Fat Bridesmaids!

Is it just me or does everyone think agreeing to be a bridesmaid can be a tricky business?

According to a UK magazine, one in five brides want bridesmaids to sign contracts promising not to put on weight or get pregnant before the big day. Most of the bridezillas admit they would never actually do it – but in a perfect world, they’d rather not have a fat bridesmaid ruin the photos…

The suggestion of a bridesmaid ‘pre-nup’ is a fairly new development and thank the lord for that, because just four or five years ago, I almost certainly would have got the sack before the big day.

I was bridesmaid for my friend Rebecca Grisman when she married the lovely Keith….
Bec was a pretty organised bride, everything ran like clockwork - except perhaps for one of the bridesmaids.

I went home to Mum for a couple of weeks before the wedding (not a great idea), got back to Queensland with a week and a half to go and uh oh - couldn’t get that sucker on! That’s not true actually, I could get it on …just couldn’t do it up…

At the bridal shower, I confessed to my friend, I’ll call her Leanne Reed (because that’s her name) and she ABSOLUTELY wet herself laughing, that’s right - spectactular support….

With five days to go, I did the only thing I could and gave up eating altogether….I promise you….nothing but green tea and cabbage soup….and the morning of the wedding (I’m not kidding, the night before it wouldn't fit)…only on the morning of the wedding did I manage to jam that baby on. It wasn’t pretty, but considering I was almost the only bridesmaid sporting safety pins and poncho…I think it was a pretty good result…