You can now rent a professional bridesmaid for your wedding! Really, no really!

Before you ask the inevitable and logical question…why anyone would need to rent somebody to be their bridesmaid, consider this: twenty two percent of Americans say that it has been at least five years since they’ve made a new friend and nearly one-third say they have three or fewer close friends. With friendship in decline no wonder one woman, today’s guest has acted as a bridesmaid in hundreds of weddings for brides she didn’t know.

Jen Glantz is the world’s first professional bridesmaid and founder of Bridesmaid for Hire, she’s also a best-selling author, a blogger, she writes several newsletters, and she hosts the wildly popular podcast, You’re Not Getting Any Younger.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• How Jen stumbled into the professional bridesmaid business.


• Wedding disasters! Arguments, mistresses, fistfights, inappropriate speeches, and dog bites!


• Which couples won’t last…can Jen tell the difference?


• The surprising origin of many of your wedding traditions


• Anybody interested in attending a vow renewal? They have a registry!


• Destination weddings & why we hate them.


• Has Jen ever been busted as a pseudo friend?


• If you’re asked to be a bridesmaid…answer these questions BEFORE saying yes.


• The inherent sadness of needing a paid bridesmaid.


• The wedding Hokey Pokey incident Jason will never forget.


• Google-heim: Hokey Pokey controversies and producer Lorre’s dubious wedding!

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FOLLOW JEN GLANTZ:

Website: BridesmaidForHire.com

Blog: The Things I Learned From

Podcast: You're Not Getting Any Younger

Instagram: @jenglantz

TikTok: @BridesmaidForHire

X: @jenglantz

Facebook: Jen Glantz

YouTube: @jenglantz

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