Would you say “I do” to this bridal trend?
A group of bridesmaids was forced to wear the bride’s name on their necklaces for a recent wedding, attracting much online outrage.
An anonymous Redditor, who posted in the subreddit forum “r/weddingshaming,” was flabbergasted after seeing photos of her coworker participating in a bridal party while wearing the bride’s name around her neck.
“I was chatting with my coworker today who had been in a wedding over the weekend,” the anonymous user wrote earlier this month. “I asked how it went and she said she had a great time and started showing me some pictures.”
The coworker, she continued, looked “absolutely radiant,” and the poster gushed over the “gorgeous” venue and “lovely day.” But then, she noticed something bizarre.
“She’s scrolling through her camera roll when about a dozen pictures in she shows me a selfie in which I notice she is wearing a gold necklace that says ‘Emily,’” she wrote. “The thing is, my coworker’s name is Meredith.”
She added: “This freakin bride actually made all her bridesmaids get necklaces WITH HER NAME ON IT!!!”
The bewildered woman couldn’t believe the bride would have forced her bridesmaids to “pay for and wear ‘Emily’ necklaces to the wedding.”
“Who the hell does that!? I’m sorry but is that not hilariously insane!?” she continued, saying it “blew my f—ing mind.”
“If I was capable of shutting up I’d be speechless.”
Viewers were quick to agree, saying the person’s story was a “favorite,” calling it “unhinged.”
“This is delightfully unhinged,” wrote one person. “Nothing to end a friendship over but also, Emily — what the hell? Did you buy several Emily necklaces for one photo in your wedding album? That was a choice.”
They continued: “And what do you do with the necklace after the wedding? Regift it to the bride in a couple of years? Befriend another Emily?”
“That just screams insecurity. Like, the bride was so worried about people forgetting about her or one of her bridesmaids would steal the show that she had to do something so that every moment would be about her, even moments she wasn’t present for,” someone else commented.
“Did the groomsman have to do anything similar for the groom? I assumed not since there’s no mention of it. If that’s the case, it makes this even tackier on the bride’s part.”
“This is crazy but I was honestly expecting drunk bachelorette tattoos so I’m glad to be wrong!” one relieved Redditor wrote. “At least you can throw away a necklace… how bizarre. I bet they got called the wrong name a few times on the trip.”
“This reminds me of the bride who wanted all her bridesmaids to get a matching ankle tat with the bride and grooms names with the wedding date. Love the new wedding branding insanity,” quipped another user, referring to an older viral Reddit post in which the bride attempt to coerce her bridesmaids into getting matching ink.
The original poster noted that none of the names in her story had been changed for anonymity, so “Emily, if you’re reading this, Meredith spoke very highly of you and your event,” calling her colleague the “sweetest person.”
She added: “I’m the one who thinks you’re batty and hereby shame you.”
