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<h2>While most people with a valuable skill love to share their art and life&#39;s work with friends, sometimes you have to set hard, awkward boundaries before everyone you know expects free labor...</h2><p>So, when a conflicted fashion grad decided to consult the online courtroom of moral philosophy otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole&quot; about whether or not she&#39;d be wrong to charge her pregnant friend from a wedding dress, people were quick to help deem a verdict.</p><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/rhkiqm/aita_for_not_wanting_to_make_my_friend_a_wedding/">AITA</a> (Am I the As*hole) for not wanting to make my friend a wedding dress for cost of materials?</h2><blockquote> <p>So I have a Degree in Fashion which some people think means I can be their personal seamstress, I&#39;m used to this problem and I don&#39;t mind helping people out but I never work for free.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>My pregnant friend recently reached out to me and asked me if I could make her wedding dress and sent me pictures of the idea she had in mind. It isn&#39;t exactly a <em>simple</em> dress, but also not the most complex I&#39;ve ever done either.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I told her I could for sure do that for her and it&#39;d cost around $800, she was shocked at this and told me she thought I&#39;d do it for free and she&#39;d just pay for materials.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I pointed out how many hours this would take me to do and all the hand embroidery needed, then I explained I was doing this for a quarter of the price I&#39;d charge other people because she&#39;s my friend.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>At this point she started to get very upset telling me I have no idea how much stress she&#39;s under with the wedding and the fact she&#39;s pregnant and how money is tight-- how this should be my wedding gift to her and how great it&#39;d look in my portfolio.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I don&#39;t think I&#39;m being unreasonable to want <em>some</em> money for this...but other friends are telling me it&#39;s horrible how I&#39;m wanting to charge her for this and it&#39;s not like I&#39;m a high end bridal shop...am I being unreasonable?</p> </blockquote><h2>Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say:</h2><blockquote> <p>NTA (Not the As*hole) you&#39;re not being unreasonable at all. It takes time to do the work. And you already lowered the price. I don&rsquo;t like how they tried to use there pregnancy to get you to do it for free. - Puzzleheaded_Cat9147</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA - &quot;looks great in portfolio&quot; isn&#39;t going to pay the bills. - ExpertProfessional9</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA - You are cutting her a deal so she can have the dress she wants. You time is money and time spent on her is time you can&#39;t spend on more profitable endeavors. I am so tired hearing artist being told, &quot;It will look great in your portfolio&quot; as if they were doing you a favor by letting you provide something they want and don&#39;t want to pay full price for. Stick to your guns. - Auntipathy</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>She wants you to do <em>lots of hand embroidery</em> for free? For just the cost of materials, because her money is tight? Hell no. People short on funds need to moderate their decoration dreams, and if all those friends think otherwise they need to pick up a needle and thread and get embroidering. NTA. - calling_water</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>So, there you have it!</h2><p>Everyone agreed unanimously that this woman wouldn&#39;t be at all wrong to charge her friend for her time as it doesn&#39;t matter that they have a personal relationship, she deserves compensation. Good luck, everyone!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman asks if she's wrong to charge friend to make her wedding dress.

While most people with a valuable skill love to share their art and life&#39;s work with friends, sometimes you have to set hard, awkward boundaries before everyone you know expects free labor...So, when a conflicted fashion grad decided to consult the online courtroom of moral philosophy otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole&quot; about whether or not she&#39;d be wrong to charge her pregnant friend from a wedding dress, people were quick to help deem a verdict.AITA (Am I the As*hole) for not wanting to make my friend a wedding dress for cost of materials? So I have a Degree in Fashion which some people think means I can be their personal seamstress, I&#39;m used to this problem and I don&#39;t mind helping people out but I never work for free.   My pregnant friend recently reached out to me and asked me if I could make her wedding dress and sent me pictures of the idea she had in mind. It isn&#39;t exactly a simple dress, but also not the most complex I&#39;ve ever done either.   I told her I could for sure do that for her and it&#39;d cost around $800, she was shocked at this and told me she thought I&#39;d do it for free and she&#39;d just pay for materials.   I pointed out how many hours this would take me to do and all the hand embroidery needed, then I explained I was doing this for a quarter of the price I&#39;d charge other people because she&#39;s my friend.   At this point she started to get very upset telling me I have no idea how much stress she&#39;s under with the wedding and the fact she&#39;s pregnant and how money is tight-- how this should be my wedding gift to her and how great it&#39;d look in my portfolio.   I don&#39;t think I&#39;m being unreasonable to want some money for this...but other friends are telling me it&#39;s horrible how I&#39;m wanting to charge her for this and it&#39;s not like I&#39;m a high end bridal shop...am I being unreasonable? Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say: NTA (Not the As*hole) you&#39;re not being unreasonable at all. It takes time to do the work. And you already lowered the price. I don&rsquo;t like how they tried to use there pregnancy to get you to do it for free. - Puzzleheaded_Cat9147   NTA - &quot;looks great in portfolio&quot; isn&#39;t going to pay the bills. - ExpertProfessional9   NTA - You are cutting her a deal so she can have the dress she wants. You time is money and time spent on her is time you can&#39;t spend on more profitable endeavors. I am so tired hearing artist being told, &quot;It will look great in your portfolio&quot; as if they were doing you a favor by letting you provide something they want and don&#39;t want to pay full price for. Stick to your guns. - Auntipathy   She wants you to do lots of hand embroidery for free? For just the cost of materials, because her money is tight? Hell no. People short on funds need to moderate their decoration dreams, and if all those friends think otherwise they need to pick up a needle and thread and get embroidering. NTA. - calling_water So, there you have it!Everyone agreed unanimously that this woman wouldn&#39;t be at all wrong to charge her friend for her time as it doesn&#39;t matter that they have a personal relationship, she deserves compensation. Good luck, everyone!

While most people with a valuable skill love to share their art and life&#39;s work with friends, sometimes you have to set hard, awkward boundaries before everyone you know expects free labor...  So, when a conflicted fashion grad decided...