Maybe the dress she "ordered" were the friends we made along the way

"When I said no, she told me that she and my dad wouldn’t come. She couldn’t be part of an event that might hurt peoples feelings."

You can't call dibs on a name...

"She also had us contribute to a money fund for their future house two years ago."

If the bride and groom don't care, why should she?

"Mind you - she just sent me a Christmas list for her kids last week. Everything is already bought and wrapped."

Asking someone to be the head of your wedding party is a HUGE favor.

When the rules apply to everyone but you

"Since then she’s sent a flurry of messages saying she just wanted him to know who he was really marrying and that she was always honest with him."

From Maid-of-Honor for the bride, to somebody that you used to know.

Sorry, what was the joke?

Pics of the dress in question inside!

"I almost feel like they should have reimbursed you for the tickets you cancelled."

And they only learned about their newfound responsibilities 3 days before the wedding.

Her friend lied about having a smaller bridal party, just so she couldn't join in on the festivities.

Any girl who had to be a bridesmaid more than once knows that it is quite a big role to take on. It is a lot of responsibility, a lot of work, and often not a lot of fun. So once you have done it once or twice for your closest friends, you might find that attending a wedding as a guest is much more fun than as a bridesmaid. This is why I can't imagine why someone would agree to do all the work of a bridesmaid without actually being a bridesmaid, like what the woman in this Reddit story was aske…