Bridesmaid Drops Out After Bride’s Cruel Prank

We all have our fears, but what happens when someone you trust exploits them? A young woman (21f) found herself in this situation when her best friend, the bride-to-be, played a cruel prank on her by showing her an image that triggered her T-phobia. The bridesmaid, who had been in therapy for this fear, was left feeling disrespected and disgusted, leading her to question her role in the wedding.

The Phobia That Haunts Her

A Childhood Friendship

Wedding Preparations

Long-Distance Bridesmaid

Video Calls and Stress

A Request for Help

A Snappy Response

The Cruel Prank

A Shocked Reaction

An Unapologetic Bride

Demanding Respect ✊

Dropping Out of the Wedding

Bride’s Friends Turn Against Her

Facing the Consequences ‍♀️

Language Barrier *ESL*

A Friendship Tested by Fear

In a whirlwind of emotions, this bridesmaid found herself questioning her friendship after her best friend, the bride, played a heartless prank that triggered her T-phobia. Despite her attempts to explain her situation and ask for an apology, the bride refused, leaving the bridesmaid feeling disrespected and disgusted. As a result, she decided to drop out of the wedding, causing a frenzy among the bride’s friends. But can you really blame her for wanting basic respect? Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…

NTA. Bridezilla weaponized bridesmaid’s phobia. Cut ties and move on.

Bridesmaid drops out after bride’s cruel prank. Commenters side with OP.

Bridesmaid drops out after bride’s cruel prank. Commenters support her decision.

Bridesmaid drops out after bride’s cruel prank. NTA, good riddance!

Toxic friend pulls cruel prank, NTA for dropping out.

Commenters are curious about the redacted part of the thread

Bridesmaid receives cruel prank, commenters question Bride’s maturity

Bridesmaid dropping out doesn’t delay or cost anything. NTA

NTA for dropping out, ex-bf deserves lasting consequences

Commenter sympathizes with OP’s situation and condemns friend’s actions.

NTA. Great tip for dealing with skin phobia

Bridezilla triggers bridesmaid’s phobia, gets what she deserves. NTA

Commenter agrees bride is unpleasant, NTA wins the day

Bridesmaid drops out after bride’s cruel prank. Commenter calls out bride’s ego.

Betrayal and triggering phobias is unequivocally wrong. NTA x1000

Stressed bridesmaid drops out after bride’s cruel phobia prank. NTA.

Friend or Bully? Commenter supports OP’s decision to drop out. NTA

NTA! Don’t waste time on cruel people

Bridesmaid stands up for herself and refuses to tolerate cruelty

Commenter with phobias supports OP, calls out bride’s behavior.

Bridesmaid stands up against cruel prank, not the a**hole (NTA)

Being a bride doesn’t mean being an a**hole

Bridesmaid drops out, commenter defends decision and wishes luck.

Bridesmaid stands up to bridezilla’s cruel prank. Not the a**hole.

A blunt response to toxic behavior. Good riddance

Ex-boyfriend defends bride’s cruel prank, commenter advises cutting contact. NTA

Supportive comment calls out childish behavior in bridesmaid prank.

Friendship with a bad person? Yikes! NTA, don’t go.

Commenter threatens violence over phobia confession

Friendship over, bride’s cruel prank ruined her own wedding. NTA.

Friend shows empathy towards phobia, ex-bridesmaid lacks basic decency

Using someone’s phobia as a prank is not okay. NTA.

Friend’s cruel prank traumatized commenter, NTA for cutting off friendship

Empathetic commenter supports OP and advises to block bride and spam.

Bride triggers phobia, expects forgiveness. NTA, ditch the wedding.

Commenter calls out bride’s cruel prank, urges to drop her

Respect for phobias is important. Purposefully scaring someone is wrong.

Dump the snake in a wedding dress, get new friends!

Commenter defends bridesmaid and calls out entitled behavior.

Cutting ties with a sociopath friend. NTA

Bridesmaid stands up to bridezilla’s sick prank. Cut toxic people.

Agreeing that the bride’s prank was cruel and vindictive.

Bridesmaid dodges a bullet with sadistic bride-to-be

Phobia of prank makes bride TA, commenter NTA

Friend weaponized phobia, bride needs to reevaluate toxic friendship

Cutting toxic people out of your life is always the right move #NTA

Commenter calls out bride’s disregard for pandemic safety measures. NTA.

NTA. Clapback with her own words

Confusion over ‘t-phobia’ sparks discussion in comment section

Cut ties with the petty, selfish bridezilla. NTA

Commenter supports OP and calls out bride’s behavior.

Supportive comment receives no replies, but deserves recognition

Commenter reacts strongly to the topic at hand

Bridezilla pulls cruel prank on bridesmaid, NTA for dropping out

Cutting toxic ties NTA comment and agreement.

Friend was emotionally abusive. NTA for dropping out.

Dumping a friend who triggers a phobia is justified.

NTA defends friend who dropped out of cruel prank wedding.

Friend uses T-phobia to prank bridesmaid, commenter sympathizes. NTA.

Redditor suggests yeeting cruel bridesmaid to the sun

Bridesmaid drops out after cruel prank, commenter supports her decision

Friend triggers phobia as punishment, NTA for ending friendship

Bridezilla alert! Commenter sympathizes with the bridesmaid.

Supportive commenter empathizes with bride’s situation.

Bride’s cruel prank triggers painful memories for commenter. NTA.

NTA! Short and sweet, no explanation needed

Empathetic comment offers support to phobia sufferer