'Bride went full Gollum': Bride sees stranger knitting in hotel lobby, thinks it's a wedding gift, loses it when she's told otherwise

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    Comfort - "Bride went full Gollum on my knitting"
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    Font - Bride went full Gollum on my knitting S I'm staying at a hotel right now. Yesterday afternoon, I went downstairs to the lobby to people- watch and knit, because the light's much better down there.
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    Font - Lots of people in the lobby, it turns out there was a wedding party getting ready for whatever wedding parties do. An older woman comes over and starts talking about knitting with me, we chat a while. Then she calls over her daughter, who happened to be the bride, to show her my shawl. The bride comes, is friendly, and then asks: "Are you sure you'll be finishing it in time? I'm leaving tomorrow!"
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    Font - I was a bit confused, because I didn't know the bride and I'm not knitting that shawl for anyone but me. Granted, it's white and lacey and certainly has a bridal look, but still. I laugh it off and say something like "I don't know you, the shawl is for myself".
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    Font - She went *off* at me! "This is my wedding, you can't dangle that in front of me and not give it to me, who do you think you are, I'm never inviting you again..." Her poor mother was trying to calm her down and explain that I'm not a guest and have nothing to do with the wedding. I was just standing there totally stumped. The bride finally walked away with a "I don't want your anyway!" and went back to her group. From the looks I kept getting she obviously told everyone that I was withhold
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    Font - georgiancoloradan. 11 hr. ago Wow!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure the mom was beyond mortified. Did she keep talking to you after she apologized or did she have to console her toddler? 524 Reply Share
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    Font - Madragalabarada OP. 10 hr. ago We talked a few minutes more, mostly her apologising and me waving her off. She had to get back to the wedding event anyway. 328 Reply Share
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    Font - xplosm 7 hr. ago You should've asked if her daughter was dropped as a baby.
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    Font - Madragalabarada OP - 7 hr. ago Nah, that would have been rude and she was uncomfortable enough with the whole situation. 157 Reply
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    Font - Vast-Temporary-771 11 hr. ago edited 10 hr. ago You should post this to the knitting or crochet pages. What horrible woman. 191 Reply Share
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    Font - Madragalabarada OP. 10 hr. ago Ha, that might turn into a 1000-pages thread of similar experiences. 155 Reply
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    Font - Bibliovoria 10 hr. ago The "I'm never inviting you again..." made me chuckle. Not only did she never invite OP in the first place, though she might've thought OP was someone's plus-one or on the other side of the family, but... never invite her again to another wedding? Is she already planning her next one? 163 Reply Share
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    Font - Madragalabarada OP. 10 hr. ago I guess someone like her can come up with a long list of possible invitations to get more gifts and money from her friends... 493 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - dookle14 11 hr. ago . She sounds like one of those brides who think the entire world stops what it is doing and starts revolving around her wedding for a weekend. She can't fathom that gasp other people would dare live their own lives and have their own things going on that overlap the same weekend as her nuptials.
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    Font - Instead of apologizing to you, I'd expect the mom to get her wildly untethered daughter to pull herself together and apologize for her own behavior. Just because it's "her special weekend" doesn't mean she can treat other people however she wants when she doesn't get her way. 476 Reply Share
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    Font - Madragalabarada OP. 10 hr. ago I felt sorry for the mother, mostly. She was so uncomfortable and embarrassed. 61 Reply Share
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    Font - Shayden-Froida. 11 hr. ago You really need to contact the groom and have him review the security camera footage. Like, ASAP. Offer to pay for his Uber to catch a flight on GTFO Airlines. 64 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Madragalabarada OP. 10 hr. ago Honestly, if someone behaves like that in public towards a stranger, I doubt that attitude could be missed beforehand. Also, I wasn't a guest, how would I contact the groom? 49 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - NoTeacher9563 10 hr. ago As crazy as that is, it's quite the complement to your knitting

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