20 Bridezilla Stories So Outrageous That Guests And Bridesmaids Are Still Recovering (October Edition)

Well, the internet is full of stories about such folks whose sense of entitlement got the better of them, and they ended up pulling off shocking shenanigans. Below, we have collected such wild wedding tales that took place in October. Some are so absurd you wouldn’t know whether to laugh or question what was going on in the bride’s mind. Just scroll down to see what I mean!

Every bridal couple deserves to have the wedding of their dreams. But we are all human, and sometimes mistakes happen. Unfortunately, some people are so obsessed with chasing perfection that they will go to any lengths to get what they want. That’s how some brides end up being bridezillas, and might even ruin their own special day.

Bride Is Having Us Pay For Her Getting Ready Suite

We are a group of 4 good college friends. One is getting married next year. We are flying cross country for the wedding (USA).The bride to be just told us 3 girls that we will be staying in one of the nicest suites at the resort, (which by the way, doubles as her/our getting ready space on the wedding day) and can we all please call the resort to pay our portion. $800 each for 3 nights total.The bride won’t be staying there. But she needs us to stay there. We asked her if we could do an airbnb 10 minutes away, since that would only be $300 per person instead of $800. She said it was really important to her that we stay at the resort. Fair enough.So we reach out to the resort and we could stay there in a less fancy suite for $400 per person. Bride still says no, she needs the suite for the getting ready part of the wedding day.So we are essentially funding part of her wedding. All 3 of us feel it’s unfair and lame but we don’t want to cause a ton of drama. We already told her our issues with the situation and she still “needs” us to stay there.

Aita For Asking My Friend About Bridesmaid Costs, Which Got Me Removed From Her Bridal Party?

I (29F) agreed to be a bridesmaid at a close friend's destination wedding a few years ago, before I started uni. The wedding is in October 2027. When I said yes, I had over £20k in savings and assumed it would be no problem.Since then, things have changed a lot. In my final year I was working night shifts alongside my degree, and the strain made me physically ill. I couldn't keep doing both, so I stopped working and lived off my savings until they were gone. I'm now in my overdraft. On top of that, my landlord asked mr to leave so he could renovate, and because I wasn't working and my mum doesn't have a stable job, so I couldn't find a new place in London or use my mom payslips to secure a place . I moved back home and have been doing live-in care work to save up, move back, and look for a grad job. None of this was something I chose, and I hadn't told my friend because I don't like complaining.Bridesmaids are expected to cover everything themselves: flights, hotel, a made-to-measure outfit, hair, plus food and transport. Makeup was €120, though she said we could do each other's. All in, it's around £700+ for me.I asked if I could fly out on the Friday instead of the Thursday to save a night of accommodation, and asked for a rough breakdown of costs so I could put money aside each month over the next year. I made it clear I still wanted to be there. She was understanding at first, gave me the breakdown, and even offered to help with the cost of one of the outfits.Today she messaged saying she'd reflected and thinks it's best to "take the pressure" of being a bridesmaid off me. She said she wants bridesmaids who can fully commit without feeling financially burdened and to be excited and that she wished I'd raised this sooner, since she'd already bought robes, accessories and materials and the flight-booking deadline is close. She said I'm welcome to come as a guest.I understand she's spent money and needs certainty, and I've apologised and explained everything. But I'm hurt. I wasn't backing out. I was trying to plan a year ahead so I could do it. It also doesn't feel like she understood that what happened to me was outside my control.Was I wrong to ask about costs and arriving a day later, or should I have just stayed quiet and found the money somehow?

Aita For Refusing To Buy A New Dress After The Bride Changed The Color Code 12 Days Before Her Wedding?

My college roommate Danielle is getting married on the 18th. The invite said "garden party attire, soft colors welcome" and nothing else. Back in August I (27F) found a light peach midi dress on sale for $85, sent her a picture, and she replied "perfect!!" with a bunch of hearts.Last Sunday a new message went out to every guest. Her photographer suggested a "cohesive palette," so now everyone has to wear dusty blue or sage. She linked a site where most dresses run $110 to $150. Peach is apparently too close to the bridesmaids, who are in blush.Mine was final sale, so I can't return it. I'm also already paying $260 for the hotel and my flight is booked.I messaged her privately, said congrats again and asked if I could wear the peach with a sage cardigan. I also offered to stand at the edge of group photos, or skip the big one entirely if that helps.She said a cardigan would look like I "didn't care," and that everyone else is making it work. When I told her, politely, that I can't spend another $120 on an outfit for one day, she said I'm "making it about me" and should think about whether I really want to come.I still want to go. I already RSVP'd, bought a gift off her registry and told her I'll respect whatever she decides. Now two friends from our group are telling me to just buy the dress to keep the peace.Am I wrong for not buying another dress?TL;DR: I bought an $85 peach dress the bride approved. Twelve days before the wedding she switched the guest dress code to blue or sage and turned down my cardigan compromise.

