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moh dress dilemma

Emma, on October 5, 2022 at 7:35 AM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 12

I first choose the color/style of dress based off of the weather climate and city (this is a destination wedding which I have never been to). We chose Cartagena in Colombia thinking "let's be adventurous and have fun". Little did I know what I was getting myself into. Since then, MOH tried to put her two cents on choosing the "right dress material and color" by going on an online shopping spree (just to show me how dark colors look amazing on her) AND by sending other friends talk to me and try to change my mind. Only because she wanted to wear dark colors like black or burgundy instead of champagne. Months go by and we unfortunately encountered issues with our wedding planner attempting to play us (I guess this is common for foreign travelers) which a lawyer had to be hired and involved, we fired her along with all the vendor we initially hired from her. Moving forward, we hired a new wedding planner along with all new vendors, last minute changes happened all over the place (including changing the wedding date and venue for ceremony and reception) along with the stupid color of the girls dresses and price (I decided tog o for an almond color dress which was listed for $300). Of course the only person I hear this being an issue is from the MOH. Unfortunately, I hear it from mutual friends rather than herself. Complaining that "I couldn't make up my mind" and "I am controlling" and this was affecting her so much (mind you she makes around $180 hourly) and the first dress she bought was less than $100. I take full responsibility here for all last minute changes, obviously this affects everybody else but us the bride and groom. Not to mention I absolutely volunteered to refund that money for the dress which she declined. But for some reason it wasn't enough. Of course she kept saying "I will wear whatever you want" and gave me the silent treatment for months. I kept hearing bullshit from other people instead of her. I don't know what her problem is. I confronted her in a very nice way and upfront apologized for any and all inconvenience and stress I caused and she is absolutely welcome to wear the first initial dress which she already bought and that it would be nice if she comes to me about any issues moving forward. Nothing has affected me more emotionally than her stupid tantrum over a dress... really? I am at a point of stress where I had to resign my full time job because all of this was triggering migraines, all while doing full time school and moving into a new house. I really just want to drop everything. I have come to a point where I have 0 positive association with this wedding. So much money is being thrown, and we are so close (120 days left) I don't know what to do. She doesn't feel like a friend to me at all anymore. Dilemma is, she's my fiancé's best friend (the best man). Should I fire her?

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Latest activity by Jacks, on October 15, 2022 at 2:51 AM
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    No, you shouldn't fire her. She's done nothing wrong. This is a person that was once so important to you that you asked her to be MOH.

    A position in the wedding party is a chance for you to honour those people that are closest to your not the other way around.

    $300 for a dress is pretty expensive. What was her original budget? You needed to have asked that at the beginning before choosing the dress. It doesn't matter what her salary is because you don't get to determine what price is reasonable. Only she does.

    I'm sorry to hear of your health problems, but wedding planning should not be causing this amount of stress. I'm not sure what happened with the original planner, but I would suggest just trying to look ahead now.

    Please don't let this wedding wreck your relationship with your friend.

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    Emma ·
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    Hi Jacks,


    Sure thing, a wedding in general should be an opportunity to develop stronger bonds all around.
    $300 for a dress sure is pretty expensive. $100 dollars was the boundary I set up front for everybody. Now if the MOH wanted to go on a volunteered shopping spree of $1500 + is a little different. And she did communicated this to me and the groom, she was going on a shopping spree on her own, to be able to find the perfect dress for her, because she had all the intentions of standing out(which is apparently something the MOH gets to do). Somewhere in between there, she absolutely forgot the color I was trying to aim for. And decided to only shop for dark colors (black/burgundy) Now this is a problem I only had with her. All my other bridesmaids were absolutely fine with a champagne color for a dress, considering the weather in Colombia is hot and humid.
    The only thing I absolutely do not consider to be okay with (to answer your first statement) is talking behind your friends back. If there is something you’re not okay with, speak up, discuss what bothers you. Going around throwing tantrums and giving the silent treatment about a color of a dress is simply not a good excuse to behave like a juvenile. This is new behavior to me. I did not know this side of her. We have only been friends for 2 years.
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  • Alyssa
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    Do you ever want to be friends again? If no then fire her, if yes then don't.


    I don't think she did anything wrong by venting her frustration to someone who is not the bride(obviously too stressed to handle). Take a page from your own book and go talk to her rather than other people.
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    Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but if she is your partner's best friend, why is she not on his side and he deal with her. Sides don't have to be based on gender. I agree with Alyssa. If you don't trust her and you really think she was talking trash, then indeed fire her.

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    That is really only hearsay, and you haven't addressed this with her. Who knows what she actually said? You don't.

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    There is different ways of "venting frustrations" with other people. I certainly don't think that insulting them should be one of them. This is not high school. After having asked her directly (through text because we are in different states) she did not, in fact, say anything back.

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    She is my fiancee's best friend's wife. I did not say nor mention anyone taking sides. I also don't think she is talking trash, I have in fact confirmed it by mutual friends reaching to me with screenshots of her own texts messages and complaints. I reach directly after finding out, and very straight forward said I was very sorry if the color of any dress was annoying her in any way and why she did not talk to me instead? But she did not have anything to say. No response from her at all after that.

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    Emma ·
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    I did reached out to her nut she did not say anything back. So you're right, no one knows specially not me. Have a good day!

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  • Alyssa
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    She didn't really insult you. I mean I guess by saying you're controlling. But 🍵🐸
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  • Jacks
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    Wow. You're on a roll tonight.

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  • Jacks
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    You can't really tell people how to post though. I'm assuming you're asking me to get off of WW?

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  • Jacks
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    ^^ To explain the above, the OP posted some derogatory comments that were removed by the mods, I guess ^^

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