Confessions of a Bitter Bridesmaid : What Not to Do to Your Friends

I don’t have the answer to that question.  It continues to baffle me. Their future husbands certainly aren’t forcing them to do it.  It is my understanding than men could really care less about these kinds of things.  Do brides secretly want to get revenge on friends for past wrongs?  Or maybe it’s a reaction to the masculinization of women and gives the bride-to-be a chance to surround herself with hyper-feminine things and act like princess for a day.  Regardless of the reasons, I would like to formally beg women to stop putting their friends through this traumatizing ritual.  Every time I open my closet, I am reminded of my past experiences, as my old bridesmaids dresses hang there like abandoned chiffon carcasses that will never see the light of day again.  But I am personally taking a stand. I will never do it again, no matter who asks me.  I have done my time.