A drama filled story of how a woman ruined a wedding because the bride told everyone she was a homewrecker in love with the groom named Barrett is trending. The woman, who revealed her story anonymously on Reddit, claimed that she was set up by her former best friend, who was the bride, and that she had no romantic feelings for the groom. The sequence of events leading up to how it happened are so crazy, it might make you upset for her.
Details Behind the Viral Story “I Ruined a Wedding Because the Bride Told Everyone I Was Homewrecker in Love with the Groom”
The story starts with the woman revealing how she met her friend Bella when she was only five years old. They lived next door to each other and became inseparable buddies. They stayed in touch even when Bella moved away for college, while the woman stayed in her hometown. Their friendship seemed like it would last a lifetime.
The woman then met a man named Barrett during her sophomore year of college. She described him as a smart and attractive guy, which led to them hooking up a few times. She noticed that they had a lot of friends in common, but they never talked about dating or having a relationship. They would only see each other at parties or in group chats after they stopped hooking up.
Things changed when she introduced Barrett to Bella, who was visiting her hometown. She said it was love at first sight for them, and that Bella immediately grilled her about her history with Barrett. She was honest, and revealed to Bella that they had hooked up in the past, but that there was no connection between them. She gave Bella her blessing to pursue him, and they soon became a couple.
The woman graduated from college and got a job six hours away from her hometown, while Bella and Barrett moved in together in the same town. She would visit them frequently, but as her life got busier, she would only see them during holidays.
During one Christmas, her family hosted a party, where Bella proposed to Barrett. The woman said she was happy for them, and that she and Bella had a fun time brainstorming wedding ideas. She was even asked by Bella to be her maid of honor, which she gladly accepted.
However, things went downhill from there. Bella started to ignore her calls and texts, and barely communicated with her. Months went by, and the woman did not know if Bella still wanted her to be part of the wedding. When she finally reached Bella, she was told that she could not be the maid of honor anymore, because she lived too far away and it would be too difficult to coordinate the bridal events. Instead, Bella made a cousin that she hated her maid of honor.
Naturally the woman was surprised and emotionally stung by this, as she was Bella’s closest and oldest friend. She told Bella that she would still attend the wedding, no matter what, and that she would take time off work to do so. Bella then asked her if she was bringing anyone else to the wedding. She told her that she was going solo, because she had just gone through a bad breakup. Little did she know that question would end up being much deeper than she thought.
The next few months passed, and the woman found out that Bella had an engagement party, and never invited her. She felt betrayed and angry, but she still wanted to support her friend, because she was a nice person. Then, six weeks before the wedding, Bella told her that one of her bridesmaids had dropped out, and that she needed her to fill in. This wasn’t Bella being nice, this was part of a sinister plan.
The Set Up Involving a White Dress
Bella told her that she was doing a reverse palette theme, where all the bridesmaids and groomsmen would wear white, and the bride and groom would wear black. This did not seem strange to the woman, as she had seen similar themes before. In hindsight, she should have known something was up. Regardless, she sent Bella a picture of a white slit dress that she would wear, which Bella approved.
On the day of the wedding, it was time for the bridesmaids to put on their dresses. When the woman put on the white dress that Bella had approved, she realized that all the other bridesmaids had on a blue dress. She then realized that Bella had set her up.
When Bella entered the room and saw her in the white dress, she looked furious. She told her cousin, “I told you she would do something like this”. Bella’s cousin approached her, and accused her of trying to ruin the wedding by wearing a white dress. The woman explained that Bella had told her to wear white, and showed her the text messages as proof.
Bella then started to rant about how the woman was trying to make the wedding all about her, and how she was in love with Barrett. She called her a homewrecker, and said that she knew that she had feelings for him since they hooked up in college. She said that she was jealous of their relationship, and that she wanted to steal him away from her.
The woman was stunned and hurt by Bella’s accusations. She said that she had no romantic feelings for Barrett, and that she was happy for them. She said that she was only there to support her friend, and that she had no idea why Bella was acting this way. Bella had secretly been angry all this time, but hid her feelings so she could embarrass her at the wedding.
The scene caused a chaos, and the groom and the guests heard the commotion. They came to see what was going on, and saw the woman in the white dress and Bella yelling at her. Feeling too upset she left the wedding crying, and went straight home. Within the next few minutes her phone began to buzz off the hook with other people in her life accusing her of being bitter and jealous. Bella’s plan was working.
Things got so bad, that even her mother was criticizing her for ruining the wedding. Her dad wouldn’t even look at her. During this time she would learn that Bella had been creating stories to make her look unhinged and crazy. For example Bella told everyone her boyfriend dumped her because she was still in love with Barrett, when actually they broke up because he cheated on her.
Bella made herself look like a victim, when she was in fact the aggressor causing all the issues. Trying to prove her innocence she was finally able to show her mom that message Bella sent approving the white dress that started all the commotion at the wedding.
This set her mom off, who became extremely angry about Bella’s scheme to make her daughter look bad. However, her mom still blamed her for showing up to the wedding in the white dress, and not confirming with other bridesmaids.
Despite the fact that she had evidence of Bella’s scheme, no one believed her besides her mom. Her profession as a photographer made everyone think that she photoshopped the message of Bella approving the white dress, when she showed them screenshots.
She ended her post by saying that she learned a valuable lesson from this experience. However, she claims that her reputation is still ruined, since no one believes her side of the story besides her mother, who still blames her.
She then posted her story on the AITA Reddit, and asked for advice on what to do next. Her question was “AITA for Wearing a White Dress to the Wedding after being specifically requested by the bride”.
People reacted by saying that she should always trust her instincts, and that she should never let anyone take advantage of her. They said she should always stand up for herself, and that she should never let anyone ruin her happiness.
Many people sympathized with the woman, and said that Bella was an awful friend and a bridezilla. They said that Bella was insecure and manipulative, and that she did not deserve to marry Barrett.
They said that the woman should cut off contact with Bella. They said that the woman deserved better friends, and that she should not blame herself for what happened.
The fact that woman still says “I ruined a wedding because the bride told everyone I was homewrecker in love with the groom”, could be proof that she still blames herself for what happened.
