Couple asks 26-year-old friend to shave her armpit hair before their beach wedding, claims it will be ‘distracting’ for other guests: ‘They are accusing me of trying to take attention away from their wedding’

Everyone is in charge of their own body hair, end of story. We all get to decide what, if anything, we want to do with it. And nobody else gets the right to tell us what to do. Sure, there are certain social expectations, but we get to decide whether or not we’re going to …
Seguir leyendo Couple asks 26-year-old friend to shave her armpit hair before their beach wedding, claims it will be ‘distracting’ for other guests: ‘They are accusing me of trying to take attention away from their wedding’

Bride calls out 39-year-old who claims she can’t afford a wedding gift but spends $500 on her outfit: ‘We’re almost 40 now and her prioritizing looking hot has long since become sad’

Other people’s weddings are not about you. Plain and simple. Sure, it’s fun to dress up and party with your friends, but ultimately, you’re there to celebrate the couple. They should be the focal point of the evening, not you. But this is difficult for some folks to internalize. They see a wedding as an …
Seguir leyendo Bride calls out 39-year-old who claims she can’t afford a wedding gift but spends $500 on her outfit: ‘We’re almost 40 now and her prioritizing looking hot has long since become sad’

School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’

She didn’t even have a whole honeymoon. She only took one extra day off! PTO can be such a contentious issue in already contentious workplaces. If your company is functioning well, an employee should be able to take off any days of the year they please with the paid time off they’ve earned. If they’ve …
Seguir leyendo School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’

Entitled bride fines bridesmaid $100 for missing ‘mandatory’ spray tan: ‘I have eczema, […] derm said hard no’

Becoming an adult means realizing that nothing is truly mandatory except for death and taxes. Sure, people may try to get you to do things, but you don’t have to. You might face the consequences of not doing them, but that’s your decision to make. This is especially true when it comes to weddings. You …
Seguir leyendo Entitled bride fines bridesmaid $100 for missing ‘mandatory’ spray tan: ‘I have eczema, […] derm said hard no’

Wedding planner seats guests alphabetically by first name, separating them from their dates: ‘One table was pretty much just women named Sue/Susan/Suzanne who didn’t know each other at all’

Going to a wedding is a big social event. Sure, you’re there to celebrate the happy couple, but you’re also there to hang out with all the other guests. Actually, that’s mainly what you’ll be doing since the couple is probably going to be busy. You have to spend the whole (usually all-day) affair with …
Seguir leyendo Wedding planner seats guests alphabetically by first name, separating them from their dates: ‘One table was pretty much just women named Sue/Susan/Suzanne who didn’t know each other at all’

27-year-old wife gets angry at husband for attending his brother’s destination wedding because she couldn’t get 5 days off work to attend: ‘She’s giving me the cold shoulder.’

Why would he skip his brother’s wedding so he could sit at home with her? A destination wedding can be a real pain. Unless you are going to the most beautiful location on planet Earth, you’re probably not going to want to fly internationally to watch your high school friend get hitched. It’s expensive, inconvenient, …
Seguir leyendo 27-year-old wife gets angry at husband for attending his brother’s destination wedding because she couldn’t get 5 days off work to attend: ‘She’s giving me the cold shoulder.’

Bride expects in-laws to pay for $80K castle wedding plus their honeymoon, in-laws refuse unless she signs a prenup: ‘He thinks we are ruining his engagement by making his wife seem like a gold digger’

He’s in for a world of hurt if he doesn’t get a prenup for this big spender. If a person is spending frivolously and managing their finances badly before they get married, there’s a pretty good chance that it won’t change once they actually tie the knot. It’s essential to be on the same financial …
Seguir leyendo Bride expects in-laws to pay for $80K castle wedding plus their honeymoon, in-laws refuse unless she signs a prenup: ‘He thinks we are ruining his engagement by making his wife seem like a gold digger’

Sister-in-law ‘accidentally’ leaks 26-year-old bride’s pregnancy, bride un-invites her to the wedding: ‘I had over 50 messages from distant friends and coworkers before I could even process it’

Announcing your pregnancy is part of the fun of having a baby. There are all sorts of videos on the internet of people doing it in clever, fun ways, and it always makes me cry. Especially if the dad cries. It’s such a joyous moment, and surprises are fun when they’re good news. It’s probably …
Seguir leyendo Sister-in-law ‘accidentally’ leaks 26-year-old bride’s pregnancy, bride un-invites her to the wedding: ‘I had over 50 messages from distant friends and coworkers before I could even process it’

Stepmother of the bride shows off white dress she plans to wear to stepdaughter’s wedding: ‘It isn’t white…it’s tan…almost goldish’

What is with people and wearing white to other people’s weddings? Isn’t it a universally acknowledged truth that you shouldn’t do that? Unless you’re literally a child, you cannot plead ignorance on this one (and in that case, an adult should have told you). Even if the bride in question isn’t wearing white, unless she …
Seguir leyendo Stepmother of the bride shows off white dress she plans to wear to stepdaughter’s wedding: ‘It isn’t white…it’s tan…almost goldish’

UPDATE: ‘They have only been dating for 4 months’: In-laws try to force a bride to allow her Golden Child brother-in-law’s new girlfriend’s baby to be in the bridal party, divisive chaos ensues when the couple refuses

These in-laws seemed to forget WHO was getting married at this wedding. And although their Golden Child son had just met a new girlfriend (with a baby from another man, I might add), it was their other son and his fiancée who got to call all of the shots. As it turns out, they had …
Seguir leyendo UPDATE: ‘They have only been dating for 4 months’: In-laws try to force a bride to allow her Golden Child brother-in-law’s new girlfriend’s baby to be in the bridal party, divisive chaos ensues when the couple refuses