'Pay me back': Sister demands a $400 dress reimbursement after getting kicked out of the bridal party for defending her mother from the bridezilla

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Oct 30, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

A lot of money goes into a wedding, especially if you're one of the unlucky, esteemed members of the honorary bridal party. So when this woman got into a minor scuffle with the bride—her sister—the argument quickly became less about the mistreatment of their mother at a dress fitting, and more about the sunk cost of a $400 bridesmaid dress that would never be worn. 

After a sisterly scuffle and some tense family moments, these siblings were caught in a stalemate over payment responsibility. When the bride kicked her sister out of the bridal party, it only seemed fair to reimburse her the money she spent on the dress, but when she refused, the banished sister (now, just a lowly guest) got creative with the ways that she would get payback, in the form of money or otherwise. 

Keep reading for Reddit's best comments and funniest suggestions to get back at a bridezilla who refused to meet her sister halfway. Some of these ideas may spark a bit of petty revenge performances with your own siblings that will certainly last through the ages, or at least through the next decade of family dinners.

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  • AITJ for asking my sister to pay me back for the bridesmaid dress after she uninvited me from her wedding?
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  • My sister and I were close growing up, but our relationship has been tense since she got engaged. She asked me to be a bridesmaid
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  • six months ago, and I spent nearly $400 on the dress, shoes, and accessories she picked. Last week, we got into a fight because I told her she
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  • was being rude to our mom during planning. She texted me the next day saying she was rethinking her bridal party and that I was bringing negative
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  • energy. Now I'm uninvited as a bridesmaid but still invited as a guest. I told her I expect her to reimburse me for the dress since she's the one who kicked me out. She said that's tacky
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  • and that I shouldn't make this about money. AITJ for asking her to pay me back?
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  • MsTacheNoire ⚫. Personally? I would show up as a guest in the bridesmaid dress.
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  • Straight Coc... lif she won't reimburse you for the dress, wrap it up in bridal wrapping paper and give it to her as her wedding gift.
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  • MyRedditUserN... If she doesn't reimburse you and it can't be returned, gift it all to her for her wedding. Seriously.
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  • PBnSyes Wear it to all family gatherings before the wedding. Thanksgiving, Christmas...
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  • ReaderReacting ⚫ You should let her know that either she pays you back or that's the dress you wear to the wedding.
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  • And if she says you can't come to the wedding, wear the dress to every family function for the rest of your life.
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  • Mammoth-Engi... NTA - She removed you from the role she can deal with the consequences. If you buy a uniform for a job and they fire you before your first shift you don't eat the cost out of family love.
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  • writing_mm_ro... Wear them to the wedding anyway, then at the end of the night, change into something else, slip them into a gift bag, and gift them to her as a wedding present.
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  • Due_Cricket1885. I personally wouldn't have asked for the money back but I definitely would not be going to any event with her around or even talk to her
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  • Vegetable-Section-84. Do NOT attend her wedding Spend this time doing interesting beautiful things with the GOOD people of your life
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  • Sell the dress on eBay or threads or Poshmark and let everyone know WHY Block her and her supporters on everything
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