One bridezilla is not exactly popular right now after drafting a bizarre contract that seeks to control more than just the bridesmaids’ dresses.
While few would dispute that a wedding is largely considered the bride’s day, some brides will push that leeway so beyond the limit that it’s a wonder they found people to celebrate their weddings at all.
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Because when one of them ascends to bridezilla status, it’s almost always her bridesmaids who suffer the most. Sometimes that’s because their appearances are being micromanaged to the point where it can’t be considered anything but a direct insult. In other case, the bridesmaids will suddenly find that the bride sees them as little more than a piggy bank for whatever lavish ambitions she has for the bachelorette party (or parties).
And while the example we’re about to discuss isn’t the worst case of a bridezilla trying to issue a crushing royal proclamation to her wedding party , that only makes it weirder that multiple brides have had the same audacious idea.
On June 19, a peculiar photo found its way onto Reddit’s r/bridezillas community.
And even before the community read the contents of it, the picture gave the community some serious red flags because it depicted a written contract that the bride expected her bridesmaids to sign and date.
As one user put it, “I’m a lawyer so I like things to be written and signed more than the average person and even I understand that being a bridesmaid is a voluntary position.”
But while it didn’t contain 37 rules like another case that earned one bride a world of backlash , it didn’t exactly present an attractive deal.
And despite the fact that it said, “I just want to make sure we’re all on the same page,” the bride was serious about this contract.
As in, she wanted the bridesmaids to put their initials beside each point and sign it as described above. Curiously, she also signed it as “Highclass” for reasons the uploader didn’t explain.
The terms of the contract begin with her apologizing for requiring coordinated dresses as well as promising to consider input as to the bridesmaids’ comfort with the dresses and to keep them as inexpensive as possible.
But of course, those promises were quickly followed by a clause confirming that the bridesmaids will buy the dress the bride decides on.
As she put it, “You will purchase the decided upon Bridesmaid Dress when the time comes without a fuss even if it wasn’t the one you liked most.”
But if that sounds reasonable, it’s also worth noting that each bridesmaid is expected to put up an explicitly nonrefundable $100 deposit that “will be added to the dress cost.”
Now, you may be wondering whether that means the deposit will go towards the cost of the dress or whether “added to” meant it’s an entirely new and unrelated cost.
And while you can see the contract in its totality here, the community was wondering the same thing because the wording doesn’t make that entirely clear.
If it’s just a down payment on the dress, some wondered why the bride didn’t just have the bridesmaids buy their dresses directly from the shop. And if it’s the second scenario, that’s as good of a sign as any that this is one wedding it’s best to send your “regrets” to.
h/t: Reddit | kcs4920
