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Just Said Yes April 2024

Plus Ones/moh

Honey, yesterday at 6:32 PM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 4
I’ve posted before about plus ones for my destination wedding. I’d decided on “no plus ones” but would adjust on a case by case. No one has needed a plus one, as we’d invited mostly family and all couples were addressed and invited as such. However, someone in the forum made note that giving my sister/MOH a plus one would be kind to do. However, her best friend is our makeup artist for wedding and my sister’s roommate at the resort. My sister asked last month if she could invite a guy friend. I told her I didn’t mind, however we have a discount code for 25 rooms only so I needed to ensure those rooms went to our chosen guests first and would let her pass the code on once I started receiving RSVPs or declines. She thought this wasn’t fair and it was keeping me from giving her a “plus one” because it wasn’t fair to ask him to pay full price. I tried explaining that it wouldn’t be fair of us to ask our friends and family to pay full price if we exceeded the 25 rooms, so we needed to ensure they were taken care of. As expected, we of course received some declines so once that happened I offered her the group code for her guest and to my knowledge he’s been invited as a +1.


Our resort is 18+ and can only accommodate two people per room, however they have a nearby family resort that can fit more guests in one room, which is a more affordable option for some of the guests. My sister and the makeup artist are sharing a room at the adults only resort. My god-family has chosen to stay at the family resort to keep costs low. But they called me this morning asking who the fifth person in their room would be. Turns out my sister invited another one of her best friends to the wedding and my mother is planning to stick her in the room with my god-family for affordability so that my sister’s friend doesn’t have to pay the full cost of a room by herself. My god family called me upset because they are not comfortable with this option because they are four adults, so adding another adult just seems ver uncomfortable. I told my mother and sister this so their solution is to just have my sister (MOH) change resorts so that she, the make up artist and the second friend can all share a room instead. I’m very against this option as well because that puts my maid of honor AND my MUA at a different resort, when I would prefer my MOH at the very least be with me for support. My mother is upset and saying that she will just pay the difference for my sister’s friend to have her own room because having her there is important to my sister (which I think is also unfair because she never offered to help any of my best friends who are not making it due to finances… not that it’s her obligation to to offer *at all* but it hurts my feelings her priority of importance.) my mom thinks I am being unfair and that my sister will need someone to hang out with, which is why she needs the plus ones. I know the MUA is not technically her plus one, but I booked her because my sister suggested it so I thought that meant they would hang out in their down time. However, I’m also just so upset because my sister has barely fulfilled any MOH duties and even tried inviting her friends to the Bach party which I thought was also uncalled for because I feel that’s an intimate moment for me. I thought that she would be at the resort to support me with wedding finalizations and rehearsals etc, not bringing 3 extra friends when I’d already told everyone from the beginning I wanted to keep the wedding as small as possible (it has SNOWBALLED INTO A MUCH BIGGER EVENT).
Idk I guess I’m more so just venting. I’m not sure if I’m just being an emotional mess or a bridezilla or if my feelings are justified.

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Latest activity by Jacks, yesterday at 11:44 PM
  • Honey
    Just Said Yes April 2024
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    Edit: my sister has traveled to many weddings by herself. She was literally telling me last week about a wedding in FL she traveled to where the only person she knew was the bride. This wedding she knows 90% of the guests, as they're her family too 😅
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  • Jacks
    Rockstar November 2054
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    Destination weddings are tricky because people don't often want to travel alone. It does sound like your mom overstepped by inviting and arranging accommodation for someone not really invited. I don't get what your sister means about a guy friend? Is she now bringing two women and a guy friend?

    At any rate, MOH doesn't really have "duties" per se, and it sounds like she was kind enough to do a bachelorette for you.

    I don't think it matters which resort they stay at, if they are walking distance apart. I'm not sure that's something you get to control.

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  • Honey
    Just Said Yes April 2024
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    We all live in the same city (across the street from each other actually 😅) so we’re all traveling together. Her plus ones live in two different states, so would travel to get to the destination on their own. I’m not counting the MUA as her plus one, but did hire her for my sister to have a friend because that’s originally who she asked for as a plus one. Now there are two plus ones. The guy friend and her best friend, and then the MUA I hired. I did okay the guy friend, because she asked. But the second plus one has caught me off guard because I had no clue about her until today & is now changing the initial plans and rooming situation. The family resort is not walking distance, which is why I’m concerned, because the only MOH duty I really expect from her is to be by my side for emotional support during the wedding prep once we’re at the destination. I imagined my sister would be with me helping with the wedding and rehearsal etc. But to your point, I do understand I can’t really control if she does decide to stay at the second resort. 😔 I think it more would just hurt me and I guess that’s why I’m here venting 🥲☹️
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  • Jacks
    Rockstar November 2054
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    I get your feelings, and I'm hoping that you won't be as hurt. That's why I'm kinda trying to be devil's advocate a bit. Is there any reason to think she won't be there at the rehearsal etc?

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