Welcome, Love!
I’m Jen Glantz
The founder of Bridesmaid for Hire, a nonfiction author, digital content creator, and Brooklyn-based pizza lover. I’m dazzled by strangers and want to make them feel less alone in this world.
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It started with a pile of bridesmaid dresses and a crazy idea: What if strangers needed to hire a bridesmaid?
On a late-June evening, two distant friends asked me to be their bridesmaid...
I came home and vented to my roommate about being “always a bridesmaid” and my roommate said to me, “Jen, you’re good at this and everyone knows that. You’ve become a professional bridesmaid.”
That’s when I had this “lightbulb” moment. In the $300 billion wedding industry, why is there no one whose job it is to be there, really be there, for the bride?
Since I was good at being a bridesmaid, and had done it more times than I could count on my hands (and toes), I wondered if I could do this for strangers?
I gulped down courage and turned to Craigslist, where I posted an ad offering my services as a bridesmaid for hire. Two days later, I received 250 responses from people all over the world who wanted to hire me for their weddings.
Many people called me crazy for doing this. People called this social experiment a joke. But I decided not to prove those people wrong. Instead, I decided to go off and prove myself and my idea right.
In June 2014, I officially started Bridesmaid for Hire.
The head-turning company provides professional bridesmaid services to those getting married and to maids of honor. In the past 8-years, we’ve worked with hundreds of clients, had over 100,000 people apply to work for us, hired a team of professional bridesmaids, and even started a training program to help people start their own unique wedding business and make money.
I’ve also found myself telling my story on a lot of TV shows, like the TODAY Show, where Hoda Kotb gave me the warmest hug; Good Morning America, which came with me to video my very first wedding as a professional bridesmaid in Minnesota; and Fox News, where an anchor called my job the “weirdest ever.” I share my wedding and bridesmaid expertise and unique perspective as a recurring guest on TV shows, podcasts, and in news articles on a weekly basis.
In 2017, Simon and Schuster published my second memoir, Always a Bridesmaid for Hire, about life as a professional bridesmaid and the crazy stories I’ve been a main character in along the way. I’m working really hard to turn my story into a TV show or movie. Can you help do that? Let’s chat!
I’m also proud of my two other books, Finally the Bride and All My Friends are Engaged. Together, this series of books dives into the head-turning true life stories of dating in New York City, working as a hired bridesmaid for strangers and finding love, after a psychic told me I was forever doomed. All of these stories are told chronologically inside these three books.
I also created a game, yes a game! It’s called The Newlywed Card Game and it’s super fun & memorable to play.
A few years ago, my husband, Adam, and I decided to sell 90% of our belongings, ditch our apartment, and live in a brand new city, every30 days. We’ve lived in Portland, Austin, LA, Brooklyn, and many more spots. Today, we live in Brooklyn, with Goofy (the dog) and Gemma (the baby) near what matters the most—a handful of pizza places within a 3-block radius. It’s my life’s mission to eat as much pizza, write as many books, and help as many strangers feel okay about the pushes and pulls of their lives as I can.
In case we ever meet, and I really hope that we do, you should know that I'll hug you hello, ask you the kind of questions that matter, and cross my fingers that we stay friends forever.– Jen Glantz
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