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    loveapril    April 3, 2010  

    Ok, one of my bridesmaid offered to do the flowers for my wedding, but after discussion, she wanted me to order the flowers myself without giving me any ideas as to how many bunches I should order.. not a problem, I made all the details as simple and easy as possible to avoid stress (one centerpiece and one bouquet only, among the other usual corsages and buttonaires). But, because she must get to the church to get the flowers done, she wanted me to get my hair/make up done first and then she will get her hair/make up done. Her hair is considerably thicker and longer than mine, which means that I will done quickly and just be sitting there waiting for her to get done. I don't know about you, but that doesn't sit well with me, since everything is easy, I know for a fact that as long as everything is here, I can just have her do her hair/make up first, then do the flowers here and go to church to wait for me. Does that sound unreasonable or should I go with what she is comfortable doing?

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    Wait, so does she want to get her hair done before or after doing the flowers?

     
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    loveapril    April 3, 2010  

    after, her plan was to go to church, do the flowers while I am getting my hair/make up done, then come here and get hers done. As I said, her hair is much thicker and longer than mine, which means that mine will be done quickly and I will be done already and waiting for hers to be done.

     
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    Sep_Queen    September 4, 2010  

    Brides should never wait they should be waited on : )

     
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    songtokwok    August 14, 2010  

    I understand her point of view because it's more important to get the flowers done for you than to have her make up done but I could see where this might sit well. It seems like she's telling YOU what to do on your day. In the end you should do whatever it takes to not stress out. Do what'll make you happy without offending anyone. 

     
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    caszos    June 2010   Florida

    She may be wanting to get her hair/makeup done after she is through with the flowers because she doesn't want to mess it up.  If she is racing around setting up the flowers, how is her hair and make up going to look afterwards? 

    Also, if you go first, why don't you start taking photographs with your family and other bridal shots.

     
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    2PeasinaPod       Philadelphia

    I agree with caszos - if she gets her hair/makeup done before doing the flowers, it might look a mess by the time she's done.

     
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    loveapril    April 3, 2010  

    I can understand the last two posts if I have lots of centerpieces and flowers that she needs to get ready, but ONE centerpiece and ONE bouquet and the misc little items should not take long (I've helped her, I know). As I've said, I tried to make it as easy and simple as possible so that it will not be a big deal. I can get help too so that she doesn't have to do it alone but she is a perfectionist. I was afraid of this that is why when she offered to do my flowers, I asked if she is sure and that if it will conflict with getting ready as a bridesmaid, she assured me that it won't.

     

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