It's no secret some brides-to-be can get, well, a little crazed when it comes to preparations for the Big Day. And can you blame them? Considering the cost of weddings these days, wanting things to go without a hitch is pretty understandable.
However, many a bridezilla has made headlines for taking their demands a step too far, for better or worse - and many have also been shamed in the popular subreddit, Bridezillas.
Taking to the forum on Friday, a disgruntled former bridesmaid sparked outrage among its legion of members after recalling an irrational request by the highly strung bride ahead of her wedding.
According to the anonymous anecdote, the then-bride had asked married members of the bridal party not to wear their engagement rings during her nuptials to avoid distracting from her sizable sparkler.
"I was a bridesmaid in a wedding where the bride sent a 'wedding update' email to her eight bridesmaids about a week out, saying (among other things) that she didn't want us married bridesmaids to wear our engagement rings, only our wedding bands," the former bridesmaid, who goes by the username u/Lynncy1, wrote on the subreddit.
"She said it would help 'spotlight' her rings for 'wedding photo purposes'. My guess is she wanted her diamond to be the star of the show… but the weird thing is her ring was so much bigger than the rest of ours anyway - almost three carats! Super weird."
The woman noted that she and the other married bridesmaids had agreed to the bride's audacious demand to keep the peace, but the friendship didn't last.
"The bride and I are no longer close, but for unrelated reasons," she concluded.
The woman added that one bridesmaid who had her wedding band and engagement ring soldered together was ordered by the bride to turn her marriage tokens around during the ceremony, to ensure the sparkling stone wouldn't distract from her diamond.
The anecdote has prompted outrage and ridicule among readers, many of whom condemned the then-bride for her selfish and superficial behaviour.
"It continues to astound me how petty and superficial people can become during their 'special day'," one commented, adding an 'eye roll' emoji.
"When I got married something like this never even crossed my mind. What in the world?!?" a second bemused reader added, with a third deadpanning: "She should have just hired eight actors so she could make sure their height, weight, body type, hair and eye colour complemented her aesthetic."
"Yes, I am going to need all of my married bridesmaids to have their marriages annulled for the duration of my wedding year. I can't have any of you being married and stealing the spotlight," a fourth quipped.
"Unless someone is wearing the Hope diamond on their finger, no one's ring will be that visible in a photo," another pointed out.
It's not the first outrageous demand by a bride to make headlines. In June, a supposed contract sent by a bride to her bridal party - which had her bridesmaids agree to a $100 deposit for their services - prompted shock online.
And in 2018, a woman went viral after claiming she had secretly "fattened up" her bridesmaids ahead of her wedding to ensure she looked the most attractive during her nuptials.
