This is a new one....

Misty Posted: Mar 24, 2003 09:50 AM

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My FMIL just called asking me what HATS the bridesmaids are wearing, because the person that is making my Jr. Bridesmaid dress wanted to make the matching hat. I'm like 'no hats!', and she says 'well it's required in church'. I said first of all, it's NOT IN A CHURCH, second of all...NO IT'S NOT!!! She says 'well my girls had to wear hats, and I always had to wear a hat'. I said 'that was 32 years ago, and I was never required to wear a hat to any church wedding I was in. Then she said 'well maybe they'll just make her a flower or something'. I said no, I'm going to provide her and the flower girl with crystal hairpins. I totally just decided that while on the phone with her, because God only knows what kind of flower she'd wind up with in her hair!!

When does the sillyness end??

browneyes128 Posted: Mar 24, 2003 09:52 AM

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it seems like she wants to humiliate your girls the way she was humiliated all those years ago!!
NO HATS!!!!

Sassy Posted: Mar 24, 2003 09:54 AM

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HATS !!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh man, she's really losing it

jennbaby Posted: Mar 24, 2003 09:59 AM

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Misty Posted: Mar 24, 2003 10:08 AM

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I just need to ask, was this really once required in a church??? Like 30 years ago?!

I am beside myself!

Sassy Posted: Mar 24, 2003 10:10 AM

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Hmmm, I think it may have been once upon a time

Ronnie&Theresa Posted: Mar 24, 2003 10:27 AM

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I wanna wear a hat..

Come on JAn!

Betty Posted: Mar 24, 2003 10:28 AM

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OctBride03 Posted: Mar 24, 2003 10:29 AM

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I believe they were required at some point! LOL, I have to laugh Misty, your FMIL seems funny!

There used to be a time when strapless dresses were a no no in Church's too...

Fran M Posted: Mar 24, 2003 10:31 AM

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Ok Im really dating myself here but this goes back to when I was a little kid. - Yes you were supposed to have some sort of head covering in a RC church.

Misty Posted: Mar 24, 2003 10:33 AM

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Ok that explains it. And that's fine...but no hats!

oneday Posted: Mar 24, 2003 10:37 AM

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My uncle's family actually belongs to a church where it is still required that all woman cover their heads. When I went to my cousin's wedding about 5-6 years ago, as I walked in I was handed a, well, basically a doily, that I had to bobby pin onto my head. I don't think the girls wore hats, but they had some sort of lace covering that matched their dreses.

Annemarie13 Posted: Mar 24, 2003 10:59 AM

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I'm getting married in a RC Church and there are no hats required. Thats crazy

allure Posted: Mar 24, 2003 11:02 AM

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Maybe she is trying to relive her wedding day.Maybe you could give her a task to do w/the planning so she feels a part of it

DrmnBlnd Posted: Mar 24, 2003 12:04 PM

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No Hats!!

MSCJLK Posted: Mar 24, 2003 12:36 PM

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Your FMIL sounds a cooky as my MIL... maybe she forget to ake a look at the year before she called you...A hat... i am sorry but that is hysterical!!!

shamma Posted: Mar 24, 2003 12:42 PM

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Misty, I can just see you and your entourage now, hats, flowers and whatever else your MIL sees fit. You have to just laugh at these things sometimes.

Niecey Posted: Mar 24, 2003 01:13 PM

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I am sorry she is stressing you like this...people get stuck in their day! I did however find you a beautiful hat to wear for your wedding

LOL!

Niecey Posted: Mar 24, 2003 01:17 PM

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maybe FMIL would be interested in this one for herself (this was really posted on a evening gown site)..or it would be a good way to get rid of your friends ... ask BM's to wear one of these