BeFree Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 The brides maid should pay for their dress. However, the cost should not be out of control especially if you can't wear the dress again. When my little sister got married, she only spen t 3,000 on her wedding. Her dress itself cost about 400. However, she expected me to spend 350.00 on the ugliest dress. I could not afford it at the time, but my other sister liked it and has a rich husband. When I refused to spend that much and asked if we could look for something a bit more reasonable, she kicked me out of her wedding. Link to post Share on other sites
IhavenoFREAKINclue Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 They def pay for their own dresses. And thier shoes too. The maid of honor pays for hers as well. Liek BeFree said....Kepp the price reasonable. The one I picked out for mine were 130. Link to post Share on other sites
neek Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 So, if you haven't reached agreement with the maids in advance, then you may well end up choosing between having to pay or loosing your friends. Whoa, I don't think she'll lose friends over it! If you don't know if they are aware that they should be paying (and like most people have said, don't go picking something super expensive for them, there are a lot of great dresses for less than $150 out there) then you should clear that up with them. If someone really can't afford it and you still want them in your wedding then you can either buy them the dress or ask them to step down but include them in the wedding in some other way. Personally, I'm having mine pay for their own dresses. I mean, they'd have to get something to wear to the wedding anyway, right? There's so much money that goes into weddings that it's understandable that you can't afford everything for everyone. But yes, typically they pay for their own but the bride gets them gifts to say thank you. If worst comes to worst and they can't pay, you could buy them really simple dresses that wont break the bank and they'll still look beautiful. I'd much rather have my friends in the wedding wearing whatever than not have them in because they couldn't (or I couldn't) buy a more expensive dress. It will work out! CONGRATULATIONS!! Link to post Share on other sites
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