Laughably Bad Wedding Advice

My mother suggested sending out 90 invites (180 people) for a venue that holds 80-100 people. He reasoning, "not everyone will probably come"..... sweet baby Jesus

@CrazyPaperDaisy: RAWR! That is sooo ignorant and rude of your florist, re: your MOH. Also, if someone can give me a legitimate reason why bridesmaids cannot wear a suit, I'll eat my bouquet.

Also, your caterer... Gurl... WTH is her definition of vegetarian then?

@CrazyPaperDaisy if my caterer called me horrible they wouldn't be my caterer anymore

My best friend suggested a honeyfund because thats what her brother did. I told her I didn't want one and that a lot of sites take a percentage of the money which I didn't like. Not to mention the fact they are tacky as all hell.

One of my bridesmaids doesnt understand why a honeyfund is tacky and says "why cant people contribute to it?" She also doesn't understand that the money dance is tacky as well.

We had quite a few more declines than anticipated and multiple people suggested inviting more people on our B list......

We didn't have a B list and certainly weren't going to make one a few weeks before the wedding.

Not exactly advice, but cringeworthy. My brother tried to convince me that he (18 years old, an amateur CAR photographer who plans on going to college for videography) could photograph my wedding. Hard pass from me. My mom told me that I should let him take photos alongside the photographer during my ceremony because it would make him feel better. Sorry, but the kid who once took 600 pictures during a 10-minute baptism service at church will NOT be getting in my photographer's way during my ceremony!

Suggest jumping the broom im a little old fashioned because of my up bring but really im 26. I love my old people but really.

@Kate I'm dying here

@Bee someone talked shit about us not offering a fish option as well. It made it back to me through the grapevine. Who. Gives. A. Fuck.

My mom tried to convince me to let her make a "kissing dowl". In case you've not seen this disaster it's a stick with ribbons and bells on top and when the guests want the couple to kiss they have to raise it above their heads and shake it.

Hard pass.

One of my closest friends told me to have no shame and have a honeymoon fund jar at my reception. She means well and I adore her but she has absolutely no shame whatsoever.

FMIL told me to just ask for monetary gifts on the invitations. It was a hard no from me.

I've been very fortunate to not get any advice that's been this bad!! There's still time left lol.

Anyhow this all made me laugh, so thanks for sharing your stories

The normal weekly conversation with my FMIL since the engagement:

FMIL (who's from Korea): I'm not going to tell either of you how to plan anything. Whatever you want to do is fine with me. I'm not going to rush or make you do anything.

Me: Well we have a while to plan since it won't be for another year and a half to two years.....

FMIL: Oh no I expect next year!!!

Me: (hands the phone back to the FH while mouthing the word, "Again...")

My sweet MOH asked to make our food. Love her, but no!!

Not bad advice, just wasnt beimg listened to. Also, FH was dead set on a beach. FMIL spent a month desperately trying to get us on a grassy area....a mile from the beach. "But the beach will be in the background!" Yeah, if I wanted to get married on a patch of grass, we'd just stay in town and go to the park.

Lmao my grandma was like "I know she's not coming to the wedding, but you should have your mom invite sister Martha from church to the shower so she can get you a gift". NO WAY!

I've had people say "you should have your family cook the food so you don't spend so much money"

Or

You should call my cousin (16 years old" to DJ your wedding for cheap

My mom wanted us to do a money dance sooooo badly. And I just don't think it's cute at all. She of course threw a fit

Sorry but no

@kate, @monica, @ashley

Yup. Surprisingly it's pretty common down here for people to assume that "I don't eat meat" or "I'm vegetarian" to mean "I don't eat poultry, red meat, or game"...We've got a huge Catholic population and I guess because they can't eat "meat" on fridays during Lent, but can eat fish, they just assume fish doesn't count. Honestly had their food and their price hadn't been so awesome I would have found a different caterer.

Honestly the "horrible" comment ain't shit compared to what I get regularly..."Honey I feel sorry for you." "When are you going to start eating REAL food again?" "But you're not going to make your kids vegetarian right?" (FH and I don't have kids) "Every vegetarian I know eats meat when they're drunk/mardi gras/when I make this food". "That's not healthy." "You need to get off this kick you're on and make your man some chicken and gravy." Lots of people also just assume that if they talk about this awesome barbecue they had that I'll just projectile vomit or something....Like dude. You've known me for a year. You just found out I was vegetarian a week ago and you've talked about PLENTY of cookouts before.

As for my MoH, if aliens ever come to Earth, I really hope they find her because she's the best that humanity has to offer. She's very used to and comfortable with people either mistaking her for a man (usually until she speaks)...Sometimes when she's feeling devious she messes with them. I was really bothered though by my florist referring to her as a "bridesman"