A “self-conscious” bride asked Reddit users how she should request her two bridesmaids to cover up their “much larger chests” at her wedding
“I know I will be disappointed later on looking at my pictures where their boobs are the show and you can’t even see mine,” the bride wrote
Redditors commented that the bride needs to work on her “self-esteem issues” and not project her insecurities onto her bridesmaids
A bride feels “self-conscious” of her busty bridesmaids, but doesn’t know how to tell them to cover up at her wedding.
The bride-to-be admitted in a post on Reddit’s “Wedding Planning” forum that she’s “always been self-conscious” of her “smaller” breast size, but that her insecurity has been significantly heightened due to both of her bridesmaids having “much larger chests.”
The trio recently went shopping for bridesmaid dresses together. The bride was “pretty open to whatever” her friends wanted to wear, only requiring that they select a specific color and material for their dresses.
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“They both ended up in dresses that really showed off their assets,” the bride wrote. “I made [a] comment that maybe when they get their alterations done they could close up the chest area a little. One girl responded saying ‘maybe not.’ “
The bride has been “working through getting over” her breast size insecurity, but it’s not something she wants to fret about on her special day.
“I’m trying not to think about it but I know I will be disappointed later on looking at my pictures where their boobs are the show and you can’t even see mine,” she said.
Now, she wants to re-approach her bridesmaids to request that they cover up their chests a little.
“Anyone have suggestions on how to handle this?” the bride asked the forum, noting that one of her bridesmaids is her sister-in-law.
She worries, “If I just tell her how I feel, she won’t keep it to herself and everyone will know.”
In the comments section, most Reddit users argued that the real problem was the bride’s “self-esteem issues,” not the fact that her bridesmaids have larger breasts.
“I say this gently: your self-esteem issues are your own responsibility. It’s not cool to make your bridesmaids cover up just because you’re insecure,” one Redditor wrote. “Nobody cares that their boobs are bigger than yours except you. There are a ton of shapewear options out there if you want some kind of push-up or padding under your dress if you want to go that route. But this is something you need to work through because otherwise it’s a lifelong issue, not just a wedding issue.”
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Another person agreed, commenting, “It’s not anybody else’s job to cover up to make you feel better about something you dislike about yourself.”
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Some Redditors with larger breast sizes pointed out that they’d feel “pretty crappy” if they were told to cover up something they “can’t control,” and that the request might make the bridesmaids feel just as insecure about their bodies as the bride does.
“I also have bigger boobs and I would be pretty hurt if I was asked to cover up,” one woman said.
“Don’t worry about other people’s boobs,” an individual advised the bride. “Believe me, nobody’s paying attention to them.”
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