It's said that a wedding invitation is a bill written in calligraphy, and the bill gets even steeper when you're asked to be a bridesmaid.
But Business Insider contributor Jen Glantz decided to turn the tables.
She became a professional bridesmaid and started a business to do it.
First, by running a Craiglist ad, she found that hundreds of women were interested in her services.
More importantly, they told her why they needed her, and for what.