She Was Uncomfortable With The Bridesmaid Dress Her Friend Chose, So She Dropped Out Of The Bridal Party, And Now Her Friend Is Furious
This twenty-nine-year-old woman has a good friend who is getting married in just a couple of months.
And even though her friend is having a pretty informal wedding, the friend still decided to ask a couple of people to be bridesmaids.
She was also asked, and, of course, she said yes. However, figuring out what dress all of the bridesmaids were going to wear quickly became a serious problem.
“I am overweight, and it’s something that I am working on as I am very much not comfortable in my body. But again, it is a work in progress,” she explained.
And this normally would not be a problem except, traditionally, bridesmaids usually wear the same dress.
So, about a week ago, her friend sent photos of the dresses she was considering for all of the bridesmaids in a group chat. Then, most of the girls voted on a long sleeve skin-tight dress that she simply would not feel comfortable in.
“It’s too tight– both in terms of physical comfort and mental comfort,” she said.
In turn, she decided to voice her opinion and explain how uncomfortable it would make her feel. Her friends, though, did not really seem to care.
Instead, they said that since everyone– except her– agreed on that particular dress, they had to go with it.
Tetiana Moish – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purpose only, not the actual person
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So, she even tried to offer a compromise.
She asked if she could possibly wear a dress in a similar shade of green, just with a different silhouette.
Shockingly, though, her friend came back with a pretty snarky remark.
“My friend told me that the day is not about me and that I will just have to put up with being uncomfortable for an evening,” she recalled.
“So, I told her it would be genuinely embarrassing for me to wear the dress and that since I respect her day, I was just going to withdraw from being a bridesmaid so my discomfort doesn’t overshadow her.”
She also reiterated that she was not mad, the dress was beautiful, and she understood why her friend chose it.
But, her friend got seriously pissed off. The friend apparently texted her separately, claiming that she totally embarrassed them in the group chat and that they had no idea why she was so opposed to the dress.
This resulted in her explaining her feelings all over again. However, her friend still did not understand.
Instead, her friend is most upset about how now, their fiancé will have to drop a groomsman or they will have to find another bridesmaid.
But, even after apologizing to her friend for the inconvenience, she has still been shunned by the entire bridal party.
So now, she is utterly confused about the entire situation.
She is not sure if refusing to wear something she is uncomfortable with was a valid boundary to set or if she was somehow in the wrong.
Do you think she had a right to voice her opinion? What do you think of her friend’s reaction? How would you handle this situation?
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