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Bridesmaids may have to sign weight contracts
Telegraph ^ | 2/4/2008 | Aislinn Simpson

Posted on 02/24/2008 5:23:22 AM PST by Huntress

Bridesmaids may soon be forced to sign contracts agreeing not to put on weight or get pregnant before a friend's wedding.

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.

A bridesmaid contract is the latest American-style trend for brides

Despite the fact that 61 per cent of brides picked a best friend as their choice of bridesmaid and 49 per cent chose their sister, 48 per cent would sack a bridesmaid who failed to stick to the rules.

The survey of 1,000 women, commissioned by You & Your Wedding magazine, asked women which clauses they would put in their contract.

It found that respondents' biggest gripes were with bridesmaids who put on weight, became pregnant or changed their hairstyles before the big day.

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.

Many women who had already married reported stories of their bridesmaids letting them down on their big day.

One woman said her maid-of-honour left her dress at a service station on the way to the wedding after deciding she didn't like it, while another revealed a bridesmaid had left 30 invitations unsent in her desk drawer.

Colette Harris, editor of You & Your Wedding magazine, said: "Planning weddings can be a stressful time for brides and while our contract is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, the survey demonstrates that issues with bridesmaids are of concern to many readers.

"Perhaps official contracts are the way forward for brides struggling to keep the peace."

Siobhàn Craven-Robins works with hundreds of brides a year in her role as wedding planner and has organised the weddings of celebrity clients including Joan Collins and Barbara Windsor.

"There has been a spoof contract like this on the internet in recent years but I'm not sure if the brides I know would actually use the real thing," she said.

The bridesmaid's contract is the latest American-style trend for brides. It follows the opening in Berkshire of the country's first bridal boot camp for women determined to shape up to fit into their dresses.

Trudy Dixon, the director of Bridal Boot Camp, said while many of the bridesmaids that work out at the boot camp had complained about the colour or style of the dresses chosen for them, few brides she knew would resort to such draconian measures to keep their ladies in line.

"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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bridesmaid; bridezilla; weddingbells
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To: bannie
They wear ugly dresses, anyway: They're just there to make the bride look better.

That's why I let my bridesmaids pick their own designs. They were all made of the same fabric though. They wore sheer capes so they all looked the same for the ceremony and pictures. I wanted them to have dresses they could (would) wear again. The only problem was my sister, who was pregnant and due near my wedding date. We had no clue what size she would be. She chose a tent-like pattern. She had the baby two weeks before my wedding. She was in another city and had to have last-minute alterations to her tent. LOL.

81 posted on 02/24/2008 9:14:27 AM PST by Samwise (The problem is that a vote for McCain is a vote for McCain.)
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To: Ret Cop 187
Get married in a nudest colony forget Bride Maids dresses

It also makes it easy to determine out who the best man is. :=)

82 posted on 02/24/2008 9:29:55 AM PST by Bob
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To: Huntress

I think fat bridesmaids are hot


83 posted on 02/24/2008 9:30:43 AM PST by adversarial (the pros and cons of voting for)
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To: STONEWALLS

The bride and groom would be much better off if they could get Grandma to pony up for the down payment on a (modest) house and have a small, simple wedding. But, from what you’ve said, that probably wouldn’t occur to them.


84 posted on 02/24/2008 9:31:52 AM PST by Huntress (“When you have to shoot, shoot, don’t talk.”--Tuco)
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To: Bob
It also makes it easy to determine out who the best man is.

Note to self: Edit once, proofread twice.

85 posted on 02/24/2008 9:35:51 AM PST by Bob
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To: HairOfTheDog
"Just part of the joy, buying every expensive hideous dresses we'll never wear again."

I just saw the new movie "27 Dresses" - the title refers to the large closetful of bridesmaid dresses which the Katherine Heigl character keeps from the 27 wedding parties she has been in (pretty hard to imagine how someone manages to be a bridesmaid 27 times, but it's just a movie......). Pretty funny movie, that one....
86 posted on 02/24/2008 9:39:54 AM PST by Enchante (Democrats: we'll send Pelosi and Brezinski to Damascus, that's our foreign policy!!)
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To: Enchante

I had 5, and I’ve had what I would consider a fairly small group of women friends. So.... I could actually picture 27 for very social people. :~)

All taffeta parade float gowns. All hideous.


