The Bride Fired Her Maid Of Honour By Group Text Nine Days Before The Wedding
73% BELIEVED
CASE FILE #349
FILED: Apr 25, 2026
CLASSIFICATION: Wedding Horror Stories
WITNESS ON RECORD: SitterHollis
JURY OF 305 READERS HEARD THIS CASE: 224 believed it, 37 had doubts, 44 weren't buying it.
I was one of the bridesmaids, which means I had a front-row seat and no power, which is the worst combination there is.
The maid of honour was Sam. She had organised everything: the hen do, the spreadsheet, the transport, the hotel block, the emergency kit with plasters and safety pins and a small bottle of gin.
Nine days out, the bride sent a message to the bridesmaid group chat which said, in full:
"Sam, I've thought about this a lot and I need to make a change. Your energy is off and I need to be surrounded by joy. You're still welcome as a guest. Xx"
Sam replied with a single question mark.
Nobody else replied at all, and I have to live with that, and I am not proud of it.
Forty minutes later the bride sent a screenshot to the WRONG chat. She meant it for her cousin. It landed in ours.
It was a message from her fiancé's mother, and it said: "Sam looks better than you in the photos. Just being honest, darling. You don't want that on the wall for thirty years."
The maid of honour was Sam. She had organised everything: the hen do, the spreadsheet, the transport, the hotel block, the emergency kit with plasters and safety pins and a small bottle of gin.
Nine days out, the bride sent a message to the bridesmaid group chat which said, in full:
"Sam, I've thought about this a lot and I need to make a change. Your energy is off and I need to be surrounded by joy. You're still welcome as a guest. Xx"
Sam replied with a single question mark.
Nobody else replied at all, and I have to live with that, and I am not proud of it.
Forty minutes later the bride sent a screenshot to the WRONG chat. She meant it for her cousin. It landed in ours.
It was a message from her fiancé's mother, and it said: "Sam looks better than you in the photos. Just being honest, darling. You don't want that on the wall for thirty years."
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Votes on record: 224 believed · 37 unsure · 44 didn't · 73% of readers believe this story