Before you think, "Me? No, that's definitely not me," take our quiz to see just what kind of bride you really are -- and if you need to chill out or crank it up a notch.
1. You have to take time out of your workday for wedding stuff. So you:
Take care of the easy stuff quickly and deal with the tough stuff after work.
Tackle it all during your lunch hour.
Deal with a crisis as it comes up, even if it means skipping out for an afternoon.
2. A bridesmaid is really concerned about the costs of being one of your lucky ladies. How do you handle it?
Totally empathize, apologize, and then offer to pay for her portion for everything.
Ask her to swing the money for the dress, but tell her no wedding or shower gifts or splurges on a bachelorette party are necessary.
Tell her she doesn't have to be a bridesmaid if she can't afford it.
3. Your parents agree to pay for the wedding, but you feel as though your in-laws should chip in. So you:
Just let it go. If his parents really do want to contribute, you're sure they'll offer.
Talk to your fiance about the situation and brainstorm solutions together.
Call them yourself and explain that you think it's only fair that they give some $$$.
4. You and your groom decided to have two different cake flavors. He wants one of the flavors to be pistachio. But you hate it! What do you do?
Agree to the green cake.
Suggest the idea of doing a groom's cake so he can have his pistachio.
Insist on doing a lemon cake.
5. The flowers for your wedding are important to you. How many florists do you feel like you should meet with before choosing the right one?
One to two.
Three to five.
Five to ten.
6. Your future mother-in-law asks you to make time at the reception for a mother-son dance. You respond with:
"Hey, that's so cute! Okay!"
"Why don't you and Greg join my dad and me toward the end of our song?"
"We just don't have the time for it."
7. Your fiance planned a weekend away, but you wanted to take your friends to look at bridesmaid dresses. You:
Decide your girlfriends can go without you. Just tell them what color you want.
Reschedule with your girlfriends.
Think he's being really inconsiderate. You have so much planning to do and don't have time to escape for the weekend.
8. You've talked to the florist about what you want for your wedding. But when you show up to see the sample centerpieces, they look completely wrong. What do you do?
You don't want to hurt her feelings, so you tell her that it looks really nice, make some suggestions, and decide to trust her.
You sit down with her, explain exactly what's wrong and tell her you're going to email her some images of what you do want.
Unleash all of your fury on her, demanding that she needs to come up with something much better to show you...in two days.
9. You're looking at invitations, which are a lot more expensive than you had anticipated. The stationer tells you a few ways you can cut costs, but it means not getting the look you'd always envisioned.
You decide to:
Switch gears completely and come up with a new concept for the invitations.
Take a couple of the stationer's suggestions, getting it as close as you can to the look you wanted without busting your budget.
Start interviewing new stationers -- you're not going to change your whole design based on this stationer's ridiculous bid!
10. You had your heart set on going to Vegas for a bachelorette weekend, but one of your bridesmaids is pregnant and another one can't afford the big trip. You tell your friends:
Whatever they want to do is fine; you don't really care. They can decide.
You'd rather just do something low-key and close by, and then suggest maybe doing a girls' trip to Sin City some other time.
You still want to go to Vegas. You also suggest doing a second, smaller bachelorette party in town so the other two girls can go.
11. You find out that some of the groomsmen are planning to speak at the rehearsal dinner. You'd like your bridesmaids to do the same. So how do you go about asking them?
You can't ask. They probably know how these things work, so if they have something to say, you assume they'll get up and say it.
You send an email explaining that there will be some time for them to make a toast at the rehearsal dinner if they want to.
Ask your maid of honor to tell the other girls that you'd like them all to say a little something about you at the rehearsal dinner.
12. Your mom has been looking all over for a dark pink mother-of-the-bride dress, but she can't seem to find anything that she likes. Recognizing her stress, you tell her:
"If you're having trouble finding a dark pink dress, just get whatever color you like."
"Mom, I'm sorry, but I just have so much going on, and I can't be worrying about your outfit too. You'll find something."
"Okay, don't worry; we'll find something. I'll go with you this weekend, and if we have to try out other colors, we'll do that."
13.You show up 5 mins late for a site visit and are told to sit in the waiting area until the coordinator finishes with the client who came before you.
Do you wait patiently until it's your turn considering you were late in first place.
Do you wait for 8mins then storm off shouting expletives and wheel spin out of the car park like a 5 year old.
14.You're looking at wedding venues, which are a lot more expensive than you had anticipated. The planner tells you a few ways you can cut costs, but it means getting back to you to get updated quotes from 3rd party suppliers the following week:
You switch gears and talk over with your fiance eloping?
Have your friend call the planner everyday after the meeting for an update. Then impatiently call yourself making all kinds of accusations?
Chill, with the understanding that your best interest is being looked after and they’ll do exactly what they say they’ll do?
"the knot"
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