We teamed up with Brides.com to create a poll that lifted the veil on the very, very special relationship between brides and bridesmaids. More than 4,000 of you -- brides and their minions alike -- told us how you really felt about everything from wedding lingerie to reality TV. We're especially happy with the results, since they confirmed what we sort of suspected -- not all of our engaged girlfriends are raging jerks.
The poll actually found that more brides-to-be (88 percent) were concerned about super-pricey bridesmaids' dresses than bridesmaids (55 percent).
This is the kind of selflessness rarely demonstrated by the reality TV shows that depict brides as shrieking, hysterical messes. Maybe that stereotype is why 62 percent of bridesmaids wouldn't go on a wedding reality show, while only 37 percent of brides say "no way." (Maybe they're hoping to cut costs with some produce placement.)
Click here to read more results after the jump!
The Bachelorette Party: Both brides and bridesmaids eschewed travel in favor of staying in the bride's hometown for the bachelorette party. Good thinking: more money for firemen strippers.
Celebrity Bridesmaid: Trumping Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, Tina Fey and other female celebs, Reese Witherspoon was the ideal celebrity bridesmaid among brides-to-be and maids alike. (Perhaps we should have mentioned that bridesmaids do not get to have sex with Jake Gyllenhaal.)
Fantasy Celebrity Wedding: Brides would most like to replicate Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's backyard ceremony, while bridesmaids preferred Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's beach nuptials. Why would J. Lo get married anywhere else, when she has that huge backyard?
Attack of the Bridezillas! 1 in 5 bridesmaids think the bride-to-be's "bridezilla" tendencies are ultimately going to tarnish their bond post-nuptials (doi) compared to almost 95 percent of brides who thought that their relationship would be the same or stronger. (Sometimes, friendship is about nodding and smiling.)
Tell us! How did your relationship with your best friend change when you were her bridesmaid (or vice versa)?
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Friday 05 June
By Hello Beautiful!
I was young, engaged, and fabulous when I found out that I was pregnant. My partner-in-crime was a working single mom (her parents took care of the child), and she was ecstatic about the news. I felt confident that moving up the wedding (100 guests) by three months would not be as difficult for my parents and I with her assistance. Then she started dating my fiance's best friend.
Where was she for the appointments? Too busy.
I had a difficult time explaining to my fiance why my Maid of Honor didn't throw me a bridal shower or a Bachlerette party. I had a harder time explaining to my parents why she was so late when it was her turn to help with things she had agreed to, like setting up the Rehearsal Dinner or Reception Party. But what took the wedding cake out of my mouth was having to explain to the guests who was that party girl with the zebra hair that wore baby blue lipstick to match her baby blue dress!
Incidentally, she didn't care for the long periwinkle gowns I paid to have made for the bridesmaids(my sister and sister-in-law), so I suggested she buy something light blue off the rack. She took her boyfriend to Cache to have him pay for it, he walked her down my aisle in it, and she was done with him in a month.
She was like Paris Hilton and had a new BFF every six months. I guess I was more of a sister to her than a BFF, but I got leary of the Piranha.
Maybe I felt like she owed me, and I let her throw me two baby showers for my two blessings. We had stayed in touch for three more years, but I never could look at those wedding album pictures without my blood pressure rising.
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Thursday 11 June
By Ryan
got a better title for this article. WHO CARES
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