AITA for stepping out of the bridesmaid photo when the bride asked me to cover my tattoo?
AITA"Put this on for the family pictures," my friend Nina said, holding out a cream cardigan while the photographer lined us up.
It was her wedding. My bridesmaid dress was sleeveless, and I have a bluebird tattoo on my upper arm. Nina had seen the dress on me at two fittings and said it looked perfect. Covering the tattoo hadn't come up.
She said her grandmother had asked about it and she didn't want an argument that afternoon. I offered to stand at the back. Nina said she wanted us arranged by height and asked whether I could just wear the cardigan for ten minutes.
I said, "If that's the condition for being in the photo, take it without me." I stepped aside. They took the bridesmaid picture with one person missing, and I joined the reception afterward.
Nina says I made her choose between upsetting her grandmother and losing a photo she'd imagined for months. I told her she was the one who added a new condition when we were already standing there.
I don't know whether her grandmother would actually have objected to the picture. I only know what Nina told me. I also know that walking away meant the photograph couldn't include all her bridesmaids, and I didn't offer to come back for another version later. AITA?