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"OK, ladies, we have a bridesmaid who needs our help, lest she go broke over a dress that makes her miserable!\nPinterestFacebookWrites Renee:\n&amp;quot;My bride friend is obsessed with a bridesmaid dress that flatters only extremely skinny girls with absolutely no chub (I&amp;#39;m thin but not perfect!). The other five bridesmaids don&amp;#39;t seem to mind how they look in the dress, but I really don&amp;#39;t want to spend $300 on something I hate. I&amp;#39;ve tried sending the bride links to similar dresses that are half the price, but she&amp;#39;s not interested\u2026and she&amp;#39;s dragging us back to this designer&amp;#39;s store. What can I do without upsetting her?&amp;quot;\nHere&amp;#39;s what I think:\nYou did the right thing by sending her dresses in your price range that are similar to the one she seems set on. That sucks that she hasn&amp;#39;t been responsive, though.\nSo what&amp;#39;s your next step? Honesty. Tell her that you want to be a great bridesmaid for her, but $300 for a dress is out of your budget. (Who is she to say what you can or can&amp;#39;t afford?) Come up with a price that you think is reasonable (I&amp;#39;d say at least $150) and tell her this is how much you&amp;#39;re able to spend. Then it&amp;#39;s up to her: She can either choose a dress for you around that price or she can split the cost of the pricier bridesmaid dress with you. And if she offers the latter, accept and wear the dress if you&amp;#39;re not super-uncomfortable in it--it&amp;#39;s obviously very important to her if she&amp;#39;s willing to spend her own money on your bridesmaid dress.\nBut if how you look in the bridesmaid dress is a bigger issue than how much it costs, you can instead go to the dress store again and, if the bride still wants that bridesmaid dress (hey, maybe she&amp;#39;ll change her mind!), take her to the side and tell her that you just aren&amp;#39;t comfortable in it. As long as you make it about how you feel in the dress rather than how you look in the dress or not liking the dress itself she can&amp;#39;t fault you. A good friend wouldn&amp;#39;t want any of her bridesmaids to be uncomfortable on the wedding day. And if she doesn&amp;#39;t seem to care about your feelings, she&amp;#39;s not a good friend (and she doesn&amp;#39;t deserve a good bridesmaid like you).\nWhat would you do in Renee&amp;#39;s shoes? Have you ever had to buy a $300 bridesmaid dress? Do you think Renee&amp;#39;s bride friend will choose a different dress once she knows one of her bridesmaids is uncomfortable in her first pick?\nMore Advice for Bridesmaids__\nA Bridesmaid&amp;#39;s Survival Guide (Because, Yes, You&amp;#39;ll Need One)\nHow to Be the World&amp;#39;s Best Bridesmaid (and Not End Up Broke or Hating the Bride)\nSneaky Tricks to Try If You Hate the Bridesmaid Dress the Bride Picked\n__More Ways to Get Glamour\nChat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;#39;s schedule.\nVisit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10!\nDownload Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;#39;s now part of your subscription plan!\nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nFollow us on Twitter.\nPhoto: Jupiterimages"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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