She Replaced Her Maid Of Honor After They Got Into A Heated Argument Over Who Should Pay For Her Dress
In fifth grade, this woman met her best friend, and they’ve been close ever since. They did drift apart during college since she moved away and her best friend didn’t, but they spent time together when she came home to visit.
This September, she’s getting married, and she asked her best friend to be her Maid Of Honor. Several months ago, she went dress shopping with her best friend and the rest of the girls she asked to be her bridesmaids.
She and her bridal party are all in their mid-20s and have good jobs. None of them have kids. Her wedding is happening in a town where her best friend and a handful of her bridesmaids don’t live, so she’s paying for all of them to have a hotel room.
“The dress shopping trip was out of town, so I paid for the 2 hotel rooms while we were there, and I drove; my mom brought my MOH and a couple of other bridesmaids since they still live in my hometown,” she explained.
“For the dresses, my only requirement for them was that they had to be a specific blue color and no satin material.”
“We spent the whole afternoon trying on dresses, and everyone found one they liked, including my MOH.”
Her best friend selected a $350 dress, while her bridesmaids picked out ones that cost between $100 to $150.
The following morning, they were relaxing at the hotel pool, and then her best friend started complaining to one of the bridesmaids about having to come up with the money for her dress.
Her best friend said she should actually be the one paying for it as the bride. Her best friend made her opinion clear: the bride should have to pay if they’re all expected to wear specific dresses.
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Her best friend then argued that when she got married at 18, she never had to pay for a dress. But that was only because they all chose to wear their prom dresses instead of purchasing new ones.
She didn’t overhear this conversation, but her bridesmaid filled her in later on after sticking up for her.
A month after the dress shopping trip, her best friend phoned her up to ask her to buy her dress outright.
She mentioned to her best friend it was unfair of her to buy hers, but not buy dresses for the other bridesmaids.
She reminded her best friend she can’t even afford to purchase dresses for everyone in the bridal party.
“She said she is the MOH and that everyone would understand it was a privilege she got,” she added.
“I disagreed, and our argument got a little heated. It ended with me saying if she could not get the dress, she couldn’t be in the wedding and I wasn’t budging on this. She hung up on me.”
“Her mom has since called me saying I’m being very rude for not doing this one thing for her so she can be there on my big day and that I don’t understand what it’s like to not have money for things. I told her I have struggled before too and understand, but said I’m not paying for the dress because it won’t be fair to all of the other bridesmaids.”
She ultimately decided to replace her best friend and ask one of her more helpful bridesmaids to hold the role of Maid Of Honor.
She informed her best friend of her decision before saying she is still invited as a guest to the wedding.
After telling some of her family members about the situation, they believe she should have paid for her best friend’s dress.
She is aware that her best friend is not in a great situation financially, but she has known about her wedding for the last two years.
She feels her best friend had plenty of time to save up for her dress, but she’s still left wondering if it was mean of her to refuse to pay.
What do you think?
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