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<p>We all know a wedding is supposed to be the couple&#39;s ~*big day*~. So when two people in one family are getting married within a month of each other, sometimes drama can occur.</p><p>A woman recently asked whether she was in the wrong for convincing her cousin not to buy a wedding dress that looks like the one <em>she</em> wants. The two women are getting married within a month of each other, so she doesn&#39;t want them to look similar. She <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/loz00o/aita_for_convincing_my_cousin_not_to_choose_a/">took to Reddit</a> to ask if she was in the wrong.</p><h2>The woman says it&#39;s been smooth sailing between herself and her cousin so far:</h2><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m gonna be completely upfront, I may have done a despicable thing.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m (26F) getting married to my partner (28M) of 7 years at the end of the year. My cousin (30F) is also getting married a month after my wedding. Due to our weddings being close together, my cousin and I have been bonding over it. A few weeks ago my cousin and I went out to lunch and afterwards we decided to go to a bridal store to browse the dresses.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Until they both spotted the same dress they liked:</h2><blockquote> <p>My cousin spotted a dress that she loved and I did too. I&rsquo;ve been having a tough time finding the perfect dress and this was the first dress I&rsquo;ve come across that I could genuinely imagine myself wearing. But my cousin seemed to REALLY like it and so I started saying negative things about the dress and how she&rsquo;d suit a dress with straps instead of long sleeves etc.</p> </blockquote><h2>Her evil plan worked:</h2><blockquote> <p>I succeeded in convincing her that the dress wasn&rsquo;t for her and a week later I went back to the store with my sister and best friends to try the dress on and well I ended up picking it as my wedding dress. I highly doubt that she will remember the dress by the time my wedding day comes around so I didn&rsquo;t expect any drama to occur.</p> </blockquote><h2>Then, the cousin ended up buying the dress anyway:</h2><blockquote> <p>Two days ago my cousin messaged me excitedly to tell me that she finally chose her wedding dress and well.. it&rsquo;s the exact same dress from the store that I CHOSE. I had no choice but to tell her that I got that dress as well. She was confused because she thought I hated the dress so I told her the truth that I only lied because I wanted the dress for myself and now she&rsquo;s pissed off and she&rsquo;s calling me a &ldquo;snake.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The chickens have come home to roost:</h2><blockquote> <p>I am stressing out, I don&rsquo;t want to wear the same wedding gown as my cousin and now my cousin is soooooo mad at me.</p> <p>I guess I can see why I might be the villain here but on the other hand, I wanted the dress, it&rsquo;s in my price range and it&rsquo;s the exact style that I was looking for. I was simply trying to protect my dream wedding dress and I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;m a bad person for that.</p> </blockquote><h2>The people of Reddit agree: sorry, girl, but you&#39;re the villain.</h2><p>Yukidaviji says:</p><blockquote> <p>She found a dress she loved for HER wedding. Her wearing that dress for HER wedding doesn&rsquo;t mean you can&rsquo;t wear it for YOURS.</p> <p>But you tried to manipulate her because you had to be the only one with that dress. You decided to be selfish and steer someone away from something they really really loved because you had to be 1000% special.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>They continue:</p><blockquote> <p>News flash, the dress wasn&rsquo;t custom made. Other brides were wearing it at their weddings. It&rsquo;s not just &ldquo;your&rdquo; dress!</p> <p>And your selfish manipulation caused all this drama.</p> </blockquote><p>DarcyKnits says it&#39;s all because she lied:</p><blockquote> <p>You didn&#39;t have the courage to say, &quot;I love it too and would really like it for my wedding.&quot;</p> <p>Heck, you guys could have had a bonding moment and decided to both wear the same dress. After all it&#39;s not like your wedding pictures are going to be hanging next to each other and it&#39;s kind of cute.</p> <p>But now you&#39;re just the AH who chose to lie to your cousin so you could have what you wanted.</p> </blockquote><p>_Bisclavert says it all comes back to the law of dibs:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>First it was your cousin who spotted the dress so she gets dibs on it. Second you were very selfish and petty with your negative comments and trying to get her to not take the dress.</p> <p>If you don&#39;t want both of you to have the same wedding dress, you need to return yours and get a new one.</p> </blockquote><p>Dommymommy61 says:</p><blockquote> <p>If you would have been honest with your cousin about liking the dress then this probably wouldn&#39;t have happened.</p> </blockquote><p>And Dookwithanegg brings up a great point:</p><blockquote> <p>What do you think would have happened if your plan had succeeded and she eventually saw your own wedding dress?</p> </blockquote><h2>So there you have it. If you&#39;re thinking of snaking your loved one out of her wedding dress, maybe don&#39;t.</h2><p>It&#39;s not a great move.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman asks if she was wrong to stop cousin from buying wedding dress she wanted.