87 posted on 02/24/2008 9:48:23 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Bob

Uffda!


88 posted on 02/24/2008 10:00:47 AM PST by Palladin (Michelle Obama is Aunt Esther, without the Bible.)
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To: umgud
Weddings are nothing more than major productions.

The bride-to-be turn them into that. They just try to be more over-the-top then their friends:

More longer and boring bridal showers.

More guests.

More expensive dress, dinner, cake, flowers, limos, ect. It goes on and on.

It's just ridiculous some of things I've seen.

89 posted on 02/24/2008 10:46:14 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: RavenATB
But in this narcissistic nation it’s very unusual to find young women who are interested in anything but making themselves the center of attention.

You don't say.

90 posted on 02/24/2008 10:49:21 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: Huntress
And that bride should be willing to sign a contract also stating that after a child or two she will not gain a lot of weight and her sex life would not diminish one iota.
91 posted on 02/24/2008 10:56:37 AM PST by fish hawk (The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
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To: Ouderkirk
Wow.

I'd print it out and present it to my wife except I'm afraid she'd roll it up and ... well ... she'd count it as one of my weekly anal sex acts.

92 posted on 02/24/2008 10:58:32 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: STONEWALLS

The guests should never be told what to wear. I wouldn’t go.


93 posted on 02/24/2008 11:04:37 AM PST by Marie2 (I used to be disgusted. . .now I try to be amused.)
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To: Huntress
Contract? These gals shoulda been PAID to wear these frightening outfits:


94 posted on 02/24/2008 12:57:53 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie
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To: DB
the pettier, the bitchier, the most demanding, the most extravagant, the most nit picky a wedding becomes, the shorter the marriage. There are exceptions, but it seems the more they make it a grandiose project the less of a grasp they seem to have on the reality of just what marriage really is
95 posted on 02/24/2008 1:09:08 PM PST by Taffini (Mr. Pippin and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: DB
Too much watching TV and seeing those awful brides. Bridezilla and Platinum Weddings give dopey women these ideas.
96 posted on 02/24/2008 1:12:39 PM PST by angcat (Indian name "She who yells too much")
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To: Huntress

“The bride and groom would be much better off if they could get Grandma to pony up for the down payment on a (modest) house and have a small, simple wedding. But, from what you’ve said, that probably wouldn’t occur to them.”

Huntress, you’re absolutely right!....unfortunately the young folks come from the “you-can-have-it-all” school of finance which means they’ve already hit up my mother-in-law for the down payment for the house....some Chutzpah huh?...
thanks everybody for the feedback....now I gotta get off this thread...I get myself to worked up when I think about those parasites....it did me good to vent....thanks for listening, and I hope everybody enjoys the Oscars tonight.


97 posted on 02/24/2008 1:15:03 PM PST by STONEWALLS
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To: STONEWALLS

Wear the tux. Trust ME, I never seen a man who didn’t look great in a tux, so do it knowing you will be turning female heads.

And remember, you won’t be causing any trouble, your wife will be happy and everyone who thinks it is out of line to tell people what to wear will be talking about the demanding, bitchy bride, not you, well, yes you, but it will be how HOT you look.


98 posted on 02/24/2008 1:20:46 PM PST by Taffini (Mr. Pippin and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: STONEWALLS

“.my wife says I need do it or it will be a big stink in the family”

I rebelled against family dysfunction and ended up happily single. Teaching my kids not to put up with it causes great distress in the ex’s life to this day.


99 posted on 02/24/2008 1:23:26 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: M.K. Borders

I have never had a bride pay for my dress. I paid for every dress myself and NEVER wore them again because they were too dorky


100 posted on 02/24/2008 1:24:51 PM PST by Taffini (Mr. Pippin and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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