My entire Wedding party is fighting with each other!!!!!
@MsControversy (446)
United States
August 27, 2012 11:48am CST
Ok, so, I have a dilemma. I know, big surprise right? Here's the dish...My husband and I are already married, but we never had a ceremony. We got married two years ago at the court house because we were dead set on having our anniversary be 8-9-10. I know it's silly, but that's what we wanted and we didn't have the money for a ceremony so we just did it at the courthouse and agreed to do the wedding later. So......we've been busting our butts to get this together because we are paying for our own wedding. It's now only a little over a month away and just about everything is in place. Except the fact that within the last two weeks, they may as well have sent the reality TV cameras over here, because it's been nothing but drama!
Basically, my maid of honor and best man just broke up. They had a MESSY break up and when I say, messy, I mean M-E-S-S-Y type of messy, right? So being the fact that our entire wedding party (10 in all) is all our entire circle of friends, they are picking sides. One of the bridesmaids (who is the best man's sister) is fighting with the maid of honor, as is her husband (who is a groomsman). Two of the groomsmen are fighting with the best man and are refusing to even be in the same room with him. The best man and maid of honor are refusing to walk down the aisle together. She is a little more open about it than he is, but the minute he says he's not, she gets defensive and says fine, then neither is she. And the rest of the girls side with the maid of honor and scowl and shake their heads at the best man and the rest of the guys side with the best man and talk about how dramatic the women are. The only people that are neutral and just want them all to get along is the bride and the groom! No one has backed out, they all say they still want to be in the wedding, but they can't be in the wedding if they're refusing to go with the plans. My phone has been going crazy with people asking me am I going to mediate or kick this person or that person out. I don't know what to do. These people are my mine and my husband's closest friends and I don't want to kick anyone out. But I'm the bride, I'm not a baby sitter or a referee. I don't want anyone else to be my maid of honor and he doesn't want anyone else to be his best man. Should I send out a mass e-mail to all of them and tell them that if they can't get their act together then I'm going to start booting people and for them to just get over themselves for the sake of friendship for one freaking day?! I understand that this breakup is hard on them and it's even hard on us, being the fact that the two of them are our best friends. He calls my husband to complain about her and she calls me to cry over him. I've been waiting a long time for this and everything is so perfect. I don't want to have it ruined by a bunch of cry baby, grown up children. I don't know what to do!!!!
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@Autumnrose2008 (1478)
• United States
27 Aug 12
They all need to grow up and stop ruining your day. It does not matter that you are already married. This is the day that you chose to have your ceremony and if they cant all get along like the adults they are then perhaps you should bring in the old lady baby sitter to leave with them then she can smack them any time they act up since they all want to act like kids any way. Now for real its your day you should not have to deal with this type of situation. They need to understand that this is not about them or their personal feelings for one another they need to put all that aside for one day your day. If they cant act like adults and put their personal feelings aside for your day and to make you happy then just cut them from the ceremony have a child fill in for them and when they get upset tell them that since they were acting like children you got some one that will behave much better then them and will not cause any drama or problems during the ceremony and will just do it. Most times when adults are confronted with being replaced by a child because they are acting like one they tend to straighten up and fly right. I hope you get this worked out or you maybe having a nice and quite ceremony with just you and your hubby and the preacher or who ever is doing the wedding for you. Good luck no matter how you lock at it. Your gonna need it.
@MsControversy (446)
• United States
27 Aug 12
Lol, that's hilarious! Replacing them with children, or at least telling them that I'm going to is a great idea!! I'm sure that ten 8 year olds would probably be able to get along better than these 10 adults. (all of them in their mid-late twenties). Thank you for that because I don't know how much more if their crap that I can take. That's a great idea to try to get them to get it together!!! =)
@verolop29 (1096)
• United States
27 Aug 12
Mscontavercy..ur a strong person to have to deal with grown kids hehe!
@jazzyrae (1745)
• United States
27 Aug 12
Haha I hear you I got married two months ago and all I ever wanted was a wedding. In my wedding party my bridesmaid Laura was my sister in law and my husband Kalyn had his brother bo as a groomsmen well boo and Laura separated a month before my wedding. Lapins other groomsmen canceled the day before our wedding. All his mom did was gripe avout details. The girl who was going to do hair and makeup has a family emergency the day of my wedding so she left. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong in a wedding. You tell your friend if they love you to grow up and get it together good luck
@MsControversy (446)
• United States
27 Aug 12
Lol...sounds chaotic just like mine. Jeez you would think that dealing with a bunch of grown adults that it would be easier to get things accomplished, but it seems more that you deal with a bunch of kindergarten children. Lol. Thank you for sharing! =)

@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
31 Aug 12
How stupid.... that they cannot put their differences aside to celebrate your day. Good friends are NOT good friends if they cannot do that! Even if it was a messy breakup, doesn't everybody realize here what this means to you and your husband, as they are all your close friends (mutuals? are they all also friends with each other?) and you wouldn't have chosen them to be there in your wedding if you wanted SOMEBODY ELSE, right?
I wouldn't want to referee either but here's the deal, I'd gather everyone together and say - look - put this petty crap aside for ONE DAY, for our CEREMONY, and you are free to pick up your issues later, after the ceremony and maybe after the reception. Seriously, ask them, aren't you and your husband important enough for them to lay down their swords for awhile? How would any of them feel if they were in YOUR shoes? It's got to be frustrating and sad when this is supposed to be one of the happiest times in your lives!
@verolop29 (1096)
• United States
27 Aug 12
Tell them they need to get laid!! They'll thank u and feel better at the same time! Then everyone will be all happy but what's a wedding without a lil or in ur case a LOT of drama lol! Or u could kinda treat them like kids bcuz they're acting like children...who knows maybe it might work.
Ur right this is ur day dangit grow up a little ppl!!...I was talking to them..hey! Maybe u need to let ur claws come out..just sayin ; )




