Most people are more excited about their yaar ki shaadi than they are about their own, especially if you are childhood buddies! The ‘bridesmaids’ culture is hitting us hard and girls can’t keep calm when their bestie’s special day is on the cards.
Strangely, however, one particular bride decided not to ask one of her closest friends to become her bridesmaid. And the reason is upsetting.
While we know that it doesn’t take long before a bride turns into a ‘bridezilla’ who wants everything at her wedding to be top notch. But this bride went a bit too far as to consider the appropriate body shape for her bridesmaids.
The bestie excluded from the bridesmaid group because she had “massive breasts”.
The unnamed bride turned to Reddit to share detailed reasons as to why her friend Erin was left out.
She said that Erin’s breasts were “literally bigger than should be physiologically possible because she has a hormone disorder that caused her breasts to grow to an excessive degree.”
Just to stress on the fact, Erin didn’t undergo surgery to increase her breast size, but it was because of a medical condition she had no control over.
The bride left her out of the group because:
A) They’d have to get her a different bridesmaid dress to wear because apparently “she won’t be capable of wearing a strapless dress”.
B) She didn’t want people to remember her wedding “for the bridesmaid with the giant boobs.”
Read the post here:
AITA for not asking a friend to be a bridesmaid because of her body? from AmItheAsshole
As soon as the post went viral, users were the least impressed by her insensitive reasoning and called her out for, basically, the jerk she was being.
Excluding a friend from the ceremony because of a medical condition? That’s harsh.
The subreddit is called ‘AmITheAsshole’ and most replies to the bride started with ‘YTA’ – You’re the asshole.
She had this coming.
Taking “your wedding your choice” a bit too far.
You can’t call yourself a “friend” if you body-shame the other, especially for a medical condition.
If you have a problem with a friend, discuss it.
With all these comments flooding her post, the bride finally got a knock on her head and apologised for “essentially bullying” her friend.
We take this opportunity to call out the people who shame others for their bodies. Friend or not a friend, body shaming is not cool. Every person’s body is different and they have the right to be comfortable in them. If you expect someone to change their body as per your liking, what message are you really sending out in the world?