The world has no shortage of bridezillas.
You can read these terrifying tales here and here.
Recently, a bride accidentally found herself labeled one of them when she shared her wedding costs on TikTok.
Among the many expenses, she asked her bridesmaids to pay for an all-inclusive trip to Mexico — and people weren't happy about it.
The list was extensive, filling almost two full, single-spaced pages.
Torres told Insider that she had been blindsided by the costs and expectations of being a bridesmaid previously.
So she wanted to be completely up front and honest with her own bridesmaids from the start.
First-time members of the bridal party don't always realize what they're signing up for when they say yes to being a bridesmaid.
Besides being part of the ceremony itself, there's bachelorette parties and bridal showers to plan, helping the bride with all the wedding plans, and paying for your own dress and shoes.
Some of those issues actually surprised her, such as learning that some bride's require bridesmaids to not have dyed hair or tattoos, or have even kicked women out of their bridal party after they got pregnant.
As her letter noted, those sorts of things weren't a problem, because "that's weird."
That's great, since it allows for wiggle room for each person to find a dress that's flattering to their body type and fits their budget.
Torres' choice of bachelorette party was a trip to Mexico at an all-inclusive resort.
That choice isn't necessarily bad, however people were a bit perturbed to see the word "MANDATORY" next to the trip.
While that's relatively inexpensive for an international trip, that's still a lot of money to just require every member of your bridal party to spend.
"INTERNATIONAL Bachelorette trip mandatory? Hell no. That's not cool," one user wrote.
"This made me realize I'd rather not have bridesmaids," added another.
Lisa has since spoken to Insider about the criticism she's received.
"My friends and I travel every year, so it wouldn't have been a huge ask of them, but I can see why it would have been interpreted that way," she said.
"I think the biggest thing is to focus more on the people who are positive. I would just prefer to not use energy on negative people."
With a wedding to plan, she has more important things on her mind!
What do you think of her mandatory bachelorette party in Mexico? Let us know in the comments!
