These Are The Most Horrible Bridezilla Stories That’ll Have You Fleeing The Altar
If you've been a bridesmaid, or even if you've been a bride, you know how weddings can really mess with people's heads. Do you think that weddings bring out people's true colors, or do they cause good people to behave badly?
One Redditor asked the internet, "Bridesmaid of Reddit who was involved in a bridezilla wedding, what happened?" The internet certainly delivered.
How Dare She
"I had an ectopic pregnancy in which the baby attached to my fallopian tube, which then burst, and I almost bled to death. Well, my friend got engaged shortly after that pregnancy, and when she asked me to be her bridesmaid, she said that I would be 'required' to wait to try and have another baby until after her wedding...
Not because there would be a small child at the wedding, and not even because she didn't want me to be 'fat' at her wedding. But because if I lost another child, it would take the attention away from her engagement and wedding! I was so shocked that I declined and haven't spoken to her since." —MommaBearJam
He Ruined The Wedding
"The father of the bride had a heart attack, and as he was being carried out on the stretcher, the sobbing bride yelled,
'How could you ruin my wedding like this?!'" —remberz
Bad Timing
"I couldn't attend my friend's last-minute destination wedding because I had to travel to visit my dad—who was dying of cancer—to handle hospice arrangements.
She was pissed and tried to guilt-trip me because I couldn't afford both plane flights. That was the end of our friendship."—theuncannyvalleys
No Sitting Allowed
"She wouldn't let our friend—who had breast cancer and was in chemotherapy—sit down after walking down the aisle." —CasuConsuIto
Well, that wasn't very nice of her.
So Many Flowers
"My wife's best friend is a florist, and she gifted her services to her friend's wedding. Well, afterward, the bride and her mom got pissy at her because she didn't give them an additional gift.
Let's conveniently forget the $1,000 in floral products she gifted to the wedding! It's a rift that has never been healed." —Hard_at_it
Her Ex-Boyfriend
"Planner here. Bride invites ex-boyfriend to wedding because "he's just a really good friend". During reception her husband of 2 hours goes to the bathroom, she plants a kiss on him. Notices I saw and promptly reminds me to mind my business. At the end of the night, catering informed me they hadn’t settled their bill. If they didn’t get payment, that night there would be an additional fee charged.
I run outside and let them know before they drive off. Two days later I get a call from groom who informs me the bride is extremely upset with my “unprofessionalism” and wants a refund. She wasn’t happy that I “made a scene” by running outside to tell them about the bill, in an effort to save them from additional charges. I asked him if he was aware of the scene she made when shekissed ex-BF on the dance floor while he went to the bathroom. He hung up." —Imabigdiva
Too Big To Be A Bridesmaid
"My best friend left me out of her bridal party because I was overweight and her mother thought that would limit bridesmaid dress choices and throw the wedding photos off." —volcanicpale
She should have left the mother out instead.
No Meal For You
"After the ceremony was over, the bride informed us that in order to save money, the wedding party wouldn't be served a meal along with the rest of the guests.
She said, 'You already had the privilege of being in my wedding—what more can you ask for?" —ligamentary
Skip The Wedding
"The final straw for me was when the bride demanded to see the toast I'd written...so she could edit it.
She ended up rewriting it altogether, and I ended up skipping her wedding."—hotel_girl985
She Wanted To Be The Skinny One
"I lost some weight between the time I agreed to be a bridesmaid and the wedding.
Well, the bride threw me out of the wedding party because she wanted to be the skinny one on the stage!" —Reddituser
The Only Blonde
"The bride was blonde, and all the bridesmaids were brunette except me.
The bride asked me to dye my hair brown for the wedding because she wanted to be the only blonde." —kmmurky
No Glasses Allowed
"My ex-best friend tried to make me and another bridesmaid walk down the uneven outdoor aisle WITHOUT OUR GLASSES, saying they would 'ruin the aesthetic' of her wedding! And she told us the morning of the wedding, so we didn't even have time to get contacts!
Her mom was able to calm her down by reassuring her that she was skinnier and more beautiful than both of us, so no one would be looking at us anyway." —Suitcaseofsparks
Colorful Hair
"I've had colorful hair for years now. It's quite the investment-- I go to a salon to get it done, and buy high-quality products. When my best friend asked me to be her MOH, my hair was neon pink. Three weeks before her wedding, she requested that I color my hair to a natural color. I was SHOCKED. She offered to give me $100 to get it done (lol). I had just gotten my hair done (a plum/red color, quite tame in comparison to what I've done in the past)If I had just randomly gone from brown to lime green out of nowhere I might understand her frustrations, but at this point, I hadn't seen my natural color in like 3 years!
I never changed my hair, we got into a screaming match at her bachelorette party and she drunkenly revealed that her mom hated my hair and would not stop bitching about it. We cried and hugged in the club bathroom and all was well. Her mom didn't speak to me at the wedding and I'm okay withthat." —sweetvi0let
Pay To Play
"My best friend just got kicked out of a wedding because she couldn't afford to spend the $1,500 to go to the bachelorette party.
The bride told her to take out a credit card to pay forit!" —awayfrommymind
Cutting Off Contact
"My dad had the audacity to die 6 weeks before the wedding, and she couldn't understand why that superseded her wedding details for me.
