Bride Forces Sister to Give Up Her Costume After One other Bridesmaid Misplaced Hers

A bride compelled her sister at hand over her bridesmaid gown to a different girl.

The bride’s sister and maid of honor defined in a put up on Reddit’s “Marriage ceremony” discussion board that one bridesmaid “misplaced her gown” when her mom “unintentionally donated” it simply two weeks earlier than the marriage. As a result of the colour is not accessible and the gown would not arrive in sufficient time if reordered, the bride advised her sister to offer her gown to the bridesmaid and shortly discover a completely different one for herself.

“She did not even give me a alternative,” the “upset” maid of honor identified.

The bride argues that it will be higher for her sister to be the one to put on one thing completely different than the opposite bridesmaids as a result of it is socially acceptable for her to face out as maid of honor. In any other case, she’d ask her different member of the family to “step down” from her bridesmaid function.

After spending days “panicking” and calling all bridal and formalwear shops in her space with “little or no luck,” the Redditor lastly discovered one other in-stock gown in an identical coloration. The bride initially permitted of the robe, then immediately modified her thoughts.  

“She took again her approval and advised me I will be carrying a gown that she has, in the identical coloration however completely different materials, regardless if it matches or not,” wrote the maid of honor, who is just not the identical measurement because the bride and is half a foot taller than her.

“She basically advised me that I’m going to put on the gown even when I do not really feel snug or the gown does not match,” she continued.

The bride’s sister purchased excessive heels that match the unique gown, and refuses to purchase a brand new pair. She additionally famous that she paid for her unique bridesmaid gown. Though the bridesmaid who misplaced her gown provided to pay for the Redditor’s substitute gown and any alterations wanted, the poster is not positive if she’d get her a refund if she wears the used gown.

“Personally I do not wish to put on the gown even when it does match, and what upsets me probably the most is that my sister does not appear to know why I am upset that I used to be basically advised that this was taking place,” she mentioned.

By no means miss a narrative — join PEOPLE’s free each day e-newsletter to remain up-to-date on the perfect of what PEOPLE has to supply, from movie star information to forcing human curiosity tales.

Some folks agree with the bride’s sister that she should not should put on one thing that makes her uncomfortable, however others argue that she ought to suck it up “as a result of it is what the bride needs.”

The vast majority of Reddit customers mentioned that this needs to be the bridesmaid’s downside, not the maid of honor’s, as a result of she’s the one who misplaced the gown.

“Like how do you LOSE a gown that is this necessary? Insanity,” a person wrote. “Punishable by demotion for positive.”

Additionally they suggested the bride’s sister to face her floor, particularly as a result of the choice gown does not match her correctly.

“This needs to be the reply. You will have the gown you deliberate to put on and nobody, not even the bride, your sister, ought to pressure you to put on one thing you will not be snug in. Simply say, ‘no,'” one other Redditor steered.