She Was A Bridesmaid At Her Best Friend’s Wedding And She’s Telling The Internet The Bride Is Refusing To Speak To Her Because She Doesn’t Want To Throw Out Her Bridesmaid Dress
A 25-year-old woman recently was a bridesmaid at her best friend’s wedding.
The wedding happened to be last weekend, and there were 3 other bridesmaids there aside from her.
“We all got the same matching dresses, costing about $220 each,” she explained.
“Super pretty, comfortable, and definitely something you could wear to another event or just a night out.”
Yes, the bride picked out what dresses she wanted the bridesmaids to wear, but she did not pay for them. Each bridesmaid was responsible for paying for their dress alone.
“This morning me and the other 3 bridesmaids got a group text from the bride saying she expected us to not wear the dresses we wore to the wedding anywhere else and to get rid of them because they were only for her special occasion.”
She told her best friend, the bride, that she is not going to just throw out her dress, especially given the fact that she paid $220 for it.
Her best friend is of the opinion that because it was her choice to get those exact bridesmaid dresses, she has a right to tell everyone they cannot wear their dress ever again.
Now, her best friend won’t say a single word to her, and she’s left wondering if it’s somehow wrong to not want to get rid of her bridesmaid dress.
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Here’s what the internet had to say.
“Most people try to get a bridesmaid dress they can wear again…..”
“I made a point to let my bridesmaids pick their own dresses and said repeatedly to get one they knew they’d wear again.”
“They all 3 settled on a dress that I didn’t particularly care for (this was when the bubble skirt thing was popular) but they were happy with. They SWORE they’d wear it again and it was maybe $150 before tax so they could all afford it.”
“They wore it for my wedding and never touched it again. Now when my one bridesmaid wants to bring up about “how could I have ‘made’ them wear it” I’m quick to correct that.”
“Agreed. Granted I am a guy but when I got married I was 26. When we went to get fitted for our suits we thought we were just renting them.”
“My dad bought us all the suits because we were all young guys and he knew we all needed a good suit for work, events, etc.”
“Since my wedding, I’ve seen them post pictures of them wearing their groomsmen suits to other events and it just makes me smile.”
“This is YOUR dress, bought with YOUR money and is yours to do with what you please.”
“I used to plan weddings & I am so very sick of the whole “but I wanna act rude and entitled because it’s my special daaaay” BS.”
“It’s a wedding; meant to celebrate a loving union & solemn commitment with friends, family & community.”
“It’s a lovely dress you bought to support her in doing that. So, you did what you were supposed to (I assume). You paid for a dress that she liked (and probably other stuff) and spent the day supporting her and bringing joy to the celebration.”
“What a strange exercise weddings have become in selfishness.”
You can read the rest of what the internet had to say to her here.
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