yah I know what you mean guys.....gosh im only 17 but have been a bridesmaid like 5 times 3 of my aunts and 2 friends :) goodness i cant even think about having my own wedding now :) haha well I would also need a guy too huh?

Nichole

never a bridesmaid but always just a wedding guest. Alas, I have never had the privilege though my best friend from vet school asked me to be hers but it was a traditional chinese wedding and the dress was over 200$ and I was never going to wear it again so I had to turn her down b/c I was poorer than dirt then. Anyways, got another weeding to go to in 3 weeks. My friends always try and pick out one of their guests to force upon poor single me-ugggg.

BTW, on a dim note has anyone been seeing a large number of divorces since Sept. 11th? I know of 5 people rt. now getting a divorce-coincidence? People I though had a rock solid marriage-very depressing. I think I will stay happily single for now (like I have a choice:rolleyes: )

I think people are just making choices about how to live their lives that reflect the NOW because there may not be a tomorrow.

I know a lot of people who have decided to get married or moved their wedding dates up as a result of 9/11 too.

Kind of on the same subject, anyone ever have one of their best friends tell you that you can't get married without their blessing? Last I checked, this person wasn't the pope either.:mad:

No, but (along the same lines) I used to have a friend who would be extremely critical about all of my boyfriends. After I found out some of the comments she'd been making about my current guy, I cut her loose. Apparently, she was spreading some major lies about him to make it look like I was an idiot for dating him. (Probably out of jealousy since she's 26 years old and has never had more than a one-night stand with a guy.) :p

Yes! She's the same person who's boyfriend uses her for her money. :rolleyes: When she said to me, "I don't think you should be with your boyfriend" after meeting him only once I told her that I had always thought her boyfriend was a cheapskate and he was just using her. She never made a comment to me again. ;)

I have never been a bridesmaid but a lot of friends from High School have already gotten married. And, a few of the girls in my sorority have been engaged. A couple of girls from the pledge classes that just seem like that graduated (96 and 97) have gotten married. They'll come back to chapter meetings and they're introduced with their new last name.

Not so much that I couldn't marry without their blessing, but I do have a really close friend from my last job who was quite opinionated about the way things should be.

Both of us were divorced, and when I met her, I had been engaged to my (now) husband for a while. He was also divorced, and NOT the type of person who enjoys getting all formal. Our plan from the start was to go to a Justice of the Peace, but my friend had other visions.

I couldn't tell you how many times I heard something about how it was just sooo sad that we weren't getting married in a church with a huge guest list, fancy dress, cake, etc. Been there, done that. Didn't make it work. So, if both of US agree that jeans are fine, just GO WITH IT! I felt like saying.... 'it's our decision to wear sweats if we want to. we're going a little more formal than that. if you don't like it, fine. when you're the one getting married, let's see how much you enjoy someone else planning everything for you.'

It really irked me that she felt that she had to give me a blessing for anything! I don't remember her asking for mine for her current no-income, deadbeat fiancee. The way I view it, if the person is happy, be happy for them. As long as there isn't any abuse (emotional, mental or physical) leave them alone!

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Amen! :)

I have dress number 1, and have a feeling ill have dress number 2 next summer (she just got engaged). I dont mind it though cuz I feel im wayyy to young at this point in my life so, ill continue to collect.

How about this though... is anyone the one who is always with out a boyfriend when everyone else has one? ME! :D

ME TOO. for the past five years at least.

From 18-27 I was the one who always had a boyfriend...but no more!

Boyfriendless
 

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I am just like you AmyCat either I am the ONLY one of my friends/sisters who has a boyfriend or I am the ONLY one who DOES NOT have a boyfriends, and with my least favorite holiday right around the corner it would figure that I am the boyfriendless one yet again for the Crush Party 2002 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRR I hate boys

sorry I know that this is a little off topic but I needed to vent
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My favorite was announcing I was getting married, only to have another friend do the same and set the date before ours, just so she could do it first. I know this probably isn't the case, but seriously, it's not like she couldn't hold any place in town she wanted. Just wait until everyone tells her how to plan her wedding.. let's see how that goes...
And a pet peeve.. if you are already married, you had your chance to do what you want... if not, you will.. this is MINE, mnot yours to plan. (let's just say I've gotten really good at the "that's a great idea (insert head nodding) we'll be sure to think about it.")

Not that I'm getting married anytime soon obviously, but since so many of my friends have, we've had convos about what we'd like to do for ours. I actually had a girl tell me that she thought my dress idea was wrong and off base and that she wouldn't be caught dead in it. Now, it was a bridesmaid idea: as long as it is black, sleeveless, and floor length, i'd let my girls pick their own. She'll be one of the girls. I thought it was odd since its not close to happening that she got so upset. I wanted to pull the "MY WEDDING NOT YOURS" but since it was hypothetical, I let it go.

I am dying to be a bridesmaid! I think it would be such an honor! Actually, I really just want to plan the bachelorette party ;) . Seriously, though, all my friends know I will be the last to marry, and that is just fine with me!