October 2012 Weddings
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edited April 2014 in October 2012 Weddings
so my cousin is getting married in October (best month ever i know). the problem isnt my own! her fiance wanted to have his nephews in the wedding but she felt you couldnt have a rb without a flower girl! her sisters are younger than her and have no kids. in fact the only kids in her family are my nieces and nephews so she decided instead of asking one of the girls she would ask them all < but only the girls which excludes my nephews ... i dont understand her reasoning about not wanting to leave someone out but then asking only the girls but any way that's not even the problem that's just the back story! oh by the way i have 11 nieces and nephews on my side of our family! only 4 of them are boys < 1 boy and 1 girl will also probably not be coming to the wedding they live far away> 2 of the girls will be flower girls and the other 4 will be junior BMs

here's the problem ( which i really am fighting saying i told ya so to my sister by the way cause i saw this coming 1000000 miles away... in fact i talked to my cousin about it before she asked the kids and she talked to the parents again about it before asking the kids but my sister said yes they could even though she was worried about the cost back then  ) my sister has 3 girls all of them are supposed to be JR BM!< they are 13, 11, and 6 so its not like the dresses would ever be able to be used again either >  the dresses my cousin picked are going to cost $200 each plus $75 for alterations- then they need shoes/ hair accessories etc etc etc ! now she is upset its gonna cost over $1000 for her girls to be in the wedding and she wants to take them out but she is worried my aunt will get mad at her!

i know she already said yes and should not pull them from the wedding but its alot of $$$. the flower girls are going to get their dresses at a department store (way cheaper then $275 for a dress ) what advice do you think i can give her? would you be mad if she pulled them from your wedding? the 2 older girls are not at all happy when wearing dresses either < not girly girls at all!



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  • I think that if your sister can't afford it she should explain that to your cousin. Did your cousin even ask about a budget? It doesn't sound like it. Your sister should tell her that she wasn't expecting the dresses and alterations to be so much. Having to pay that much for three kids is very hard and I would hope that your cousin would understand that.
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  • I think cost is a reasonable excuse to pull them. That is absurd . And if the cousin can't accommodate the girls by letting them pick a cheaper, Easter dress, then perhaps she could honor all of the kids with a corsage or something. I get that the girls will probably be upset, but I think your cousin is nuts for expecting those sort of costs.

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  • I think that if your sister can't afford it she should explain that to your cousin. Did your cousin even ask about a budget? It doesn't sound like it. Your sister should tell her that she wasn't expecting the dresses and alterations to be so much. Having to pay that much for three kids is very hard and I would hope that your cousin would understand that.
    This.

    And it's ridiculous to pay that much for dresses for children that won't be able to rewear/reuse them.  Your cousin either needs to offer a more affordable option or be understanding of your sisters budget and not being able to have them apart of her wedding.

    Do you know the designer of the dress she picked?  There are a few bridal stores that sell online and have much better prices.  I'm in a wedding this October and just bought my dress for $150 with shipping (Bill Levkoff floor length chiffon dress) and in the store it was $220 plus tax.
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  • She should talk to the bride and if the bride wants them in the wedding she could pick different, cheaper dresses or help pay for them. We ended up paying for my sister, niece and nephew's dresses and tux because they couldn't afford it and we knew going into it. We also ended up paying for the other 2 groomsmen tuxes... Which I didn't account for. But 2 weeks before the wedding there wasnt much we could do. With the tuxes we tried to make them more affordable by paying for H's and spreading his free tux money to the others.

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  • I would talk to the bride. $1,000 for junior BM dresses that won't be worn again for sure is crazy. CRAZY. I think she should either help pay for the dresses, or be okay with them wearing something else. I thought it was crazy to pay $100 for my FG dresses, so they got $27 dresses from Macy's. I think a conversation is definitely in order!
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  • xxjen015 said:

    I would talk to the bride. $1,000 for junior BM dresses that won't be worn again for sure is crazy. CRAZY. I think she should either help pay for the dresses, or be okay with them wearing something else. I thought it was crazy to pay $100 for my FG dresses, so they got $27 dresses from Macy's. I think a conversation is definitely in order!

    Haha I got Lilly flower girl dress for $27 at jc penny's!
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  • mana8503 said:

    xxjen015 said:

    I would talk to the bride. $1,000 for junior BM dresses that won't be worn again for sure is crazy. CRAZY. I think she should either help pay for the dresses, or be okay with them wearing something else. I thought it was crazy to pay $100 for my FG dresses, so they got $27 dresses from Macy's. I think a conversation is definitely in order!

    Haha I got Lilly flower girl dress for $27 at jc penny's!
    This exactly. Our fg dress was under $20 from jcp after Easter. It was adorable

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  • Completely agreeing with prior posts. At least try to see if she can possibly talk the bride into going for a less costly alternative.
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  • Thanks ladies! I dont know what she will end up doing.
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