The Bridesmaids

The Bridesmaids

February 4th, 2011 @ 4:19 pm by Ms. Sloth
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This morning, I saw this movie trailer:

Pretty cute, and potentially really funny, right? I love Kristin Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Ellie Kemper, and I think it’s about time the minds behind “The 40 Year-Old Virgin” made a female-centric film.

Also: Jon Hamm! Humina humina.

But it got me to thinking about how strange it is to be a bridesmaid when you have nothing in common with your co-bridesmaids.

I’ve been a bridesmaid twice, and both weddings were over ten years ago. For the first wedding, I was close with all of my co-bridesmaids. For the second, I didn’t know any of the others. For the most part, we all got along, but there were definitely a couple personality clashes from time to time. It was nothing terrible, and I guess it’s something to be expected with a group of strangers working together.

Selecting my wedding party was one of the easiest wedding-related decisions I’d ever made. I chose my little sister…

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The Bridesmaids : wedding philadelphia Girls5 girls5

(She doesn’t look that little in this photo, though. I think we’re standing on uneven ground.)

And two of my oldest and closest friends…

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The Bridesmaids : wedding philadelphia Girls3 girls3

My sister doesn’t know my friends as well as I do, but we’ve all hung out together several times and they all get along wonderfully.

I didn’t pick my bridesmaids because I knew they’d get along, but I’m definitely relieved that they do.

Do all of your bridesmaids get along? And have you ever been a bridesmaid where you didn’t get along with one or more of the others? How did you handle it?

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MsBrooklynA (message) 2,703 posts, Sugar bee

You have a beautiful family! And some fun looking friends. I too, worry about my girls getting along. I have such a strong personality but my friends do as well. We will see how it goes. haha

2/4/11 @ 4:34 pm (reply)

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Sunlavender (message) 553 posts, Busy bee

Fortunately all mine get along. We’ve been friends for years. I’d be a little sad if we couldn’t be a solid unit.

2/4/11 @ 4:37 pm (reply)

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Snowy414 (message) 607 posts, Busy bee

The trailer too funny. Those are my bridesmaids, if they have met, its just been briefly and they know nothing about each other. My poor MOH, good thing she is awesome.

2/4/11 @ 4:38 pm (reply)

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glamfish500 (message) 262 posts, Helper bee

I’ve got two friends who know each other pretty well, one friend who knows the other two friends a tiny bit, and my FSILs who only know each other. It should be pretty interesting. I’m lucky that the two friends who know each other well are the ones who will be helping out the most, I won’t have to worry to much about everyone clashing.

2/4/11 @ 4:39 pm (reply)

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Miss Jaguar (message) 4,656 posts, Honey bee

My maid of honour linked that to my Facebook wall this morning, looks funny! Two of my girls kind of know each other, but the third is a separate friend who has a pretty unique sense of humour - but they’re all friendly, so I’m sure things will work out okay!

2/4/11 @ 4:41 pm (reply)

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BrianneG (message) 940 posts, Busy bee

Two of my bridesmaids and my dude of honor were all my friends in college, so they got along swimmingly. My cousin who lives 2,000 miles away and cousin’s daughter were my other two attendants. Since they were only here a day before the wedding, it really didn’t matter.

I’ve not known all the other bridesmaids twice, but it always worked out pretty well. Once, I was a bridesmaid and didn’t really care for the matron of honor, but it was still OK. The more you drink, the easier it is to like everyone!

2/4/11 @ 4:54 pm (reply)

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mrs.ball2b (message) 126 posts, Blushing bee

OMG! Thank you for posting this for 2 reasons…

1. I love Judd Aptow’s movies & am so excited to see this!

2. I was literally just thinking last night about how different all my bridesmaids are & finally made my choice on my last girl! (I have 7!)

2/4/11 @ 5:02 pm (reply)

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Denali (message) 296 posts, Helper bee

one of my BMs linked to this on my FB a few days ago!! bahahaha i love it.

my MOH is my sister, and my BMs are my cousin and two of my bffs from gradeschool, highschool, and college. they all know eachother, although cousin is not as close as the other 3.

2/4/11 @ 5:12 pm (reply)

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that girl (message) 71 posts, Worker bee

First, thank you for sharing the trailer! I am a sucker for wedding movies and didn’t know this was coming out.

As for bridesmaids, I have my sister as my MOH and close friends as bridesmaids as well. Although I have already ‘lost’ one bridesmaid that didn’t want to contribute, for the best as I think the rest get along alot better.

2/4/11 @ 5:14 pm (reply)

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Miss Pain au Chocolat (message) 1,698 posts, Bumble bee

Sloth - you and your mom = twins! I know genetics and all, but wow.

Anyway… Our small wedding party is our siblings and 2 close friends. Everyone knows each other, except @ my sister. I’ve only been a BM once, but I was long distance and as such my participation was limited to the wedding weekend.

2/4/11 @ 5:17 pm (reply)

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Ms. Nelson (message) 2 posts, Wannabee

Last October, I was a bridesmaid in my best friends wedding. There was a total of 6 of us, and although I knew the others, I wouldn’t call us close. Three of them all met each other and the bride when they worked together in highschool, so they were their own little clique. The MOH and I are better friends; it was the brides little sister, and I’ve known her since I’ve known the bride…over ten years. We all got along, just a little difficult with all the different personalities. The girls I have for my BM’s all know each other, some better than others but I’m not too worried about them not getting along - they all have something in common with at least one other girl.

2/4/11 @ 5:21 pm (reply)

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Melissa

Four BMs, all from different parts of my life and spread across multiple cities/state. A couple have met along the way, but none of them know each other. I’m pretty sure they’re all going to get along, though!

2/4/11 @ 5:23 pm (reply)

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wolfpackbride (message) 85 posts, Worker bee

Two of my bridesmaids are my closest friends from college, one is my best friend growing up, and the fourth is my FSIL. Unfortunately, only the first two really know each other, but they have met both my friend and FSIL. That’s it though!!! To top it off, none of them live near each other or Me!!!

2/4/11 @ 5:51 pm (reply)

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DianaLynn (message) 197 posts, Blushing bee

My bridesmaids are scattered across the country and some won’t meet til our wedding day I certainly hope they all get along!

2/4/11 @ 6:11 pm (reply)

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sparks (message) 649 posts, Busy bee

This movie looks awesome! Finally a female film from these guys!

2/4/11 @ 7:04 pm (reply)

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TinyTina (message) 3,312 posts, Sugar bee

Okay… So I have SIX bridesmaids and they are all incredibly different. I love them all, but they have verrrrrry different personalities. I just need to say that this trailer is exactly how my wedding party is… I am on the floor laughing right now. Thanks for sharing this, I do love my happy, dysfunctional bridal party.

2/4/11 @ 7:11 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Bear Cub (message) 1,566 posts, Bumble bee

omg that movie looks hilarious!

2/4/11 @ 7:22 pm (reply)

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Christine

Oh my gosh! You look JUST like your Mom. Pretty ladies

2/4/11 @ 7:40 pm (reply)

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soonerpsych (message) 1,898 posts, Buzzing bee

Ok, that movie is a must see!!!

My BMs all got along and had met a couple times before. Two were sisters, one from my sorority and the other from work/classes together, so I’m really glad they bonded and now they’re all friends post-wedding!

2/4/11 @ 7:47 pm (reply)

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