How do I deal with a ridiculous bride? ?
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Liz S asked:
I’m in a wedding, and the bride’s bachelorette party is in Las Vegas at her insistence. It’s being thrown by her sisters and myself and a few of the other bridesmaids can’t go due to finances. We have decided to throw her a weekend at a hotel and theme park closer to home as a surprise. Before we had the chance to tell her, she called one of the other bridesmaids to complain that we weren’t going to Vegas and let her know that she was upset that we weren’t throwing her an alternate party. We decided to smile throughout and throw her the weekend despite the fact that she’s being insensitive and ridiculous… the weekend is supposed to start tomorrow and she has just phoned us to let us know that she’s sick and might not be able to make it. (At this point she knows that we’re throwing a bachelorette party this weekend) We have already paid for everything in advance to get better deals and are not able to cancel and get the hotel refunded. She has basically demanded this alternative weekend and is now wishy washy about her ability to make it after we have bent over backwards to accomodate her. At what point should we stop smiling and let her know this is unacceptable, regardless if she is getting married or not.
Oh we are taking the vacation and not making an effort to make it up to her another weekend. There’s no way I’m wasting that money… I guess I just need a way to tell her she’s a nut and that I’m through without being too rude?
Darrell
I’m in a wedding, and the bride’s bachelorette party is in Las Vegas at her insistence. It’s being thrown by her sisters and myself and a few of the other bridesmaids can’t go due to finances. We have decided to throw her a weekend at a hotel and theme park closer to home as a surprise. Before we had the chance to tell her, she called one of the other bridesmaids to complain that we weren’t going to Vegas and let her know that she was upset that we weren’t throwing her an alternate party. We decided to smile throughout and throw her the weekend despite the fact that she’s being insensitive and ridiculous… the weekend is supposed to start tomorrow and she has just phoned us to let us know that she’s sick and might not be able to make it. (At this point she knows that we’re throwing a bachelorette party this weekend) We have already paid for everything in advance to get better deals and are not able to cancel and get the hotel refunded. She has basically demanded this alternative weekend and is now wishy washy about her ability to make it after we have bent over backwards to accomodate her. At what point should we stop smiling and let her know this is unacceptable, regardless if she is getting married or not.
Oh we are taking the vacation and not making an effort to make it up to her another weekend. There’s no way I’m wasting that money… I guess I just need a way to tell her she’s a nut and that I’m through without being too rude?
Darrell