Bridesmaids may have to sign weight contracts

Telegraph ^ | 2/4/2008 | Aislinn Simpson

[Huntress]

"I've been a bridesmaid several times and if I was presented with a contract, I would suggest they found another friend to do the job" she said.

I agree. Any bride who would make such a demand is sure to be a royal pain in the a$$.

[buffyt]

HOW TACKY!

[1rudeboy]

I kind of like the idea (I’m a male). If the groom approached me with one of these sort of contracts, I’d simply ask “how much are you willing to pay me?” That should end the conversation.

[Ditter]

I went to a wedding a few years ago and the bridesmaids were all obese, so was the bride and groom. I think the best man was normal sized but he was the only one, except the guests. They all might have gotten to be friends at a Weightwatchers meeting and then skipped out.

[am452]

I just came back from Disney World. There was a huge waiting list of parents paying Disney $250 a pop to dress up their little girls like a princess-sorta like glamour shots. The dresses were embroidered with “little princess” on them. Parents were video taping their girls as they were doing their makeover.

Can’t wait to see what these girl are like when they grow up. We are raising a bunch of spoiled rotten kids.

[Always Right]

You know you are a Bridezilla if you make your bridemaids sign a pre-numtual.

[DB]

A bunch of shallow pathetic people if you ask me. They won’t stay married long if they can’t even have a close friend in their wedding without “issues”...

[bannie]

Yes...and bridesmaids are traditionally either family or the bride's closest friends. My "friendship" would end at the moment I was asked which would eliminate me from the role.

They wear ugly dresses, anyway: They're just there to make the bride look better.

Elope. It'll save so many things.

[LikeLight]

Is it just me, or are lawyers ruining everything? (smacks self in head)

Goofy as this is, it's actually LESS goofy than the bride and groom themselves signing a legal contract before the wedding.

Our culture is trying to replace relationships with binding obligations.

[Dr. Sivana]

The job of the bridesmaid is to make the bride look good. She should WANT bridesmaids that won’t upstage the bride.

[HairOfTheDog]

Brides... Your wedding is not permission to act like a complete selfish b-----. :~)

[foreverfree]

Last weekend I was on Long Island attending a wedding. The maid of honor (she was the only bridesmaid) was slim. So were the bride, groom, best man (there were no ushers) and just about all the guests. No one real overly fat. Me, I weighed about 200 and I admit to being one of the heavier guys there. This was no big fat Irish (groom - an NYPD detective)/Portuguese (bride - a Canadian native) wedding!

ff

[robertpaulsen]

"One in five brides-to-be is so concerned that her bridesmaids might let her down that she would ask her maid-of-honour to sign a written "pre-nuptial agreement", according to a new poll."

Well, my list of potential wives just got 20% shorter.

How about this, Miss Bride-To-Be? How about YOU sign a contract agreeing not to put on weight after we're married?

[Perdogg]

ping

[I still care]

I admit, I’ve watched “Bridezillas”.

In a way, its a little distressing to watch these women declare, “This is MY day!”, or “I am the princess, today. You all have to do what I say”. I wonder if any of these marriages last.

They don’t seem to have a clue what marriage is at all. Life is tough. Your marriage partner is there for you to help each other get through it in one piece and leave good behind.

[Ouderkirk]

for later

[BeAllYouCanBe]

We are raising a bunch of spoiled rotten kids.

The root cause.

Consider that 1/2 the marriages end in 2 years the spoiled brats start again. There is now something called the, "starter wife".

[Nonstatist]

A series of suggested clauses included that bridesmaids should not consume more than 10 units of alcohol or make any advances towards "inappropriate male guests" - or the groom

No boinking of the best man until the other guests have finished dessert.

[bert]

Any groom with a potentisl bride who has bridesmaid contracts should dump her immediately. She is never going to be worth the cost and effort.

It is black and white with no gray.Contract.....dump

[MarkL]

You won't see this sort of nonsense on CMT's "My Big, Redneck Wedding."

I especially liked the one (or should that be ones) where the color theme was camouflage!

Mark