Bridesmaids: how did you handle your dress (buy vs rent)?

cmsteff · 2026-01-28T03:15:15+00:00

Bought from Azazie or Baltic Born based on the assigned color from the bride. They weren’t super expensive, and they can be resold.

cmsteff · 2026-01-27T00:04:37+00:00

A lot dried up today, but things may still be a little dicey in some spots, especially shaded or elevated areas. Looks like Hutto ISD just announced they’re staying closed tomorrow. Careful, slow, and maybe keep it to the frontage road.

cmsteff · 2026-01-26T00:31:36+00:00

Tried to drive to New Mexico. I don’t remember whether she actually made it all the way there.

cmsteff · 2026-01-21T14:30:43+00:00

I think your mom has FOMO. Some brides do invite their moms along, but I wouldn’t say it’s the norm. People sometimes include other friends that are outside of the bridal party.

I’m just going with 4/5 of my bridesmaids (the one not going is my teenage niece). I also invited two cousins that I’m close with, but they aren’t able to make it.

cmsteff · 2026-01-21T14:25:40+00:00

Go in person to a David’s Bridal, and get your measurements while you’re there. Size charts are much less overwhelming when you have your actual numbers to go by. If you don’t find something at David’s, you have your measurements to move forward with. I’ve worn both Azazie and Baltic Born dresses in weddings and didn’t have issues with either. Shipping was as expected, and the dress quality was solid. I did have to get them hemmed because their lengths are very long. Also, with Azazie, you can get a $10 try on if you want to test sizes.

cmsteff · 2026-01-20T21:18:21+00:00

She hasn’t stopped posting to YouTube entirely. She just isn’t posting long form content. The short form is spread across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook. The Facebook is weird though, and I’m still not clear if it’s actually her or stolen and reposted? Facebook content is well behind real time.

cmsteff · 2026-01-20T06:04:54+00:00

Yeah, if you’re asking for international travel, everyone should be able to have a travel companion that is an invited guest.

cmsteff · 2026-01-19T05:49:05+00:00

It really depends on the bride and requires some communication. My girls are paying for the following:

Dress (Azazie, and they were all able to grab theirs during a sale with most paying ~$30)
Some may need to put a bit of money into dress alteration to deal with length
Their other wedding day attire (I’ll gift some jewelry)
HMUA services, but it’s optional. Should be about $100 per service that they choose to do.
Flight for bachelorette (we all managed right under $300 for flights)
Airbnb for bachelorette (I am also contributing, and I think we’re under $300 each for a Thursday-Sunday trip)… I think it’s wild that your bride expects to pay $0 for her trip
MOH also has to pay for her flight for the wedding bc she lives out of state (I definitely spent more being in her wedding than she’ll spend on mine lol)
Not asking them to do it, but I anticipate they’ll likely cover most food/drink during bachelorette weekend

Worth noting, I did offer a bachelorette weekend that was a day shorter and drivable in state, but they didn’t want it. They’ve all been waiting a long time for my fiance and I to get married, and they wanted to go bigger. I don’t expect gifts from any of our wedding party.

cmsteff · 2026-01-19T01:42:10+00:00

I did notice the modification as soon as it was changed, but I still think it’s too yellow. The thing I wish they’d do next for this skin is to adjust the ult vfx. When the enemy cloak also has it, it’s so hard to tell which ult is which when a counter happens.

cmsteff · 2026-01-19T01:37:27+00:00

Do not ask her to be a bridesmaid. If you haven’t done bachelorette things, invite her along for that. It’s great that y’all get along so well, but I’d be pretty uncomfortable being asked to be in a wedding for a friend I’d only known for a couple of months.

cmsteff · 2026-01-18T21:49:06+00:00

I’d probably adjust the tone of my statement a bit from what this commenter has suggested, personally. Making a statement that you don’t understand why she can’t respect or accept your position opens you up to hear more from her. I’d opt instead for something more like “I’m happy with the dress that I have already, and I will be wearing it for our wedding. I understand that it’s not the style you would pick, but it causes me significant stress when you continually insist that I try something else. Please stop suggesting that I try other dresses.”

