Bridezilla slammed for uninviting friend from wedding over ‘ridiculous’ plus one rule

The high maintenance bride ditched her friend because of a petty guest list rule that many people are shocked by – all while taking a dig at her pal’s boyfriend’s job

Planning a wedding is often a stressful affair as besotted couples are tasked with the difficult duty of finalising budgets, choosing the perfect venue and the dreaded guest list. Shortlisting friends and family ahead the big day can cause chaos, even if the decision is based on genuine reasons like financial limitations.

However, one ‘bridezilla’ has taken her justifications to new lengths after uninviting her friend from the wedding thanks to a strict plus one rule that has left many people stunned. A Reddit user shared a Facebook post written by the anonymous bride-to-be, which revealed the surprising logic behind her decision. She explained: “We sent out the invites for our 200-person wedding last weekend and I just had my friend calling me up in tears because her invite is only for her and not her boyfriend.”

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Explaining the reasoning behind the dramatic plus one refusal, the woman claimed that her friend has no interest in marriage “because her parents went through a bad divorce when she was a child”.

She conceded that the couple in question had been together since her and her friend “were 17” but this was simply not enough to fit the strict criteria on her special day.

In a serious dig towards her friend’s long-term relationship, she added: “I’ve told everyone from the beginning that we want this day to be full of love and happiness for everyone, and celebrate all of the long-term couples in our lives as well as ourselves, so we were only inviting committed couples.”

The bride-to-be then explained her pal’s reaction to the devastating news: “My friend then started shouting down the phone that she’d been with her boyfriend for other a decade without any breaks, which was not the case for half of the married couples in our friendship group.

During the heated conversation, the friend apparently pointed out that the bride and groom “wouldn’t even be together” if it wasn’t for her boyfriend, as they were both colleagues.

Despite seemingly introducing the two lovebirds, the bride-to-be dismissed this argument by saying: “Hubby used to work with him but they lost touch after hubby changed jobs to earn more for us,” in a brutal jab at her friend’s partner’s financial situation.

The anonymous bride ended the Facebook post by revealing that she was disinviting her friend from the wedding “after her attitude towards us”. She shared concerns that “some people might take her side and also not come out of support”, branding her so-called friend as always being “the victim”.

Reddit users flooded to the forum to share their disgust at the bride’s decision. One commenter shared: “I think the bride has a distorted idea of what committed relationship means if she things a ceremony, party and a piece of paper will happily glue a couple together for all eternity!”

Another suggested: “I’d politely decline to attend and say maybe we’ll be on better terms by her next wedding.”

Many people pointed out the anonymous bride’s incessant use of the word “hubby” in the shocking Facebook post. Rather than finding it a term of endearment, Reddit users found it ‘creepy’, with some arguing that it erases the groom’s identity in the whole saga.

One commenter said: “He really isn’t a person to her, just a life goal she had that needed a warm body. Overwhelmingly the majority of married couples/ commit couples refer to their so by name. Not like a nameless interchangeable boyfriend/fiance/hubby.”

The disgruntled Reddit user added: “This bride was a zilla before she ever became a bride.”

Many people criticised the short amount of time that the bride and groom-to-be have been together (which is only a year according to the original Facebook post) when compared with her friend’s 10-year relationship. Some Reddit users are going as far to say that they don’t expect the marriage to last.

Taking the opportunity to share their own experience of marriage, another person weighed in on the post by saying “My husband and I were one of the first couples to marry in our friendship circle, but we had been together the shortest amount of time. Everyone else had been together for over a decade, had kids etc and were very happy with their relationships as is.

“Not once would I ever consider them any less committed to each other than my partner and I were. We just wanted to take that next step. Doesn’t mean we were any more committed or ‘real’. This bride is being ridiculous.”

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