Bride slammed for saying bridesmaid sister’s pixie cut would ‘ruin’ wedding

A bride who is upset that her sister not only refused to get hair extensions for her wedding, but actually cut her hair shorter is slammed on a popular Reddit forum.

The sister, u/taaaawh, shared her side of the story to the subreddit r/AmITeA**hole and received 7,100 upvotes and 900 comments for her post: “AITA for getting a pixie cut after my sister said, expecting me to get hair extensions for her wedding since my chin-length bob was ‘way too short’?”

The original poster (OP) states that her sister asked her to be a bridesmaid at their upcoming wedding. OP also says she tends to keep her hair at chin length as she doesn’t like the way she looks with long hair.

However, when the two women discussed what the bridesmaids would look like at the wedding, u/taaaawh’s sister said she expected to get hair extensions as she would be the only bridesmaid with hair “way too short” for fear of OP’s abbreviation “would be odd and attention-grabbing.” The OP immediately denied the request, saying it wouldn’t be worth doing extensions for just one night.

The OP said she thought that was the end of the conversation until last week when her sister texted to ask if she had chosen the person to put her extensions in. Not only that, but she wanted to see the stylist’s previous work before she got it. When OP reminded her that she did not intend to renew, her sister told her it was “not up for discussion,” and if OP didn’t choose, she would choose for her.

“So I found a hairstylist close to my house and sent her the Instagram page, she liked her work and texted back that she looks great and I should do it, so I did it… except I evened my hair out cut shorter and got a pixie cut,” wrote u/taaaawh.

When she sent her sister a picture of the new Do, she “called in a panic” to ask if it was a joke. She soon hung up and was talking to her mother, who called the OP to ask why she was “trying to ruin her sister’s wedding” and that she was “cruel and difficult.”

She adds that her sister threatened to uninvite her from the wedding and asked the community if she was wrong. She also clarified that although she originally planned to get a pixie cut after the wedding, she only put her plans on hold when her sister said “it was out of the question.”

Hair extensions can be expensive. ell The magazine lists recommended hair extensions ranging from $57 to $222 — and that’s just for the extension itself. They also take an average of two to three hours to adjust, ell says what additional labor costs mean.

Additionally, brides Magazine says while brides want extensions for themselves, it’s not recommended that those with a pixie cut get them. Because of the short hair length, it’s difficult for the extensions to blend in and look natural, the magazine said.

However, brides‘ Article on hair extensions makes no mention of getting bridesmaids to get them. When one person posted on the WeddingBee forum and asked what people thought about getting bridesmaid clip-in extensions, the thread was full of people saying that if they were a bridesmaid they would either refuse or said, that they would do it was a bridesmaid in this situation and declined.

news week has published a number of stories of awkward wedding requests, including one bride who made guests pay for her meals and another wedding that followed a “tradition” of postponing the meal until the 4 p.m. “wedding breakfast” guests , which revealed the worst weddings they’ve ever been to.

Reddit sided with the OP.

“[Not the A**hole]. If she’s willing to completely uninvite you over this, why did she even ask you to be a bridesmaid in the first place?” u/embopbopbopdoowop wrote in the top rated comment with 14,600 upvotes. “And if your hair can ruin her entire wedding, that’s a mighty big hair thing. Congratulations on your Superhair!”

“She’s not ready for marriage when her sister’s hair can ruin a wedding. [Not the A**hole]. I love pixie hair,” u/titatyy wrote.

“OP should make sure that if she’s not invited to anyone who wants to know why she wasn’t there, she gives the exact reason why, because I’m pretty sure Madam Bridezilla won’t tell anyone the real reason for OP’s absence from the wedding will tell if it turns out like this,” wrote u/skjelettbaguett.

news week asked u/taaaawh for a comment.