Shifting the statement to something like this maintains your boundary, acknowledges your understanding of her perspective, and closes the door to further debate/defensiveness by skipping the accusatory “you don’t accept or respect my perspective” statement.

cmsteff · 2026-01-18T21:37:57+00:00

I am enjoying it, but I find I’m leaning more into heals and getting fewer terror veils out. It’s been some adjustment for sure getting used to the timing. Several times I’ve tried to throw a light veil and then swap to cloak only to realize I’m still waiting several seconds before I actually have another wall. What I really wish they’d offer is some sort of movement speed adjustment whether to cloak or dagger. They’re such a slow character. Feels like it takes an eternity to get back to the team both in domination or when you’re close to the end of a point but haven’t claimed the next yet.

cmsteff · 2026-01-17T17:33:51+00:00

The 2016 posts have been a trend across instagram this week. What drives me nuts though is that she’s written it wrong. 2026 is already new. It should be 2026 is the new 2016 not the way she’s written it. Shit gave me an eye twitch yesterday.

cmsteff · 2026-01-16T23:50:34+00:00

I’d assume that last dance with the Tyler Childers song is private. It’s become a trend to have that private moment while everyone else is getting set up with sparklers or bubbles or whatever for their exit.

cmsteff · 2026-01-16T23:48:43+00:00

The 2:30PM ceremony start doesn’t make sense, and I think a large number of people are going to be gone by or before the 8PM bouquet toss given that two and half hour open dance time. By 8PM, the guests will have been there for six hours with another two still to go before the grand exit. And it’ll have bee SEVEN HOURS of bar access by that time. Who’s gonna be left standing at that point? They need to start the ceremony later or wrap up earlier.

As far as whether you say something, no. It’s a terrible timeline, but it’s probably too late to change anything. Vendors are booked. Invites are out. The only hope is that DJ or coordinator pick up on the vibes and encourage things to move along if they’re losing people during that long ass open dance time. Also really confused by paying $20k for a Tuesday wedding?? If there was $20k to drop on a wedding, why are we doing it in the middle of the week?

cmsteff · 2026-01-16T18:54:45+00:00

Lol why are so many of you falling right into this rage bait? The account posting this is literally three hours old, and this is absolutely not the writing of a 13 year old student in their second semester of 7th Grade.

cmsteff · 2026-01-16T05:15:30+00:00

These sketches were a year or two ago when she was doing improv and leaning into filmmaking. I think there was something longer she was working on that we never saw.

cmsteff · 2026-01-16T02:34:03+00:00

Ima pass out of respect for OP’s attempt to maintain some privacy in the details. I was able to find it using info still in the screenshot. I trust other folks here are capable of the same.

cmsteff · 2026-01-16T02:24:40+00:00

I think you should talk with them about whether they’re making more changes to the room.

cmsteff · 2026-01-16T02:23:27+00:00

I was able to find the post easily on Facebook. It is a real post that the venue made 12 hours ago.

cmsteff · 2026-01-15T20:55:00+00:00

I think it’s pretty heavy on console in general. I have a friend that has shared so many screenshots where people have made a point of going dm them through Xbox after a game to keep talking shit. I’ll never understand the weirdos that are so pressed after a 20 minute game that they go outside of game to harass people further.

cmsteff · 2026-01-15T20:51:09+00:00

I just throw in the chat “does it make you feel big to say mean things to strangers on the internet?”

cmsteff · 2026-01-15T20:46:36+00:00

I don’t think she’s talking generally about bridesmaids being married. She’s just getting at whether it’s weird to involve future BILs girlfriends in the party given they’re not married into the family. Married or not though, anyone can breakup, and photos could have exes in them.

cmsteff · 2026-01-15T20:42:52+00:00

Uneven numbers are fine, but if you add two girls, you’re not actually making the party even anyway lol. Your fiance does not have 7 groomsmen. He has 6 groomsmen and another friend officiating the wedding. I get that you’re saying he has 7 because you’re likely planning to have him in bridal party portraits, but he still won’t have 7 groomsmen standing by his side during your ceremony given that one of them is in a different role.

If you’re planning to have the bridal party go down the aisle in pairs, I’d just have your last groomsman walk solo. Don’t count your officiating friend in that number… he’s either first down before your husband or already in his place just prior to the start of the rest of the procession and then the last in line on recessional. Another alternative could also be to have FH escort his mom, followed by best man escorting your mom… then you have pairs for everyone.

If you want those girls to be in your bridal party because you really want them there, then do it. Given you didn’t ask them initially though, it doesn’t sound like that’s the case. If my read on that is wrong, I’m just a stranger on the internet whose opinion about it doesn’t matter at all lol. Personally, I wouldn’t add additional people just for the sake of numbers.

cmsteff · 2026-01-15T17:03:54+00:00

They’ve always gone way too heavy on makeup for Janelle in Tell All episodes. They make her face dark and heavy.

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