A bride has been slammed online after banning her best friend from her party because she had gained too much weight.
As a new mom revealed in her post on Mumsnet, she had long looked forward to attending her best friend’s bridal party. She was in for a big surprise, however, when the bride banned her from her bridal team and the bash after finding out she had put on extra weight during pregnancy.
“We’ve been friends for a long time and over the years she has always made references to me being a bridesmaid when she gets married,” the upset mother revealed.
“This afternoon she tagged four friends on Facebook introducing them as her ‘team bride’. I felt really upset about it, but still, I messaged her to say congratulations on the team bride. She replied saying she really wanted me to be a part of it but it wouldn’t have been right for me.”
As the mother went on to explain, her ‘best’ friend went on to explain her decision to ditch her from her bridal party by insisting that the dresses she had bought wouldn’t suit her because of the weight she had put on during pregnancy.
“I know the style wouldn’t compliment your body shape or be something you’d ever typically wear and I know you’d feel uncomfortable if you did have to wear it,” the bride told the mum.
“I have my heart set on those dresses and I wouldn’t expect you to wear something that wasn’t right for you, but I also wouldn’t want to compromise and change my dresses. All of the girls love them and feel super happy wearing them.”
After receiving the brutal messages, the mother admitted feeling “awful” about herself. She also feels upset by her friend’s decision to ban her from her bridal party simply because of her weight.
“All four girls she’s picked are super stick thin (as is my friend) maybe size 8 or 10, I’m a size 16 to 18 and I can’t help but feel I’d ruin the ‘image’ if she picked me and that’s exactly why she hasn’t asked me,” the mother added.
“She is right that I wouldn’t feel great in that dress right now, but her wedding isn’t until May next year which would’ve given me plenty of time to lose some weight!”
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