“They wanted me to pay for a hotel room in their wedding block. I live in the city where they’re getting married. I paid almost half of my monthly rent for two nights in a hotel in a city where I already live.”

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"THEN I had a bridesmaid call me at the halfway mark to 'check in' on my gift purchase. I didn't RSVP and purposely strung her along by being noncommittal through a family member (which the bride tolerated because she wanted that gift) until the day of her wedding. Then I simply did not show up after throwing off that headcount. So yeah. I gave the gift of pettiness instead. Girl, bye."

"Then, a few weeks later, they get the text from the maid of honor with the plans for the bachelorette party…yeah, it was in Vegas. At the Aria, they were all splitting a suite. We lived in Philadelphia. My poor friend ended up dropping close to $4,000 on that trip, and she didn’t drink any alcohol and ate the cheapest, bare-minimum food. They haven’t spoken since." 

"This on top of normal wedding costs like bridesmaid dresses, alterations, travel, gifts, etc. Oh, and then she asked for my plus-one back, so it's not as if I could split some of the costs with someone. All of this just to have the wedding look like a boring 2012 Pinterest board."

"And then she proceeded to blame her maid of honor and childhood best friend for their personal debt. Not long after, I realized that she'd only asked me because I could afford it, and I was there to offset the cost. I backed out after the bachelorette trip, where not only did I blow my budget for being a bridesmaid, but the bride also ate my food, and not once did she open her wallet. I realized that I couldn't be friends with someone who prioritized a party over the well-being of her closest friends. So I backed out of being her bridesmaid and ended our friendship when she gave me an ultimatum: Either I continued as a bridesmaid or we were no longer friends. I don't do ultimatums."

"My mom had just recently cut her hair short and didn’t have enough hair to get the style. The bride sent her links for wigs that were way too expensive. It wouldn’t have been a problem if my mom hadn’t already paid for so much. My mom and two other bridesmaids told the bride that they could not get that hairstyle. She ended up uninviting them and cutting them off, my mom included. So now my mom has a $1,800 dress in her closet that she never wore."

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