We all know a wedding is supposed to be the couple&#39;s ~*big day*~. So when two people in one family are getting married within a month of each other, sometimes drama can occur.A woman recently asked whether she was in the wrong for convincing her cousin not to buy a wedding dress that looks like the one she wants. The two women are getting married within a month of each other, so she doesn&#39;t want them to look similar. She took to Reddit to ask if she was in the wrong.The woman says it&#39;s been smooth sailing between herself and her cousin so far: I&rsquo;m gonna be completely upfront, I may have done a despicable thing. I&rsquo;m (26F) getting married to my partner (28M) of 7 years at the end of the year. My cousin (30F) is also getting married a month after my wedding. Due to our weddings being close together, my cousin and I have been bonding over it. A few weeks ago my cousin and I went out to lunch and afterwards we decided to go to a bridal store to browse the dresses. Until they both spotted the same dress they liked: My cousin spotted a dress that she loved and I did too. I&rsquo;ve been having a tough time finding the perfect dress and this was the first dress I&rsquo;ve come across that I could genuinely imagine myself wearing. But my cousin seemed to REALLY like it and so I started saying negative things about the dress and how she&rsquo;d suit a dress with straps instead of long sleeves etc. Her evil plan worked: I succeeded in convincing her that the dress wasn&rsquo;t for her and a week later I went back to the store with my sister and best friends to try the dress on and well I ended up picking it as my wedding dress. I highly doubt that she will remember the dress by the time my wedding day comes around so I didn&rsquo;t expect any drama to occur. Then, the cousin ended up buying the dress anyway: Two days ago my cousin messaged me excitedly to tell me that she finally chose her wedding dress and well.. it&rsquo;s the exact same dress from the store that I CHOSE. I had no choice but to tell her that I got that dress as well. She was confused because she thought I hated the dress so I told her the truth that I only lied because I wanted the dress for myself and now she&rsquo;s pissed off and she&rsquo;s calling me a &ldquo;snake.&rdquo; The chickens have come home to roost: I am stressing out, I don&rsquo;t want to wear the same wedding gown as my cousin and now my cousin is soooooo mad at me. I guess I can see why I might be the villain here but on the other hand, I wanted the dress, it&rsquo;s in my price range and it&rsquo;s the exact style that I was looking for. I was simply trying to protect my dream wedding dress and I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;m a bad person for that. The people of Reddit agree: sorry, girl, but you&#39;re the villain.Yukidaviji says: She found a dress she loved for HER wedding. Her wearing that dress for HER wedding doesn&rsquo;t mean you can&rsquo;t wear it for YOURS. But you tried to manipulate her because you had to be the only one with that dress. You decided to be selfish and steer someone away from something they really really loved because you had to be 1000% special. They continue: News flash, the dress wasn&rsquo;t custom made. Other brides were wearing it at their weddings. It&rsquo;s not just &ldquo;your&rdquo; dress! And your selfish manipulation caused all this drama. DarcyKnits says it&#39;s all because she lied: You didn&#39;t have the courage to say, &quot;I love it too and would really like it for my wedding.&quot; Heck, you guys could have had a bonding moment and decided to both wear the same dress. After all it&#39;s not like your wedding pictures are going to be hanging next to each other and it&#39;s kind of cute. But now you&#39;re just the AH who chose to lie to your cousin so you could have what you wanted. _Bisclavert says it all comes back to the law of dibs: First it was your cousin who spotted the dress so she gets dibs on it. Second you were very selfish and petty with your negative comments and trying to get her to not take the dress. If you don&#39;t want both of you to have the same wedding dress, you need to return yours and get a new one. Dommymommy61 says: If you would have been honest with your cousin about liking the dress then this probably wouldn&#39;t have happened. And Dookwithanegg brings up a great point: What do you think would have happened if your plan had succeeded and she eventually saw your own wedding dress? So there you have it. If you&#39;re thinking of snaking your loved one out of her wedding dress, maybe don&#39;t.It&#39;s not a great move.

We all know a wedding is supposed to be the couple&#39;s ~*big day*~. So when two people in one family are getting married within a month of each other, sometimes drama can occur.  A woman recently asked whether she was in the wrong for...