Friday, April 16, 2010

What the hell is a Junior Bridesmaid?

And why do they need a special title?  'Cause 4.5 years ago, when we first got engaged, and my little sister was 12 years old at the time, it never *once* crossed my mind that she wouldn't be my bridesmaid because she was a lot younger than the other girls. And it also never *once* crossed my mind that she would need to be called a "Junior Bridesmaid" just because of her age.  Ridiculous. Every supposed "duty" a junior bridesmaid is expected to perform pretty much mirrors that of a full grown bridesmaid.  Well, save for this one (via The Knot. Of course): "While junior bridesmaids are not expected to give showers, they should plan to attend and help out with cleaning up, favormaking, and more."
This pic creeps.me.out
Really? Do we really need to point out that a 12 year old isn't expected to plan and execute a bridal shower?  I mean, that shit goes without saying, right? So can we please stop with this "junior" business?  Your bridesmaids ain't Barbie, and they sure as hell ain't Skipper. Regardless of age, they are your chosen bridesmaids. End of story.
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And what if a bride wanted to have her grandma in her wedding party? Would we then have to call her  Senior Bridesmaid? Or Long in the Tooth Bridesmaid?  Oooo, what set of arbitrary rules can we come up with for her!?!? I've got one! "Senior Bridesmaid will be expected to not kick the bucket before the ceremony is over."

And, faaaaaaart.
Posted by Britt Hollenbrau at 10:43 AM
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7 comments:

  1. It basically makes them sound like interns for the bride!

    "While junior bridesmaids are not expected to give showers, they should plan to attend and help out with cleaning up, favormaking, and more."

    Does this go for the bachelorette party too? "Cleaning up" HAHA
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  2. the knot: such a great place for all things impractical and unnecessary.

    When i decided I wanted to quit the knot, it was soooo difficult, I had to make up a story about how my wedding was canceled and I didn't want anyone finding information about it on the net and causing hard feelings and such. It took a whole week before my stuff was officially gone. The real reason i wanted out was because if you searched for me in registry information, the knot claimed I wanted gift cards, and I thought that felt greedy. Sure enough, as soon as my knot was gone, so was the gift card registry :)
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  3. i like your take on things bridal! it's a terrific counterweight to the "giddy-as sweet-as-pie maybe i'll vomit" now material going around online. not that i've got anything against all that. :-) btw, i hope you don't mind but i've added you on my fave blog list.
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  4. haha too funny. My flower girl is verging on 8 years old and I was told she should be a junior bm. Apparently, she's too old to be a flower girl. Too bad for them. I don't want kids I can't bribe walking down the aisle.
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  5. Haha - I hate the term "junior bridesmaid." And, I so love your Skipper reference.
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  6. I heard it just means a girl who's a bridesmaid but too young to go to the bachelorette party. But call them whatever you like :)
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  7. This made me Lol so hard I almost spilled my coffee!
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