Weddings

<p>We&#39;ve all heard of bridezillas, but brides don&#39;t have a monopoly on wedding-related entitlement. Planning a wedding seems to bring out the worst in a lot of people, regardless of gender.</p><h2>A would-be-groomsman recently <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/ci383q/aita_for_not_wanting_to_cut_my_hair_for_my/ev2h8ty/" target="_blank">shared his story</a> on Reddit about an entitled groom who demanded that he cut off his long hair for the wedding or else he&#39;ll be kicked out of the wedding party.</h2><p>The long-haired groomsman says that he and the groom have been friends for a long time and he was &quot;incredibly honored&quot; to be groomsman in his wedding. He writes:</p><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m a guy who has had long hair for a very long time. No one is shocked by this or finds it offensive and I always tie it back and look respectable in photos.</p> <p>One of my oldest friends recently got engaged and asked me to be a groomsman. I was incredibly honored and would absolutely love to be in that role as I&rsquo;ve never done it for anyone else and most likely won&rsquo;t get the chance again.</p> </blockquote><h2>But the groom revealed his groomzilla side when he asked his friend to cut off his long hair, claiming it would &quot;look weird&quot; in photos alongside the bridesmaids.</h2><p>The groomsman was &quot;blown away&quot; and said there was &quot;no way&quot; he&#39;d cut off his hair for the wedding:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Recently however he came to me and said he wants me to cut my hair because he doesn&rsquo;t want the wedding photos to look weird if I have long hair along with the other bridesmaids. I was completely blown away by this and told them that there&rsquo;s no way that would be happening and this is just the way I am, he knows this.</p> </blockquote><p>The groomzilla was persistent, and threatened to kick his friend out of the wedding party if he wouldn&#39;t comply with his wishes, arguing he can &quot;always just grow his hair back.&quot;</p><blockquote> <p>Still he persisted and said that if I&rsquo;m unable to fulfill this request then I won&rsquo;t be able to be a groomsman anymore. My other friends are telling me that I should&rsquo;ve done this for him as it&rsquo;s a once in a lifetime event and I can always just grow my hair back.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>But the groomsman says his long hair, which he&#39;s had for over 15 years, is &quot;basically his identity&quot; and that cutting it off would make him feel &quot;uncomfortable.&quot;</p><h2>So he has decided to ditch the wedding instead since he &quot;won&#39;t feel welcome.&quot;</h2><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;ve had long hair for as long as I can remember, over 15 years and it has always basically been my identity. I have no idea what I would look like and don&rsquo;t want to have to look back at photos from this wedding where I felt uncomfortable. I&rsquo;ve decided I won&rsquo;t be going to the wedding as I don&rsquo;t feel welcome.</p> <p>Am I the a**hole?</p> </blockquote><p>He asked Reddit: am I the a**hole?</p><h2>Commenters concluded, nope. This guy is not the a**hole here. His friend is.</h2><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/n0may0/">n0may0</a> writes:</p><blockquote> <p>NTA f*ck that! what a sh*tty friend</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/yabadabadoo80/">yabadabadoo80</a> agrees, writing:</p><blockquote> <p>I couldn&#39;t agree with you more. There seems to be an obsession with this, mostly in American weddings. Each person is a human being, not a prop. If you want everyone to look the same get some blowup dolls and leave the normal people out of it.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/megadee516/">megadee516</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>NTA. When you ask someone to stand up in your wedding you are asking them as they are.</p> </blockquote><p>And many people are calling this groom the G-word:</p><p> </p><p>Says <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TLynn7/">TLynn7</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>NTA. Sounds like a groomzilla.</p> </blockquote><p>Seems like he definitely made the right decision. This guy and his hair follicles deserve better.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Groomsman ditches wedding after groom demands he cut his long hair off for photos.

We&#39;ve all heard of bridezillas, but brides don&#39;t have a monopoly on wedding-related entitlement. Planning a wedding seems to bring out the worst in a lot of people, regardless of gender.A would-be-groomsman recently shared his story on Reddit about an entitled groom who demanded that he cut off his long hair for the wedding or else he&#39;ll be kicked out of the wedding party.The long-haired groomsman says that he and the groom have been friends for a long time and he was &quot;incredibly honored&quot; to be groomsman in his wedding. He writes: I&rsquo;m a guy who has had long hair for a very long time. No one is shocked by this or finds it offensive and I always tie it back and look respectable in photos. One of my oldest friends recently got engaged and asked me to be a groomsman. I was incredibly honored and would absolutely love to be in that role as I&rsquo;ve never done it for anyone else and most likely won&rsquo;t get the chance again. But the groom revealed his groomzilla side when he asked his friend to cut off his long hair, claiming it would &quot;look weird&quot; in photos alongside the bridesmaids.The groomsman was &quot;blown away&quot; and said there was &quot;no way&quot; he&#39;d cut off his hair for the wedding: Recently however he came to me and said he wants me to cut my hair because he doesn&rsquo;t want the wedding photos to look weird if I have long hair along with the other bridesmaids. I was completely blown away by this and told them that there&rsquo;s no way that would be happening and this is just the way I am, he knows this. The groomzilla was persistent, and threatened to kick his friend out of the wedding party if he wouldn&#39;t comply with his wishes, arguing he can &quot;always just grow his hair back.&quot; Still he persisted and said that if I&rsquo;m unable to fulfill this request then I won&rsquo;t be able to be a groomsman anymore. My other friends are telling me that I should&rsquo;ve done this for him as it&rsquo;s a once in a lifetime event and I can always just grow my hair back. But the groomsman says his long hair, which he&#39;s had for over 15 years, is &quot;basically his identity&quot; and that cutting it off would make him feel &quot;uncomfortable.&quot;So he has decided to ditch the wedding instead since he &quot;won&#39;t feel welcome.&quot; I&rsquo;ve had long hair for as long as I can remember, over 15 years and it has always basically been my identity. I have no idea what I would look like and don&rsquo;t want to have to look back at photos from this wedding where I felt uncomfortable. I&rsquo;ve decided I won&rsquo;t be going to the wedding as I don&rsquo;t feel welcome. Am I the a**hole? He asked Reddit: am I the a**hole?Commenters concluded, nope. This guy is not the a**hole here. His friend is.n0may0 writes: NTA f*ck that! what a sh*tty friend And yabadabadoo80 agrees, writing: I couldn&#39;t agree with you more. There seems to be an obsession with this, mostly in American weddings. Each person is a human being, not a prop. If you want everyone to look the same get some blowup dolls and leave the normal people out of it.  megadee516 says: NTA. When you ask someone to stand up in your wedding you are asking them as they are. And many people are calling this groom the G-word: Says TLynn7: NTA. Sounds like a groomzilla. Seems like he definitely made the right decision. This guy and his hair follicles deserve better.

We&#39;ve all heard of bridezillas, but brides don&#39;t have a monopoly on wedding-related entitlement. Planning a wedding seems to bring out the worst in a lot of people, regardless of gender.  A would-be-groomsman recently shared his...

Groomsman ditches wedding after groom demands he cut his long hair off for photos.

A would-be-groomsman recently shared his story on Reddit about an entitled groom who demanded that he cut off his long hair for the wedding or else he'll be kicked out of the wedding party.

But the groom revealed his groomzilla side when he asked his friend to cut off his long hair, claiming it would "look weird" in photos alongside the bridesmaids.