Woman angers her bridesmaids by asking them to ‘pitch in’ for her £5,300 wedding dress after she runs out of cash
An anonymous pal of the bride-to-be, who hails from Australia and is known only as Carol, has vented her fury online
A WOMAN has angered her bridesmaids after asking them to “pitch in” for her £5,300 designer wedding gown.
An anonymous pal of the bride-to-be, who is known only as Carol and hails from Australia, has vented her fury on the website, .
Writing on the lifestyle blog, the friend details how Carol found her “dream” dress – a stunning satin Marchesa frock – but couldn’t afford to pay for it as she’d gone over her budget.
In a bid to buy her perfect gown, Carol sent her closest mates a group email entitled “Bridesmaid dress contribution”.
The unidentified bridesmaid explained: “It was ‘totally fine if you can't’ but she would really love if we could ‘pitch in’ around £76 each towards her ‘dream dress’.
“That it'd mean so very much to her and would mean that as she walked down the aisle, she'd be wearing something we'd all had a part in.”
Carol's overzealous message angered the pal, who continued: "I nearly threw my phone across the room, such was the rage that consumed me.
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“I'm starting to think I might have to bail on this wedding, and friendship.”
But this isn't the first unreasonable demand Carol had asked of her wedding party.
She also asked her bridesmaids to supply Excel spreadsheets with cake makers’ details, including contact details, price brackets, flavours and an idea of how “prestigious” each cake would be.
“At first, I thought Carol was just being a little overzealous when the group emails asking for input on everything from bridesmaid dress colours, hairstyles, make-up looks, bridal dresses, buttonholes for the groomsmen (something I had to Google) and table decorations came flooding through [sic], quickly taking up a large chunk of my day,” the anonymous writer stated.
The woman started receiving emails at work from Carol and received little thanks after supplying the information a couple of days after requested.
The bridesmaids were also asked to fork out £280 for their outfits, the accommodation for the wedding, the hen's party, bridal shower and three spa days.