridezilla, and never REALLY understood why people behave that way until 1 week leading up to the wedding. Little groomsman had the wrong color suit and wouldn't wear dress shoes, FMIL made a "gold digger" comment (mind you until recently I made significantly more than H and he has recently seen a huge business increase), H's dad, step mom and two half siblings almost didn't fly in in time, MOH forgot my dress (it got there 20 minutes before first look), mom insisted on making the cake and then it made her miss ALL of the getting ready pictures and 25 minutes late for family pictures, I forgot my headpiece at home, H lost his glasses at our first look venue, several people brought children to our adults only wedding that we sent invites out to 4 months in advance, my best friend couldn't make it (med school requirement she wasn't aware of when we set the date), and we had a huge snowstorm the day after so everyone from out of town had their planes grounded. Aaaaaand my aunt (an amateur photographer) ruined many a photo for my actual photographer (and this woman, bless her auntie heart, has never taken a good photo of me. EXCELLENT wildlife photog, people not so much)

    But you know what? It was perfect. We were so happy, focused on each other, everything worked out, and now we are married and THATS ALL THAT MATTERS! Our crashers made for the cutest dancing pictures, we had to kick our friends out at the end of the night, the cake was AMAZING, I shared photos with my friend and we will travel together soon, everyone and everything made it on time, and I'm married to my favorite person on earth..... but lemme tell you. I cast no shame on the women who are overcome with bridezilladome. I was thiiiiiiiis close 😂😂
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  • Elizabeth
    Master December 2016
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    That's just horrible, sorry. Not sure why you'd post all this like you're proud of it.


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  • Casey
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    What I’m hearing is: “I care more about an event than I do about my friends and family. I will gladly ruin lifelong friendships in favor of maintaining aestethics of a 6 hour event”
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  • ISaidHallYes
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    I think she was kidding about actually drop kicking someone. At least that’s how I read it. I do think if anyone did any of those things though (cell phone, blocking the aisle, wearing white) then those people are very rude guests and not the best family and friends. Just saying. But I wouldn’t let it ruin my day. Please don’t drop kick anyone. That would ruin your day more 😂
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  • Elizabeth
    Master December 2016
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    People can wear any color they want. This whole "only the bride wears white" is outdated and old-fashioned. Everyone will know who the bride is, no matter what color any other guest is wearing.


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  • ISaidHallYes
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    Nope. Sorry I haven’t to very respectfully disagree. There is a ton of etiquette I don’t agree (believe me I’m not etiquette queen and don’t hold a ton of it to standards. I think times change and a ton of things are outdated that people hold to high standards but that’s a different subject) but wearing white to someone’s wedding to me is extremely rude. I personally wouldn’t kick someone out but I would have some hard feelings. I’ve been to multiple weddings where this has happened and the person wasn’t “ignorant” to the general rule. It caused a lot of raised eye brows.
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