Overview
The first survival guide for bridesmaids to protect their sanity and their wallets—and a call to reimagine the role.
If you’re holding this book, chances are you’ve been a bridesmaid, and you’re gearing up for another battle but this time with more clarity and boundaries. Maybe it’s your first rodeo. Or maybe you’re tired of the emotional fine print that comes with saying yes, and you want to say no without losing the friendship. Wherever you are, you’re not alone.
You’ve RSVP’d, Venmo’d blindly, and smiled through a dress fitting that cost more than a month’s worth of therapy. You’ve shown up with your lashes glued on, while finding yourself stretched thinner than the patience of a bride on her third dress fitting. The truth is, it’s never just “one day.” It’s a year of emotional endurance, financial acrobatics, and the subtle art of not losing your mind while holding someone else’s bouquet. Women are losing their sanity, their wallets, their friendships, and themselves.
The first of its kind, I Hope You Elope is a survival guide by someone who’s been in the group chat, worn the dress, and swallowed the resentment. Funny, brutally honest, and heartbreakingly familiar, it’s the bridesmaid manifesto we’ve been waiting for—not to tear down the dream, but to protect the women holding it up. This step-by-step playbook will help you navigate tough conversations, set boundaries without guilt, and figure out if that destination bachelorette trip is really in your budget. Equal parts reality check and rallying cry, it gives bridesmaids the tools, language, and permission to show up for their friends without disappearing within themselves.
If you’re holding this book, chances are you’ve been a bridesmaid, and you’re gearing up for another battle but this time with more clarity and boundaries. Maybe it’s your first rodeo. Or maybe you’re tired of the emotional fine print that comes with saying yes, and you want to say no without losing the friendship. Wherever you are, you’re not alone.
You’ve RSVP’d, Venmo’d blindly, and smiled through a dress fitting that cost more than a month’s worth of therapy. You’ve shown up with your lashes glued on, while finding yourself stretched thinner than the patience of a bride on her third dress fitting. The truth is, it’s never just “one day.” It’s a year of emotional endurance, financial acrobatics, and the subtle art of not losing your mind while holding someone else’s bouquet. Women are losing their sanity, their wallets, their friendships, and themselves.
The first of its kind, I Hope You Elope is a survival guide by someone who’s been in the group chat, worn the dress, and swallowed the resentment. Funny, brutally honest, and heartbreakingly familiar, it’s the bridesmaid manifesto we’ve been waiting for—not to tear down the dream, but to protect the women holding it up. This step-by-step playbook will help you navigate tough conversations, set boundaries without guilt, and figure out if that destination bachelorette trip is really in your budget. Equal parts reality check and rallying cry, it gives bridesmaids the tools, language, and permission to show up for their friends without disappearing within themselves.
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