Monday, August 17, 2009

A Bridesmaid's Lament


Dear Brides,

Choosing a style of dress for your bridesmaids is difficult, right? You want to choose the right color and style for the bridal party picture, right? You also want to make your bridesmaids happy, right? Because sometimes they are the ones paying for the dress, right? Well, here's an idea: how about you choose a dress that is...wait for it...actually trendy!?

I know, I know. This idea may sound a little outrageous at first. After all, it's so easy for brides to lose their sense of fashion (along with their common sense) while they're sitting down watching their bridesmaids try on one awful dress after another. You'll get tired and frustrated and end up choosing the awful taffeta number with the predictable jeweled bodice and draped skirt. Fight the urge, fair bride! Fight it! Your bridesmaids do not want to wear something that looks like it should be surrounding a window frame, and deep down inside, neither do you!

So what's wrong with choosing the trendy dress? The dress that is maybe a little shorter, and maybe a little less iridescent. It's cute, and you know it! Your bridesmaids will be happy. So very happy. And doesn't a happy bridesmaid = a happy bride = a happy wedding day = a happy life?

You'll thank me later.

Bis.,

your future bridesmaid(s)

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