Yeuuch, does this totally skeev anyone else? The whole thing, but this shit in particular.

The idea, no. Hubs' brother married a woman with a 12YO daughter from a previous marriage. Daughter joined them for part of the ceremony, and she also received a ring. I thought it was a nice gesture to show that the marriage was a family thing.

Dressing daughter up as, and calling her, a second bride would have been a bit much.

Oh, god, yes, screenplay!

The kids being part of the ceremony, I'm totally down with. But the dressing them up and mimicking bride and groom - sorry, no.

My wedding dress cost $2000. My parents paid for it. I'm not going to apologize for that.

My parents also paid for the entire (female) wedding party to get our hair & makeup done (if they wanted to) the morning of the wedding. It was fun.

The wedding I'm (possibly) taking part in right now has made me vow to never to be a bridesmaid again, but I can't help but wonder if my sisters spent the weeks before my wedding talking like this behind my back. I really hope not. I think I was a good bride.

It's 3:36. Come on, CALL, DAMMIT!

I'm so very glad I'm not even invited to this wedding.

I can't help but wonder if my sisters spent the weeks before my wedding talking like this behind my back. I really hope not. I think I was a good bride.

I'm betting you were a good bride. The fact that you are concerned that you MIGHT have been crazy goes a long way toward proving you weren't. CraxyBrides don't think their behaviour is insane. Even when it's pointed out to them.

My wedding dress cost $2000. My parents paid for it. I'm not going to apologize for that.

Actually, I don't even know what the average wedding dress costs, so I shouldn't snark about it. (Though $3,000 still sounds v. expensive to me. But I buy my jeans at Target, so my cost-o-meter is likely skewed.)

I've never heard of the junior bride/groom practice. When my dad and stepmonster got married, I wore a blue dress because all the women standing up with stepmonster had blue dresses and I wanted to fit in(that was before the monster part) Mom and stepdad went out of town and saw a judge.

The fact that you are concerned that you MIGHT have been crazy goes a long way toward proving you weren't.

Not really. The current clusterfuck wedding situation I'm in has at its center a bride who is very worried about being high-maintenance, and asks about it all the time. (Of course, she's only asking because she wants to be reassured that she's a wonderful person, but still. Asking the question doesn't mean jack shit.)