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"My favorite part of being a bridesmaid is being there for the magical transformation when my friend goes from a girl in Spanx to a bride decked out in a stunning gown. This bridesmaid was denied that opportunity. Find out why&amp;amp;#133; &amp;amp;#8220;My cousin&amp;amp;#8217;s now-wife made me a bridesmaid in her wedding. I was so excited because my family is very tight-knit, but I don&amp;amp;#8217;t have any sisters. I did the whole bridesmaid thing: paying for her shower, helping plan her bachelorette party, and even flying across the country to the bride&amp;amp;#8217;s hometown for a rehearsal dinner, the wedding, and the post-wedding brunch. So when I asked what time I should be in her hotel room to help her get into her dress, I was a little surprised by her answer: &amp;amp;#8216;I&amp;amp;#8217;m only getting ready with close friends and family.&amp;amp;#8217; Ouch! I assumed that if I was close enough to be a bridesmaid (granted, there were eight of us), then I was close enough to help her into her dress, or at least be present while someone else got her in there. I was jealous because my aunt, the bride&amp;amp;#8217;s now mother-in-law, and my cousin, the bride&amp;amp;#8217;s now sister-in-law, were invited to help the bride get ready, along with the bride&amp;amp;#8217;s sisters, mom, and best friends. My mom was hurt, too, because she planned on being there, also. The bride had an enormous suite, so it&amp;amp;#8217;s not like there wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t room for us. I do get that it can get a little stressful with so many people around you during what&amp;amp;#8217;s already a high-stress time, but I don&amp;amp;#8217;t see how two more people when there are already 10 or so present would have made such a difference. For the rest of the wedding day, I felt like a tier-two bridesmaid.&amp;amp;#8221; Uh-oh, I&amp;amp;#8217;m guilty of what the bride mentioned here did: My two sisters-in-law, who I included as bridesmaids, got ready at their family&amp;amp;#8217;s home with Paul instead of at my family&amp;amp;#8217;s home with me. I hope that didn&amp;#x27;t bother them! Then again, had they asked to get ready with me, I would have said yes, even though my childhood bedroom is tiny! That&amp;amp;#8217;s my crazily decorated room filled with my other four bridesmaids below. My mom couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t even fit inside to take the photo of us! Would you be upset if you were were told you couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t help the bride get ready? Should the bride have said or done something differently in this case? Do you think this peeved person should just be glad she was a bridesmaid at all? More RSVPeeveds I Wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t Invited with a Guest (But All My Friends Were) My Cousin Asked My Son to Be in the Wedding But Not Me The Couple Won&amp;amp;#8217;t Let Me Sit With My Husband at Their Wedding More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Top photo: Marili Forastieri "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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