I met my husband at her wedding, haven't spoken to her since." —jsquare
Freeze Then
"It was 10 degrees Fahrenheit in February, and the bride insisted on outdoor photos WITHOUT COATS because 'we can't hide the dresses!'
Even the photographer told her no, and she pitched a fit! Years later, she still complains about how her bridesmaids ruined her wedding" —Hexagogo
Ripping A Dress
"Not a bridesmaid, but a witness to one. The bride got walked out on by her entire bridal party, except her maid of honor.
Of course, it was because no one loved her, and everyone wanted to ruin her day, not because she ripped a bridesmaids dress from the neck down, in an open area, because it was too white ... it was the dress the bride insisted on all the maids wearing." —BARDlover
No Birthdays Allowed
"She had her bachelorette party the same weekend as my birthday, but we weren't allowed to do anything for my birthday on the trip, not even mention it. Well, on my actual birthday, some of my friends got some balloons and a little cake from the hotel.
They tried to keep it a secret, but Bridezilla came into the room, saw everything, went completely silent, then walked out,pissed." —rational_adult
A Detailed Plan
"When my friend was a bridesmaid, she received an astonishingly detailed itinerary of how to behave on the wedding day, with notes like "9:52am: Compliment the bride on how she looks on this, the most important day of her life".
On the actual wedding day, the bride repeatedly got angry with my friend for not adhering to the itinerary. This was after several months of the bride expecting my friend to be available at a moment's notice to take care of any wedding chores. They haven't spoken since the wedding day." —Chestnutmoss
A Groomsman-Zilla
"Not a bridesmaid but one of the groomsmen. The groomsmen were forced to work through the entire post-wedding ceremony, cleaning up people's s*** and trying to make sure things go well.
When we tried to hide and take a break, we got yelled at by the bride and her mother to keep working. Needless to say, I no longer talk to them." —LordVeris
An Unplanned Hospital Trip
"She kicked someone out of the wedding party who couldn't make it bridesmaid dress shopping because she was sick and had to go to the hospital." —SashWhitGabby
How can someone be this inconsiderate?
Dodged A Bullet
"I didn't make it to the wedding. I was best friends with the woman, literally, we did everything together. She assembled her wedding party and didn’t invite me.
She threw me my bachelorette, witnessed my marriage, etc. I found out later I wasn’t invited because I was overweight and her mother thought that would limit bridesmaid dress choices and throw the wedding photos 'off’. At least I know, dodged a bullet." —volcanicpale
So Expensive
"My best friend got married and she was actually very calm throughout the whole planning process and on the wedding day. However, the day after the wedding she texted me and sarcastically said "thanks for the wedding present".
I was planning to get her a present with my next paycheck. However, I was in such shock she texted me that. Especially after I spent ~$800 (dress, alterations, shoes, nails, makeup, hair, hotel room, etc.) to be in her wedding. It felt like all she cared about was gifts." —smnth123
Hand-Made Decorations
"The bride—who was one of my best friends and very frugal—asked me and her other bridesmaid to HAND-MAKE all of her wedding decorations!
I put in 15 hours a week hand-making decorations while also working and going to school full time!" —SpectralShifter
Uncomfortable Shoes
"I had to wear very high heels that didn't fit right, which was made even worse by the fact that I never ever wear heels. Her ceremony was well over an hour and the bridesmaids had to stand on the stage the entire time.
Taking those heels off after the ceremony was simultaneously one of the worst and greatest feelings ever. My feet wanted to murder her." —_birdnerd_
Very High Standards
"Bride insisted we (bridesmaids) make all the decorations but got pissed because they weren't up to her high standard. All of this a month before the wedding because she procrastinated the whole thing. Wanted to plan the bridal shower herself cause she thought we were incompetent.
During the bachelorette party, we went to a decently fancy restaurant and bride was pissed because her little sister (bridesmaid who helped with nothing) "only ate simple foods so we should have just gone to McDonalds". To this day she keeps saying how she wants to do the wedding over again because of how horrible everythingwent." —missxdi
Returning The Gift
"She reached out after the wedding to ask me how to return my gift for storecredit."—ligamentary
This might be the definition of ungrateful. Just figure out how to return gifts on your own.
This One Is A Three Parter
"Friend asked me to be a bridesmaid in her shotgun wedding that was to take place in a little over a month. She has us order semi-expensive dresses and they HAD to be altered to a certain length. Shoes had to be ordered.
Toenails had to be painted neutral color and fingernails had to be French manicure. We weren't allowed to paint our own nails-we HAD to get them done at a salon. Hair HAD to be done professionally by her hairstylist. And we were not, under any circumstance, to have bikini tan lines visible..."
It Continues...
"Mind you, this was right after summer. I lived in an area where beach attire was usually the only attire and everyone had visible tan lines.I eventually had to tell her that I could not afford to have everything done professionally with such short notice.
I would be happy to do my hair and makeup. My hair was so short I couldn't do an updo. She told me her mom could pay and then I could pay her back. That was the final straw.I sent an email to her telling her I could no longer be in her wedding..."
The End Of The Tale
"She was pregnant, about to get hitched, and now I was adding to her list of problems. I valued the friendship and told her such, but just couldn't do what she was asking.I hadn’t heard from her for YEARS.
Until one day she sent me a message, asking for me to buy from her MLM campaign. FFS." —killrtofujalapenobiz
