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1. That doesn’t sound passive aggressive – that sounds USEFUL. If the bride had sent such rigid directions to her guests, then that would be ridiculous. But this is the frickin’ bridal party, who are often responsible for doing a lot of things on the day of – they DO need to know where to be and when, and that the rehearsal dinner is the time to give their silly toast so they don’t get left out on the big day.

   • I agree. This e-mail isn’t out of place at all.

2. Not a bad plan. A lot of thse party streamers will permanently stain paint on a car if they get wet.

3. weak. seems like a reasonable email to me. There is much worse… not bridezilla camp.

4. Actually, my cousin and brother used green paint on my car windows when I got married, and some of it got on the car itself – that paint never came off, and *far* outlasted the marriage, which ended a year later. I can’t say I blame the bride for her request.

5. I see absolutely nothing wrong with this. This is an email to the bridal party and if you’re in the wedding party then things like speeches at the reception and showing up for pictures are expected. It’s not like she singled out people and said “Susan if you’re hair’s not dyed back blond by 8am you’re out of the wedding” or anything.

   Quite frankly I thoroughly approve of a bride who’s got this down so well just a few days before her wedding. Way to step up with the planning!

6. *nodnod* This isn’t bad at all. I’m curious about the nature of the person that shared the note. It’s tactfully done and concise. We’ve all seen much worse.

7. What a bitch. When I got married I let my bridesmaids do whatever the hell they wanted, I even let them pick out their own dresses, I just decided the color. My Matron of Honor ran the show for pictures and when it was all said and done I let them go get drunk and leave as they please.

8. If all the bridal party has to complain about is this note, then they have nothing to complain about. It’s well worded, consise, doesn’t insult anyone or throw them under the bus, and only asks that they be respectful of the new truck and not ruin it with poorly planned decorations.

   (okay, micro managing the car decorations isn’t typical, but I’m guessing the bride and groom know the kind of morons they have as friends and know the trouble they would get up to if given the chance.)

9. Marney is getting married.

10. Yeah, I agree with Angela, not really seeing the bridezillaness here. So if it was the wedding planner sending this email, no problem, but if it’s a thrifty bride who tries to save a few $ by using her gifts of tact and organization, then she’s bridezilla? C’mon now.

11. Yeah I don’ t see the problem here. It’s a LITTLE bossy, but but no where NEAR bridezilla territory. Not even in the same hemisphere.

12. The only issue I have is with the truck. “my prissy city truck can’t get dirty, even when they’re made for work!” But other than that, it seems reasonable.
    But in all fairness, if I had a brand new truck, I wouldn’t want it stained with paint, or have the paint stripped by bad glue or something. So I guess that part’s rather sensible as well.

13. This is a great email, not sure why it’s maligned as a bridezilla. Somebody has to stay organized – weddings don’t happen all by luck, you know.

14. This is the email of a savvy bride, not a scary one. It’s full of all the information the guests need and in order to not potentially ruin the finish on a new car she even bought the hazing supplies for her guests. She’s concise, clear, and not in the slightest way rude or bitchy. Bride = win. Cheezburger = fail. Running out of bitchy brides?

15. I don’t like this trend how any bride with an ounce of assertion about her vision for the wedding gets dubbed a Bridezilla. I think only woman who use the wedding as an excuse to behave badly towards loved ones deserve that label.