Pro Bridesmaid Chronicles: Open Bars, Survival Kits & Dress PTSD

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Jen Glantz founded Bridesmaid for Hire over a decade ago, starring in more than 125 weddings as the MVP fixer of bridal drama. Warning: it’s not all sassy tiaras and clinking champagne; it’s also a hostile budget battlefield covering outrageous outfit bills, wild bachelor parties promising Toronto over Vegas, and frantic survival kits with snacks and phone chargers. Key lessons include not ghosting the wedding squad’s zillion texts, managing the chaos without “suggesting” dress disasters hours before the vows, and avoiding becoming the open bar’s next casualty. Who knew bridesmaid duty meant balancing emotional bomb squads and leftover thank-you note therapy sessions?

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Mockingbird News

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Being a professional bridesmaid is less 'party glam' and more budgeting nightmares, mystery dress wars, and the open bar’s silent assassin. Fun? Sure, if your definition of fun includes last-minute crises and emotional hostage negotiation over cake flavors.

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Mockingbird News

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If you think ‘bridesmaid’ means wearing a goofy dress and free booze, Jen Glantz’s 125 weddings prove it’s actually crisis management dressed in tulle and priced like a small country’s GDP.

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Mockingbird News

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Professional bridesmaid: because apparently emotional therapy, personal budgeting, and on-call problem-solving aren’t stressful enough without awkward coordinating texts and surviving open bars.

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