Just because you’re getting married doesn’t mean you’re entitled to act crazy and treat your loved ones like trash. How would you feel if you were involved in an accident and got kicked out of a wedding because the bride felt too worried about your wheelchair stealing her spotlight?
Four days ago, this woman unfortunately got hit by a car. While she’s ultimately fine, her left leg is broken, and she has a ton of bruising all over her body.
She’s currently confined to a wheelchair since she can’t walk, and she’s supposed to be a bridesmaid in her friend’s wedding. She was already aware that the venue and the church were wheelchair accessible, since one of the other wedding guests relies on an ambulatory wheelchair.
She figured the wheelchair thing wouldn’t be a problem, and she will have to use hers at the wedding. Her doctor has said that she can’t use crutches for another five weeks, and she can only graduate to them if her healing goes as well as they’re hoping for.
“In a phone call this morning, the bride suggested it would be best if I didn’t attend because, and I quote, ‘You and *other guest’s name* would be stealing all the attention, especially with your cast and bruising. Maybe you just come to the reception and buy a new dress to cover up all that mess,'” she explained.
“My bruising will have hopefully gone down by then, but I was already planning on hiring [a makeup artist] to help me better cover them, too.”
“I’ve already tested the dress I was planning to wear in my wheelchair; only my ankle and foot are visible. I’m still trying to think of ideas to hide the rest of the cast the best I can, but it’s always going to be somewhat visible, especially due to the size of it and how bulky it is.”
The bride has been her friend since they were back in preschool, and their friendship has survived primary school, secondary school, and college, although they went to universities that were over 400 miles away from one another.
She’s hurt and shocked that her friend kicked her out of the bridal party over something completely outside of her control, and she can’t believe a leg cast and a wheelchair are about to wreck their friendship.
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She’s thinking it’s time to stop being friends with the bride after this.
Her friend’s a bridezilla, not a bride! For her friend to be worried about a wheelchair taking attention away from her is totally insane.
She should return the wedding present, not reply to the bride, and block her number. Her friend is revolting for being more concerned about the optics of her wheelchair than her health. Who needs enemies when you have friends like the bride?
What do you think?
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