A woman was “shocked” to find out that her friend was planning a “fake” wedding for the purposes of getting gifts and generating social media content.
In a post on Reddit‘s “Wedding Shaming” forum, the woman began by explaining that she was asked to be a bridesmaid in the wedding and “had a dress and everything.” But eight months before the nuptials, the supposed bride-to-be confessed that she and her partner were not actually going to get married — at least legally.
“[She said she] wanted to do it for social media and for gifts,” the woman wrote. “I was shocked and appalled. Her reasons for not wanting to actually legally marry him were crazy.”
After learning this, the woman decided to bail on the “wedding” — and the friendship.
“Long story short, I told her I couldn’t stand up in her wedding knowing all of this, and immediately resold my bridesmaid dress and…