Maid of Honor 101: Vic’s Guide for Success!

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Victoria is back and into diving into all things Maid of Honor! After being a bride, bridesmaid, and now a Maid of Honor, Victoria shares her ultimate guide to slaying this role and making your best friend's big day unforgettable. From planning the bachelorette party of dreams (hello, Excel spreadsheets!) to handling tricky conversations about budgets and expectations, Victoria gets real about the joy, pressure, and privilege of supporting your BFF. She also dishes out tips for dress shopping, giving a killer wedding speech, and keeping your cool under pressure. Whether you're in a bridal party or just love heartfelt stories of friendship, this episode is packed with advice, laughs, and inspiration. Tune in to hear Victoria’s take on showing up for the people you love most!

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I’m Engaged!!!!

WE GOT MARRIED

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.4	Welcome to RealPod. It's your host, Victoria Garrick Brown, and this is the podcast where we hold nothing back.
0:11.4	Oh, so we're getting deep, huh? I really cried for 12 days straight.
0:15.9	Why do I want to be perfect? There's nothing in my life that is perfect.
0:19.2	Every week, I'll bring you honest, unfiltered,
0:22.0	and eye-opening conversations to help uncover the real in all of us. I crave the type of content
0:27.5	that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure. Oh my God, I'm not going to cry. Let me just
0:31.8	unload everything. New episodes every Wednesday. Leave those filters at the door because it's time to get real.
0:44.5	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to RealPod.
0:47.3	I'm so excited about this episode because I get to talk all about being a maid of honor, share my advice as a former bride, former bridesmaid,
0:58.2	now made of honor. I've really done it all in the bridal world. If you will ever be a bride,
1:04.3	a bridesmaid, or a maid of honor, this is the episode for you because I have played all three
1:09.3	roles and I'm going to tell you exactly
1:11.8	how to show up for your friend on one of the most important days of their life. I'm talking the
1:16.3	basic bridal etiquette, the details. I'm going to tell you how I have been mowing. Can we make
1:22.1	that a verb, please? I think we're going to make it a verb. And just ensure you feel confident and
1:26.8	like you have support in this role because it's kind of, it's a big undertaking, which is the first thing I want to talk about. When you are a maid of honor, it's a big responsibility. And I think there's a lot of unspoken expectations. You get maybe a cute little bridal box or a gift that says, you know, will you be my maid of honor?
1:45.6	And it's so exciting because it is literally an honor. But there isn't really like a paper that comes
1:51.3	with it and says, oh, and here are all the things I'm hoping that you'll do for me, right?
1:56.3	Fortunately, and as you will know, if you've listened to RealPod and followed me for quite some time, I'm a type A human being. So I love this shit. Honestly, like being a maid of honor, it feels like I was born for it. That's Aubrey and I's joke. On the other hand, Aubrey being type B, which she's will proudly say herself, I don't want to say it didn't come naturally for her because she absolutely slated.
2:17.7	But, like, Aubrey rose to it and absolutely dominated, but it's not something she, like,
2:23.2	yearns to do. Does that make sense? And that's why I feel like our friendship is so strong.
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