Whether it’s because your best friend is getting married, because of Pippa, or just because you’re a Kristen Wiig fan, the word on everybody’s lips these days is Bridesmaid (cue several veiled eye-rolls). A bridesmaid can be an unsung hero, holding back hair, biting back opinions, and blinking back tears as she supports a best friend on her big day. A bridesmaid can also be the meteor crashing into the Arizona desert of your wedding, throwing back one too many and hiking up her hoop skirt on the dance floor while she Jersey Turnpike’s your husband’s younger brother (maybe you should have let her choose her own dress, and she wouldn’t feel like she had to make up for it with Slippery Nipples at the open bar).

Bridesmaids, good and bad, are an integral part of any wedding party and wedding Party, and Nerve.com has a hilarious roundup of veteran ladies in waiting, sharing their opinions on why Bridesmaids are better in bed, what to do if your best friend is marrying a cheating a-hole, and what to do if you would rather your best friend was marrying you. Read on and weep with laughter.