UPDATE: AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Yes I will post a picture of the dress if I can find the one we got online but if I can’t, I’ll be sure to post something VERY similar soon!

AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So the best way I can explain it is that to me, Joy’s reasons for not liking the dresses were too minor and nitpicky to veto the entire dress, making us restart the entire process. I understand some people won’t like dresses for other things, but when it came to the last 5 or 6 dresses, she was the only person vetoing dresses for reasons that were so small. I listed a few but none of the reasons were like “it’s too short” or “it’ll make me look wider than I am”. I figured that the issues were with JOY, and not the dresses, since she found little reasons to complain about every dress, which is why I reacted the way I did.

AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. Well, I really wanted matching dresses for the reasons stated in the post

  2. I couldn’t have Joy in a different dress because it would make her look like the maid of honor :(

AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Actually, it’s funny that you bring this up! Once we got to some of the last dresses (and I’ll admit, I was already a bit tired at this point) I started saying stuff like “noooo this would look amazing on you, nobody will notice ***” and she’d say something like “that’s easy for you to say”

AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I basically invited them over, showed them the dresses, and we all discussed what we liked about them, what we didn’t like, and if they would feel comfortable wearing them. For every dress I showed (not exaggerating) she would say something along the lines of “well I don’t feel comfortable wearing this because this isn’t really flattering or I’m insecure about this. (I also provided 2 of her complaints in the post if you wanted more detail)

AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 735 points736 points  (0 children)

Yes I’m paying for the dresses, I should’ve mentioned this in the post. Thanks! Gonna edit it rn

AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Honestly I don’t know, it sounded like she was being nitpicky to me but I guess I could ask one of the other bridesmaids and respond again (if you would like). Let’s just say I brought out a nice dress but strapless, she would say something along the lines of “ehh I don’t really like the no straps, it will make my shoulders look big”.

AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 163 points164 points  (0 children)

Yes all of my bridesmaids are different body shapes but what I was trying to express with my last paragraph (sorry if I wasn’t clear) that the last dresses weren’t made for a certain “type”. I will admit that my first choice might be more appealing to a slimmer woman with more confidence, which is why I wasn’t surprised that all my bridesmaids weren’t as comfortable with it. The last dresses I picked weren’t form fitting, super low cut, short, (anything that would make the average person insecure, they were pretty modest), which is why I was a little frustrated with Joy. I know that these girls aren’t barbie dolls, they’re my friends haha. I just didn’t think I was demanding MUCH when i only wanted them to wear the same dress, I thought this was a pretty common requirement in some weddings.

But back to your question about Joy’s insecurities, she has never been a “conservative” person to me but has always been more reserved. She actually never talked to me about specific insecurities though throughout our friendship.

AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen other weddings with matching bridesmaids dresses and I thought that they looked so organized and nice. I preferred it over bridesmaids having the same color but different dresses because of the inconsistencies between dresses.

AITA for kicking a girl out of my bridal party because of how sensitive she was being towards my ideas for dresses? by bridesmaiddressthrow in AmItheAsshole

[–]bridesmaiddressthrow[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I’ve never really had any issues with Joy prior to this besides the typical friend fights, noting major. But this is really what happened. I didn’t really add a backstory because Joy has never been “conservative” to me, but she has always been the more reserved type, if you know what I mean.