One of my oldest college girlfriends gave me very unsolicited advice on exactly how to tailor my wedding dress. Granted, I had sent a pic of it to a handful of girlfriends, asking "what do you think?" I expected either a thumbs up or down response, not an entire Pinterest page full of pics on exactly how I can change the dress in just about every single way, which is what this one friend did. lol.

I opened the door for an opinion, but I certainly did not expect this level or extent of an opinion! And it became extreme! She even sent me accessories with pics on how I could also accessorize the dress.

ALL I had meant to ask for was "yes" or "no", keep shopping. She took it upon herself to be the self-proclaimed maid of honor and ran with it...... then she got offended when I didn't take up any of her suggestions.

People are people. We often offer advice when it's not asked for, and often with the best of intentions. To help. But I didn't want my friend's help per se.

I suppose the point of my story is to say that I had basically opened the door for it by how I worded my initial question. But man, I did not anticipate an entire Pinterest collection of ideas! LOL! God bless her. She meant well. She really did.