Woman Tells Bride That Her ‘Armpits Smell’ on Wedding Day

A woman thought she did the right thing by telling her friend she needed to freshen up on her wedding day, but the bride felt otherwise.

On Reddit, the woman explained that her best friend recently got married during an outdoor ceremony “in the middle of the day on the West Coast.”

“During the reception portion, she was sweaty and her armpits smelled. I discreetly tell her, since that’s what we usually do for each other,” she explains.

The two friends, both 27, excused themselves so they could “freshen up,” as the poster also felt like she could use some deodorant.

“When I returned she was back, and she smelled great again. I thought I did good,” the woman writes.

Adding more context, the poster noted that her friend once “got mad” at her now-husband “because he didn’t warn her that she smelled when they went to a fancy event,” yet another reason why she thought it was okay to bring it up.

However, she thought wrong.

“When she got back from her honeymoon, she told me I made her self-conscious for the rest of the wedding,” the woman writes. “She said I made her feel bad, and she said she’s mad at me for ruining her big day.”

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Now, the poster is left wondering if she was in the wrong for warning her friend. However, most Reddit users were firmly on her side.

“It was a two second fix that saved her from embarrassment for the whole rest of her wedding. While I understand that it may have made her hyper-aware for the rest of the event (I would be!!) the alternative of finding out later from someone else and wondering how many people noticed would have been far worse,” one user commented.

“[The] bride should have thanked her so she could address the issue in a timely fashion!” a second person added, as a third asked, “Would she have preferred to have smelled like onions for the rest of her wedding and not realize it?”