Bridesmaids to Bridezillas Share Their First-Hand Wedding Drama
Weddings are supposed to be joyous occasions where people celebrate the beginning of something great and families come together. Well, that’s how it’s SUPPOSED to be anyway.
With these kinds of brides, however, even the most beautiful weddings turn into NIGHTMARES, especially for the bridesmaids and closest friends.
Read these stories to hear more about these unbearable and unhinged bridezillas!
1. 16 Shades of Blue
She asked 16 girls to be bridesmaids. In the year and a half between the engagement and wedding, all but 6 dropped out (3 were her sisters). She wanted 16 separate shades of blue and 16 different styles of dresses for each bridesmaid then threw a fit when the store didn’t have that many options.
She demanded everyone pay for a week-long bachelorette party in Vegas (including her share) and then got mad when some opted out (I was a single mom/college student at the time). Her parents gave her a $20,000 budget and she ended up spending $100k and demanding they pay for it- they took out a loan they are still paying off.
She wanted everyone to have the same hair shade so she asked the two blonde bridesmaids to dye their hair (they declined). She paid for nothing for the bridesmaids (traditionally the brides pay for something- the hair/makeup or the dress) but demanded we purchase specific shoes, jewelry, dress, etc plus hair and makeup.
We paid for the entire weekend stay at the hotel she was getting married. We were all told that the costs for the wedding, not including a gift, would be well over $2k per bridesmaid. This was mostly amongst college-age women in poor/middle-class areas. She also had three separate engagement parties/bridal showers.
The final straw for me was when she demanded to see my toast a month prior so she could edit it. She ended up rewriting it totally.
I skipped the wedding totally and ended our friendship. They did end up getting married and 6+ years later he seems absolutely miserable.
2. “Only Blonde”
The bride was blonde and all the bridesmaids except for me were brunettes. She asked me to dye my hair brown for the wedding because she, “wanted to be the only blonde.” I suggested that instead I just give up my bridesmaid spot.
Thankfully to this day since I heard the dresses and bachelorette party cost all the other girls more money than I make in a month.
3. Last Moments With Dad
My sister had 10 bridesmaids, most of whom were her sorority sisters from college. They wanted to plan an elaborate summer weekend, while most were still in school without jobs. When I asked “Hey, who will pay for this?” my sister got pissed that I even asked.
When I also reminded all the bridesmaids that our father who had stage 4 cancer wasn’t doing so well and that maybe the bachelorette/bridal shower should be close by, they all flipped thinking I was being insensitive to the bride.
I was promptly asked not to be a bridesmaid at my own sister’s wedding over these two things. I was fine with this as she was a bridezilla and I spent time with our dying father.
He died 2 weeks after her wedding day, and he couldn’t attend because he was in hospice care one day before her wedding.
To me, she put herself before our ailing father, and it still makes me mad.
4. Without Glasses
My ex-best friend tried to make me and another bridesmaid walk down her outdoor, uneven, tulle-covered aisle WITHOUT GLASSES. She told us the morning of the event, so we didn’t have any time to get contacts or anything.
She threw a near-hysterics fit because she was convinced we would “ruin the aesthetic of her wedding”. I told her she would have a single groomsman walking that aisle if she made me walk without them.
She started bawling but her mom was able to get her calmed down enough for her to agree to let us wear our glasses so we could actually make it down the aisle in one piece.
(Her mom essentially said that she is more skinny and beautiful than either of us and no one would be glancing at her bridesmaids anyway because we aren’t important)