Pay for my bouquet??

[KMS]

Have any of you ever heard of the bridal party paying for their own flowers?

[Kacie_bride]

I have never heard of it. I don't really think that would go over that well with them. I would be offended if I was asked to be in a wedding and had to pay for my own bouquet.

[ladymelissa]

I have never heard of that, either.

[WhiskeyGirl]

I believe I read something once about someone being forced to pay for their own bouqet and how chaffed they were about it. In all honesty, you asked them to be in the bridal party, why should they pay for their bouqet? KWIM??

[KMS]

I'm going to be MOH in my friend's wedding. She had mentioned to another friend all of the financial responsibilities to be expecting and the bouquet was one of them. I hadn't heard of that before and I was just making sure that I wasn't the only one who was unaware of such a thing! She's never been involved in a wedding before and I'm wondering if she knows that it's not the norm to pay for your own bouquet. Maybe I'll bring it up.

[ladymelissa]

One could make an argument both ways. On one hand the BP is expected to pay for all of their attire. But I still believe that paying for the bouquet is the least the bride could do, it just seems like the right thing to do.

[mj512]

I don't think the bridesmaids should have to pay for them own bouquets. I think that if it is an issue of money the bride should just do something simple... for example, I am having mine walk with two daisies and a yellow rose for a simple look and it will be a lot cheaper.

[kevinsbride2B]

I've never heard of anyone paying for their bouquet for a wedding when their in a bridal party. I wouldn't be all that happy about it.
Melissa did have a point about the "attire responsability" however, I think that the bouquet is the responsibility of the bride JMO.

[SerendipityCrafts]

I always thought of the bouquet as a present which was given to the attendants. This is the first time I have heard of BM's buying their own.

That said, anything goes with weddings. Old traditions change and new traditions start .....

The problem with accepting to be a BM (as I see it anyhow) is that you rarely know ahead of time what the bride expects of you. The bride may have her heart set on her girls wearing the most expensive dresses, having her bm's together to have their hair, make up and nails done, and also to pay for their own travel & accomodations.

I think it's important to discuss everything up front before getting too deep into the planning.

[woohoo2me]

i thought they were suppose to pay for everything on there own like hair dresses make up, good thing i read this post then lol.

[BriansBride07]

Sorry I have never heard of the BP paying for their own bouquet.

[Kacie_bride]

i thought they were suppose to pay for everything on there own like hair dresses make up, good thing i read this post then lol.

Usually the BMs pay for their own attire, hair, and make-up. I let my BMs decide if they wanted to get their make-up done professionaly or not. As a gift I bought them jewelry.

[kevinsbride2B]

I'm buying the bouquets, and the jewllery which is the gift to them. They have bought their dresses and the rest I have left up to them. If they want to get their make up done they can, and same goes with what they choose to do with their hair. The only think I'm asking of them for their hair is that I want them all to have a matching pink lily in their hair and my MOH to have a white one. Although they can choose to place with where in their hair they choose as they all have different hair styles.
The way I see the bouquet, it was my choice what I wanted to have in it and I feel that I should pay for it for that reason. Their dresses they chose therefore it was there decision on how much they wanted to spend etc.

[SaralovesMike]

I wouldn't have my girls pay for their boquets. They are paying for their own dresses as well as make up and hair (if they chose to have it done professionally).
I've always thought it was the bride's responsibility to take care of flowers?

[KMS]

I think that her bouquets are about $100 each. I guess that we all assumed that we'd only be paying for the traditional BM stuff. Oops! By the way, I'm glad that some of you mentioned giving the jewelry as the gift because I think that's what I'm going to do.