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Ryan
Savvy December 2019

Pregnant Bridesmaids

Ryan, on September 12, 2019 at 10:35 AM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 22

My fiance had picked out bridemaid dresses a year ago, and about 3 months ago they ended up going on clearance. She called all her bridemaids and told them so they could get their dress before they ended up permanently being out of stock. Everyone did but one bridemaid. A week later this bridemaid...

My fiance had picked out bridemaid dresses a year ago, and about 3 months ago they ended up going on clearance. She called all her bridemaids and told them so they could get their dress before they ended up permanently being out of stock. Everyone did but one bridemaid.

A week later this bridemaid calls her up and tells her she can't because she's pregnant with twins. A month later (2 weeks ago) another bridemaid calls her and tells her she can't go to bachelorette party in Vegas because she has exciting news (one could only assume it's because she's pregnant as well). So of course this leads to her being extremely annoyed.

I wasn't too concerned about them being pregnant during our wedding but I had a couple questions. As far as bridemaid dresses what advice could I give her?Does anyone have advice for what to do for the pictures if they are showing (too be honest I think this is probably for me the most annoying thing about it)? The bachelorette party is October 12th weekend so does that not make them bad bridemaids because they using the line they are pregnant as an excuse to not go to Vegas for the bachelorette party? They'd only be like 3 months pregnant. We kinda just talked about it a little last night and I just listened to her rant. So it'd be great so have some of you guys advice. Thanks.

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  • Alejandra
    Super March 2019
    Alejandra ·
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    Hi Ryan, Tell your FW politely that she's over reacting(whenever my hubby talks to me he calms me down, he talks reason into me so try and shine some light on things that she may not see yet) her bridesmaids do NOT need to put their lives on hold because they're coming out in a wedding so their getting pregnant is their own life choice and I'm sure they'd expect their friend to be happy for them and not worried about them "showing" in the photos; actually worrying about them showing is probably one of the most insensitive things. My bachelorette was in Vegas and yes 99% of the things to do there are centered around drinking. You have to pay to get into certain clubs so if I were prego I would not want to be paying entrance fees to a club that I may not necessarily enjoy. However there are some girls who will do the whole Vegas experience belly and all alcohol free without a problem. I understand how stressful wedding planning can be trust me I did it all already but honestly, as a bride you can't control your bridesmaids you can only ask for them to stand by your side on your big day (1 day), doing otherwise may ruin a good friendship. Tell your FW that this is not something that she needs to worry her pretty little head about, my husband told me this a few times and one day I was like you're right! and things went better! Dress wise, there are tons of options and pregnant bm have been around for a long time so I don't see that going away soon. Good Luck!

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  • Emily
    Devoted October 2020
    Emily ·
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    That’s big of you to accept the criticism. Not many people will read the comment where you apologized so you are likely to keep getting bombarded, bucked up lol. Thank you for recognizing where your thinking went awry. Hopefully you won’t get too many more comments!
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