Bridezilla, Just Want It To Be Over

Long story short I am doing hair for my friend’s wedding and I am in the wedding as well. I also do bridal hair for my career. She is making everything overly difficult and it has straining on our friendship. The wedding planner she hired is wanting to basically micromanage me over hair? Which I have never had happen before, usually wedding planner and vendors just simply respect each other, and don’t try to tell each other how to do her jobs.The bride is also asking people to tell me directly if they want their hair done and they are not telling me when the bride thinks they have. The bride is adding people last minute when I’m already on a time crunch! The bride also told people they can call me and have phone call with me for any hair concerns… which is abnormal and I wouldn’t get paid for this! For background I have also done my part of how long I take for her per person and we had a reasonable amount of people getting their hair done before and now two more people are added on a very tight time crunch.My last straw came when the bride made a comment that I am not there for her when she will be there for me at my wedding in the future. That pisses me off so much! I am already giving her discounted prices, doing a hail mary for the timeline, spent 3k on her wedding so far including a $400 bridesmaid dress with tailoring. On top of that have gone out of my to help with events. This wedding has been so striating on our friendship.Thank you for listening to my vent! On top of that the wedding planner is very whatever the bride wants the brides gets which is just unreasonable and just inflating her large ego even more. I feel like I did not have any issues in my friendship if any until this wedding.

Bride Goes On Honeymoon With Her Parents Instead Of Her Husband!!!

Groom (my friend) currently lives in Washington, and bride is in California.A few days before the wedding, groom texts me asking for a good *SOLO* trip itinerary in Oregon, stating his intention to travel during the days immediately after the wedding. I'm a little surprised but I answer the question I'm asked. Curiosity got the better of me and i asked him why he's going on a solo trip so soon after his wedding.He said his wife and her parents are going on vacation in California and he isn't part of it; so he wanted to go someplace to take his mind off things.I wanted to tell him that a honeymoon isn't a trip one takes with one's freaking parents, but with one's spouse, but I didn't want to add to his misery. Poor fella.

Bridezilla... Strict Dress Attire For Guests... Money Gift Only... No Thank You Notes Or Acknowledgement Whatsoever To Anyone...

I attended a bridal shower in April. The shower was a good hour drive away. The bride requested that the guests contribute to their wedding fund. The wedding for that couple was in May. The bride set strict rules for guest attire. Not only were the ladies to be wearing formal long gowns but we had to be in all black long gowns. No other colors within that black gown...just plain black. I live in the south so it is extremely warm in May. Plus, I don't know about you but I don't have a long black gown just hanging in my closet. So, out I went to purchase the gown and shoes for the wedding. The wedding venue was about 1.5 hour drive from me, btw. Wedding day arrives and it is hot AND raining. Thunderstorms. The bride insisted that she still wanted the ceremony outside. There were chairs set up in a grassy field. No tents....no cover whatsoever. The chairs were literally puddles of water because they had a scooped bottom. Here we all are...in the thunderstorm...sitting with our brand new gowns/tuxes...for this ceremony in the puddle chairs. I was soaking wet, like I had jumped into the nearby lake. It was miserable. The reception was at the same venue so there was no way to dry off for the entire night. At least the reception was under cover. The bride and groom requested that all guests gift them money for their honeymoon to Europe. To add insult to injury...I have never received a thank you card for the bridal shower gift nor for the wedding gift.EDIT: To address those that are saying I could have just gone home or that I am playing the victim or that I could have just refused to go at all. I understand those could have been options for me. The groom's mother and I have been friends for almost 20 years. Her parents consider me one of their own. They even included me in their family photos at the wedding. In that situation, I just didn't think it would be appropriate to do anything but comply. Was I upset about sitting in a puddle in my new gown...yup. Did I look like a drown rat once we were able to get into the covered reception area...yup. I stayed because I was trying to do the right thing, even though the bride (and yes, her whipped groom) didn't take anyone else into consideration but herself.

Entitled (Ex)friend Uninvited Me From Her Wedding Because I Won't Let Her Use My Sister's House For Her Bridal Shower

I've known Ana since primary school (were both 26 now) and she recently got engaged to her boyfriend of 11 years. My relationship with her has been on and off for years due to us leading completely different lifestyles, study times and work times, but we still kept contact nonetheless. I received her wedding invitation in the first week of December, the wedding will be in the first week of February.She's now living in a city 14 hours away from my home. My sister and her family also live in that city. During the holidays, my sister asked me if I'd travel to her city to dogsit for them, since it would be out of their budget to take the dog to a doggy daycare, but they could afford my travel and food expenses. I agreed because I'm on vacation now, but I have my last finals in late February-March, so I wanted to go out somewhere far from my family to be able to focus better. Besides, the wedding will happen while I'm there anyway, so I'd still travel all the way.I let Ana know of my travel plans so we could set a hangout or something, and she told me that since I was going so early, I could go to her bridal shower. I was eager to day yes, until she dropped that since I'd have my sister's house to myself, I could host the bridal shower there.I just laughed, thinking she was joking, but she was very serious and got impatient, saying that since I haven't been constant in her life for the past 5 years (since she moved 14 hours away from me) the least I could do to get back in her good graces was to host the bridal shower at my sister's house. I just laughed more and told her that I wouldn't do that in a million years, since I don't have that authorization from my sister and I wouldn't get it since they don't know each other.Ana didn't answer after that, and this morning she texted me that I was uninvited to her wedding since I don't "hold her friendship in high regard" as she thought. I'm not going to argue with her any longer. To be honest, I'm not that hurt, we did grow distant over time, but it's still sad to see her true colors after so long.

