I never thought I would turn into a bridezilla when I got married; however, I’m having significant problems with two things:
I am looking for a mendhi/henna artist in the St. Louis Metro area. I found one and e-mailed her, but received an undeliverable message. Does anyone know how in the hell I can find a mendhi artist in St. Louis?? My wedding is still 5 months away, but I want to have a “dry run” before my wedding.
How in the damn world do I get my fiance’s dad to stop inviting people?? He’s a very nice man, and, since he’s in India, a lot of the people he’s invited from that side of the ocean probably won’t come. However, since we finalized the list and ordered the invitations, he’s decided to invite 30 more couples from the U.S., and also has given us an additional list of people his brother wants to invite. He expects us to order more invitations (which will be really expensive) and expects that many of these new people will show up, because they’re all located in the U.S. Fuck. The place we’re having the wedding only holds 140 people. Shit. Is it terribly rude and selfish of me to wish that he would stop? If so, how do I get him to?
I really wish we had eloped. When I told my mom I wanted to, she said “Oh, I love Vegas!!!” :rolleyes:
Does anyone have any suggestions for either of these?
Yes. Tell the very nice man that it’s not his wedding and the church only holds so many people and it’s now FULL and it doesn’t matter how many more invitations you order it won’t get any bigger. Hand him the gust list (of his side of the group) and tell him if he wants to invite these new people, he has to dump some of the other people.
And if that doesn’t work, may I suggest you elope to the Bahamas and send out wedding announcements when it’s over.
Question: shouldn’t your fiance’ be dealing with his dad and uncle? It’s a little unfair to make you piss off the inlaws before you’ve even had the wedding.
I know very very little about the mendhi/henna thing so maybe this suggestion is totally wrong, but the first thing that popped into my head is to call some tattoo places and ask if they know of any.
Congratualtions! (and make your fiancee deal with his family)
My suggestion for the mendhi thing is to try to find an Indian woman that lives in your area. I figure an Indian woman probably had her hands done for her wedding, and would probably be able to point you in the right direction.
How you’re going to go about doing this is beyond me. One thing you might try is to go to an Indian restaurant, and ask around – maybe someone there might know someone who knows someone?