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velvet_mace
2009-01-22 03:09 am UTC (link)

Bring a survival kit for your poor Bride. Tampons (not only for the usual purpose, but for sopping up spills and things they are amazing.)

... ew.

I didn't elope, but I also didn't presume to dress anyone other than myself or demand that someone else pat my hand and keep me from hysterics. She's not being forced to marry, after all.

I'm not even sure why someone would want to want to have a wedding like this. Even if everything goes right, the result is so... generic.

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	julesnoctambule 2009-01-22 04:27 am UTC (link)
	My bridesmaids' responsibilities were to a) make sure we don't get too drunk or, failing that, b) make sure anything interesting happens away from the cameras and no one ends up in the hospital. Ended up being option b. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	keri 2009-01-22 07:30 am UTC (link)
	tampons for the bride? I thought it was common to pick a day when you wouldn't be likely to be crumpling over from period cramps during the ceremony! geeez. I don't ever plan to get married, but if such a thing ever occurred, you better believe I'd schedule it for the second half of the month, when I'm not likely to be on the rag. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

velvet_mace
2009-01-22 08:04 am UTC (link)

Oh but the tampons aren't for period protection, they are for mopping up spills, because when you've slopped some wine on the table cloth, using a tampon to mop it up is such a delicate and discrete way to go.

Sadly, I'm far too irregular to be able to schedule something like a wedding based on my period. Damn those 3-5 week intervals between (when I'm not skipping months altogether, I once went three months without a period without being pregnant.)

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	serai 2009-01-22 08:19 am UTC (link)
	I think she's talking about spills in the dressing room beforehand, such as nail polish and such. All the other "supplies" she lists are for getting ready before the ceremony; I'd say this fits in with those. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	velvet_mace 2009-01-22 08:28 am UTC (link)
	Maybe if you are Carrie White. You know, this is what paper towels are for. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kookaburra 2009-01-22 10:29 am UTC (link)
	And Shout pens! I love those things. They have saved soooo many white shirts and khaki pants. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lirazel 2009-01-26 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	This. Trying to figure out what my body would be doing a year in advance when the planning started? Hah. It was a narrow miss, too - started on day two of the honeymoon. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frequentmouse 2009-01-22 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	I know three women of my close acquaintance who, even though they had been regular for years (on the pill, even) and had picked their wedding date by their old reliable calendar, ended up starting their period on their wedding morning. I could confabulate some deep and sociobiologically significant reason for this, but I think "just nerves" covers it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	yoritomo_reiko 2009-01-23 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	You know, you can pick the day and still be wrong? My period started on my wedding day. I thought I had a few more days and it surprised the hell out of me. I hadn't even had the usual warning signs. If my sister (also my bridesmaid) hadn't had some tampons with her, I'd have been out of luck. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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