10 Brides Who Took "Bridezilla" to a Whole New Level

Weddings are special, but for these brides, it wasn’t about love. It was about control, drama, and everyone else falling in line. These stories prove that some brides really do think the world revolves around them.

• My childhood friend was getting married, and I was supposed to be one of her bridesmaids. A few weeks before the ceremony, I decided to cut off all my hair because the heat was unbearable. When she saw it, she lost it and told me I should go and buy a wig that matched what my hair “used to look like” because I was “ruining the aesthetic” of her wedding photos.

• She had us go to the dress fitting and then demanded each of us pay $2000 for our dresses. Apparently, she had a specific style she wanted. I can afford it, but I won't buy a 2k dress for one event. Some of the girls in the bridal party don't have that flexibility with money. @lrhun / Reddit

• My best friend's coworker is getting married later this year, and oh, man, this girl's got some problems. She's very “pure,” which, if that's your thing, is fine. Whatever.
  However, she told my friend last week that she doesn't want anyone at her wedding who was born out of wedlock. Which includes my friend, who is the daughter of a teen mom. @soundlife / Reddit

• I had just given birth two months before my cousin's wedding, and I was still adjusting to my postpartum body. At the bridesmaid dress fitting, the bride actually brought a scale and said, “No one over 140 is allowed to wear sleeveless.” I laughed, thinking she was joking. She wasn’t.

• A friend was mad because a few days before her wedding there was a terrible flood in a South American country which somehow ruined her chances of being able to get just the right color flower for the centerpieces. @Unknown Author / Reddit

• Two days before the wedding, I got a spray tan. Nothing extreme—just a light bronze. When the bride saw me, she lost it and said I looked “too glowy” and was stealing her spotlight. She asked me to scrub it off “so she wouldn’t look dull standing next to me."

• Last year, I cut off 11 inches and dyed my hair bright red (formerly dirty blonde/strawberry blondish). The wedding was a year out and the bride threw a fit. How could I so selfishly ruin her wedding by having short red hair when all the other bridesmaids had long blonde hair (like I used to have). @86753ohnien / Reddit

• I was a bridesmaid for a friend's wedding. She was actually really calm about the whole thing. Everything was easy. Then the day of the wedding when she was about to put on her dress is when she freaked. She said there was a stain on the front of her dress. There wasn't. @d***beatbaby / Reddit

• When my best friend from high school married his first wife, he asked that my then four-year-old daughter, and his goddaughter, be a flower girl. His fiancée, Bridezilla, chose a dress for my daughter that cost $600. I gently explained that we didn’t have $600 to spend on a dress.
  She blew up. Cried, yelled, etc. Finally calmed her down and found a dress at Macy’s for $80. @mrscake76 / Reddit

• I declined to attend a second bridal shower due to a family emergency. The bride texted me: “This is supposed to be the happiest time of my life, and you’ve made it about you. I think it’s best if you don’t come to the wedding anymore. I need people who are 100% committed.” I hadn’t missed a single thing until that.

A wedding should be magical - not a meltdown. Let these stories be a warning: if you're planning a big day, don’t become the bride everyone talks about… for all the wrong reasons. After all, it’s not just about you - your groom and your friends deserve a day filled with love, not drama.