One could say I'm not sentimental, therefore the whole Bridezillia thing didn't really strike me during the wedding process (more like, "when am I going to have a life again?!?!"). I've been married for barely four months and I'm already auctioning off my wedding dress and tiara. Hey, I've kept the husband; that's more than enough wedding souvenirs, right?
In addition, I sold all of my wedding planning books. In an attempt to sell them in a hurry, I priced them dirt cheap and posted them to a "For Sale" listserve . I replied back to the first person who voiced interest, who will now be known as Bridezillia, despite the fact she offered considerably less money than I posted. While time passed and my emails of "are you still interested?" to her went unanswered, I ended up selling the books to someone who conveniently worked elsewhere in my building, who immediately answered and had a check written to me in nano seconds. Then, out of the blue came an email from Bridezillia, with the subject of "Confused!" the first in a trilogy of bridal meltdown. It was immediately followed up by "Amazed!", for which I replied...
Date: Thu,
From: "Not yet, but soon to be known as Bridezillia"
Subject: Re: Amazed!
To: Me
Dear "Not yet, but soon to be known as Bridezillia",
I am so sorry. You may be right about something being wrong with my email because I never saw the email you sent yesterday.
Unfortunately, the other buyer has already paid and picked up the books. I will immediately send you back your check once I receive it. I'm not sure if you have ever used Amazon.com, but the books are available there used, and at the prices I posted (where I got the prices from). Again, I am very sorry, and I should have tried calling you to confirm the sale instead of relying on email.
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In the spirit of epics like LOTR, I immediately received this third installment...
Date: Thu,
From: Bridezillia
Subject: Shocked!
To: Me
It is just a little disturbing to me that I contacted you three times to close the deal on the books, then you e-mail me at 10:30 this morning that you are going to sell them to someone else and by the time that I replied back at 11:00 someone had already picked them up and paid for them. I always stand by my word when I say that I am going to do something so I am a little perplexed that after you got at least one of my e-mails confirming our deal that you would not at least have had a benefit of doubt before just selling them to someone else. I can't imagine that 3 books totally dominated your entire bookcase, but I guess the "good guy" doesn't always win, just like our beloved staff member who was tragically found dead yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, due to such tragic consequences, I was not able to "immediately" e-mail you back for which I guess you faulted my integrity and broke our deal. Either way, books can be replaced, but honesty, trust and beloved staff members cannot.
Thanks .... I think!
Bridezillia
...
I have decided to vote her off the island.
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