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Very good points KSUViolet.
Back in the dark ages when I got married, I paid for all of my bridesmaids' dresses because none of them were local (all over the US), and I knew plane fare to the closest airport, Toledo, OH was going to be eeeespensive. I also paid for them because bridesmaids dresses back then (80's bridesmaids dresses seemed to mainly fall into two categories: floor length puffy sleeve taffeta in an array of rainbow colors dontchaknow, or long quiana slinky kind of wrap things, also in a rainbow of colors...) could never, ever be worn for any other occasion, as they just screamed bridesmaid dress no matter what you did to them. No J Crew dresses back then! I just could not make my dear friends who were just a few years out of grad school or finally in a decent job pay-wise pony up for a one shot orchid colored dress. I also liked the idea of not really caring if they all liked the dresses or not, as I had paid for them. and really liked those dresses.
Not sure what we will do if/when the daughters marry (assuming that they do not elope or marry in their 30's and foot the majority of the bill themselves) as there really are dresses now that can be used again for other functions, but we will probably pay for something-either dresses or hair/makeup-we shall see, as neither one of them is engaged at this point. No sense putting the cart before the horse. Or so I tell myself as I look at the lovely wedding dress thread ...
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