I was a bridesmaid at a wedding a two weeks ago and I cannot believe how we (the bridal party) were treated! We all traveled to the destination wedding and took time off work for this wedding, which is totally fine and I was happy to for my friend. I won't give away too much detail, and there were quite a few things that went wrong, but this one was the worst:
We were forbidden from eating the whole day (until reception), because as the bride's MOH put it - bridesmaids are meant to just stand there and look pretty. Um...WHAT?!?! We were there at 7AM for hair and makeup (which we were charged for) and when one of us tried to eat a finger sandwich from the table (laid out for the groomsmen and staff I guess?) We got reprimanded by the bride's sister and aunt. THEN boxed lunches came for everyone at around 11AM and we were not offered any to eat. By this time we were all starving and PISSED! We left to go back to our hotel and change dresses and got some fast food on the way. In spite, we probably ate like 1500 calories each haha!
There were many other issues like lack of planning, no information regarding scheduling etc and rehearsals 5 mins before the wedding start in front of all the guests, but the eating thing took the cake! We were treated like props.
I'd like to think that the bride didn't know this was happening? Hard to say because she was on the text stream where we were told NOT TO EAT LUNCH.
I'm gonna feed my wedding party until they can't stand haha. I don't care, they are my friends!!
