Most Ridiculous Thing You've Been Asked to do as a Bridesmaid?

I was asked to take an entire month off from work to help "prep" for the wedding. the here is the kicker- the bride was going to the cape for that month

Color my hair something other than red. Not happening!

ETA: The bride has red hair and 3 of us BM's have a red tint to our hair so she wanted us to change the color of our hair for her wedding so she would be the only one with red hair and because she thought it would look funny with our sage green dresses.

Ask to help set up and break down the venue that was on the 3rd floor with no elevator.

My sister wanted me to cover up my tattoos when I was a bridesmaid for her wedding.

Bahahahah @Elisabeth I'm dying!

Wear these shoes. My sister sent me the style # of the shoe and asked me to go to Payless to try them on and send her my size so she could order. We can laugh about it now. I've always joked about my abnormally long second tow, but this really accentuated it.

I was asked to tan for my friends wedding because I am "too pale". So I backed down. I was also asked to cut my hair shorter because the bride wanted us to wear our hair down, but didn't want anyone to have hair longer than hers. The worst was there was a wedding that the bride asked us to all hand out drink tickets and tell guests that after their single ticket it switched to cash bar.

Oh... my lawd. These are absolutely insane! I guess I am super lucky to have been in weddings with super laid-back brides!

This sort of makes me happy that I don't have more girlfriends and I've never been a bridesmaid.

Fly several states away for the "free" alterations provided by her seamstress. And then have the appointment canceled after you booked your non-refundable plane tickets.

At the time, I thought it was awful, and it's still a little ridiculous (bride got a HOUSE as a wedding gift, doesn't work, and I believe has some bills paid by her parents after 5 years of marriage, so she's a little out of touch with finances), but I really wasn't asked to do anything else, so I guess it's not the end of the world.

This thread has taught me that I'm obviously not demanding enough from my bridesmaids. I will need at least 11 months of gifts from them in the next three weeks.

I've never been a bridesmaid! But damn, some of these! And Trisha, I LOLed.

Hahaha Trisha I thought the same thing as JSARGE. Toe flip off. Too great.

I was TOLD that accepting the invite to be a bridesmaid made throwing a shower and bach party FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, no questions asked, and no help from the brides family would be provided.

Learn a choreographed dance off a YouTube and perform it with the rest of the bridal party at the wedding.

I love the bride dearly, but my response was laughing and then "Wait, that was a joke, right?" Apparently it wasn't a joke, but I think enough of us had the same response that she changed her mind.

Dye my skin.

It wasn't really that bad, it was more inconsideration, but one of my friends when she got married DEMANDED we get out makeup professionally done and WE HAD TO PAY FOR IT. It wasn't a lot but don't demand anything!

I flew from Toronto to Calgary to be an MOH for my friend last year. I went back to CGY for three whole weeks so that I could also host her shower and bachelorette 2 weeks before the wedding. (This was not at the request of the bride but something I offered to do... however it provides context to where this story is headed lol). The wedding was over a long weekend and guests were encouraged to stay for the whole weekend (essentially the wedding consisted of saturday, sunday and then leaving monday morning).... well when I told the bride that I was flying back to Toronto on the monday morning which meant I would only be able to stay at the "venue" until sunday during the day., she was irrationally angry and her reason was that I "wouldn't be there to help clean up".... I re-assured her that we had all of sunday to clean up and I would help her do that before I left. She "got over it" but I was still shocked at how upset she got.

ETA: and it didn't seem to matter that I had shown up for three full weeks.

Take a week off work (during our summer camp when I teach 20-22 classes a week!), travel to a resort area (about 8 hours away), pay for a hotel for a week, pay for all my own meals (oh, I'm sorry...coffee at starbucks would have *possibly* been provided in the morning). Have my hair and make-up done by the person SHE selected (over $150 day of, which she wanted us to have a trial as well). Nails and pedicure done at the salon she wanted, $400 dress, $150 shoes (which would have been HORRIBLY uncomfortable.) All of this without even actually being ASKED to be a bridesmaid.

She originally started group e-mailing the "bridesmaids" about dresses we liked etc. I never responded because I just figured she was working getting general ideas. Finally, I sent her an e-mail along the lines of, um, are you expecting me to be a bridesmaid or what?

She said, of course! I just assumed you would do it!

When I crunched numbers (between hotel, gas, dress, hair, make-up, nails, etc.) it was going to be like $2000 when all was said and done! That's more than I pay in a month for bills!

The kicker is that they were ALREADY MARRIED! He is in the military and she flew out to visit him and on a "spur of the moment" (when she had purchased and packed a white satin dress...) got married in a drive through chapel about 10 months before. This was supposed to be their "reception" for their family and friends. Even though none of their family and friends live near the venue they "fell in love with".

I told her I simply couldn't afford to spend that kind of money. FH and I would love to be guests but just couldn't commit to paying that much!

They wound up cancelling the whole event because (as she posted all over FB) her people were really unsupportive of the whole idea and she couldn't see why people didn't want to travel that far or spend that much for HER special day.

I was told by the bride that I (along with the other bridesmaids) had to rent a party bus in Atlanta for her bachelorette party and supply all the alcohol. Then the dress she wanted us to buy was over a thousand dollars. She also wanted all of us to learn the dance to Beyonce's 7/11 to do at the reception. Obviously, I am no longer a part of this wedding.