Bride under fire for picking ‘ugly’ bridesmaids: ‘You don’t want people who’ll outshine you’

She said yes to nan dress — and nary to immoderate bridesmaids who mightiness upstage her successful it.

A bride-to-be is catching awesome flak online aft being accused of choosing “awkward” and “not photogenic” bridesmaid dresses conscionable truthful she could look hotter successful her wedding photos.

The eyebrow-raising revelation came via Reddit’s infamous AITA forum, wherever nan almost bride’s sister shared nan story.

She shared really she initially felt “excited” to beryllium asked to guidelines by her 27-year-old sibling’s broadside — until she met nan remainder of nan bridal party.

“Every azygous 1 of them is personification she’s either not that adjacent to aliases has made nosy of earlier for being ‘awkward’ aliases ‘not photogenic,’” nan poster wrote, noting that her sister’s existent besties didn’t moreover make nan cut.

When she confronted nan bride astir nan bizarre lineup, nan female confessed to nan unflattering motive down nan picks.

“She benignant of laughed and said, ‘You’ll understand when it’s your wedding. You don’t want group who’ll outshine you successful your ain pictures,’” nan sister shared.

Cue nan jaw drop.

“So you picked them because you deliberation they’ll make you look better?” she asked.

That earned thing much than an oculus rotation and a casually sadistic defense: “It’s not that deep. I conscionable want to consciousness assured that day, and I’m allowed to beryllium a small selfish for my wedding.”

The bride’s imagination of being nan fairest of them all didn’t alert pinch her related — who’s now ditching nan full celebration.

“I consciousness for illustration going on pinch it makes maine complicit,” nan female wrote, adding that nan wedding seems “built connected tearing different group down.”

But nan bride — and their mom — weren’t precisely moved by her civilized stand. The female says her sister is calling her “judgmental and sensitive,” while their mother accused her of being “too idealistic” and urged her to conscionable spell pinch it.

Reddit, however, backed nan sister successful spades.

“It is mean woman / catty behavior,” 1 personification snapped. “Yes, she deserves to consciousness beautiful connected her typical day, but she’s disfigured connected nan wrong for doing this, moreover if nary 1 other knows.”

“NTA — show nan different bridesmaids past station an update,” different cheered, popcorn successful hand.

And that she did. The sister revealed that aft spilling nan beverage to nan remainder of nan bridal party, astatine slightest 3 bridesmaids bowed out.

“I was very upfront astir it. I made a group and dropped nan matter describing nan full situation. I don’t deliberation anyone deserves this,” she said.