I Lost My Best Friend Of 15 Years Because Of Her Bachelorette Trip

My friend of 15 years is getting married and wanted a destination bachelorette trip. Between flights, accommodation, dress-code outfits, and decorations, it cost me around $2,000 for a weekend. On top of that, I had to travel 24 hours just to get to the destination she chose.I had no problem spending the money or traveling because I wanted to support her, but things completely derailed.She was on edge I admit and I also understand with the wedding coming up she was stressed so I didn’t take anything she did/say to heart and brushed it off.Every time she was rude or mean to me on the trip, I brushed it off and blamed it on her wedding stress I didn’t even want to call her out and ruin the mood. She spent the trip giving me a hard time, making fun of what I was wearing, and calling me "cheap" and "dumb" right in front of her other friends (whom I had never met before). I was deeply hurt, mocked, and embarrassed. And I was planning to talk to her after. We’ve always teased each other in private but this was next level- we’d be having lunch with the group and her fun topic would be « Emma was the dumbest girl in our classroom back in the day »The boiling point happened on the second night. We had already gone out clubbing the night before, but she packed every day with non-stop daytime activities and late-night partying. By night two, I was physically miserable I had severe period cramps, intense nausea, and all the drinking was getting to me.I simply needed to go back to the room and rest.Instead of showing any concern, she took my illness as a personal offense. She threw a massive tantrum, forced me to stay out and go clubbing anyway, and then treated me like complete garbage and ignored me for the rest of the trip. When I said I wanted to go home, she had the nerve to say she was "so disappointed" in me and that our 15-year friendship had always been nothing but trouble for her and I was always a horrible unreliable friend.When we got back, I confronted her about how hurt I was. She brushed off her insults with a vague "I didn't mean anything," but never once apologized for forcing me out while sick or for treating me like trash and ignoring me afterward. Instead, she doubled down and demanded that I apologize to HER for ruining her moment at the club.I refuse to apologize for being physically sick. I pushed my body to its absolute limit for her, and she didn't even have the basic courtesy to say "thank you for coming."I haven't been able to get over how self centered and selfish she became. But honestly, she also has an expensive destination wedding planned, and as much as this hurts after 15 years, I genuinely feel like I was saved from having to go through an even bigger nightmare for her actual wedding.Am I crazy, or is demanding an apology after forcing a sick friend to party completely unhinged?It feels like she’s showing me her true colors and I don’t think I can be friends with her anymore. EDIT :I wasn’t expecting this many comments! Thank you for the kind words & support!!IMPORTANT :I forgot to mention that the reason why I was forced to stay out and go clubbing was because we were already outside having dinner very far from the hotel- a taxi/uber would’ve been 300$- I asked if I could be dropped off and the bride could continue the night with whoever wants to club but she threw a tantrum and said no I’m ruining the itinerary and more girls might wanna skip which she didn’t want happening and told me to pull myself together and she cried and threw a tantrum her other friends took her side and said it’s a once in a lifetime experience blablablaEDIT 2 : I didn’t know everyone else in the group, however some of the girls that I met before during other occasions reached out and told me they were baffled by the bride’s behavior towards me and weren’t sure how to act also said she was stressing/pressuring them as well and they all felt bad about being forced to do so much and have told the bride but s

Aitj For Kicking A Bride Off My Property While She Was Taking Wedding Photos?

I (29M) bought a house two years ago that used to belong to an older couple. I've been slowly fixing it up since moving in.A few weeks ago, a woman knocked on my door and explained that she grew up in this house. She was getting married and wanted a few photos on the front porch because her late mother had taken a picture of her there on her first day of school.I thought it was a nice idea and agreed.On the wedding day she showed up with her photographer, six bridesmaids and a couple of relatives. What was supposed to be 15 minutes turned into almost three hours. They were being extremely loud, shouting across the yard, playing music and constantly laughing and screaming while posing for pictures. My neighbors even came outside to see what was going on.They also moved my porch furniture, put decorations on the railing and started asking if they could take pictures inside on the staircase.I had already asked them twice how much longer they needed, and both times they said they were almost done. Eventually I told them they needed to pack up and leave.The bride got upset and said I was being insensitive because the house was one of the few things that reminded her of her mother.I told her I understood that, but it was still my home and I'd already given them nearly three hours when we originally agreed on 15 minutes.She left crying and one of her bridesmaids called me a jerk for ruining something that meant so much to her.My girlfriend thinks they pushed their luck, but also says I could've handled it better since it was her wedding day.AITJ?TL;DR: I agreed to let a bride take photos outside her childhood home, which I now own. What was supposed to take 15 minutes turned into almost three hours of loud music, shouting and taking pictures. They also wanted access inside my house, so I eventually told them to leave. The bride got upset because the house reminded her of her late mother.