Cousin A just got married. I was a bridesmaid. Cousin B was not.
Cousin A offered B maid of honour, but B said it "made her sound old" so she didn't want that and when A said "okay what about bridesmaid?" B said that would be a step down.
A got frustrated and said "okay then you get nothing." I saw the text conversation about it and that was all that was said. A admitted maybe she was a bit quick to exclude B but it was her wedding and she and B have had a rocky relationship in the past and this was her reaching out. She was willing to accommodate B but not at the expense of her wedding day.
Cousin B was so angry about not being in the bridal party she decided to wear her wedding dress from when she got married to Cousin A's wedding. Then, to top it all off, she arrived late to the wedding but before A got there so there was a tense few moments where she appeared in the doorway of the church in a wedding dress while everyone was waiting for the bride and everyone had to check which cousin it was.
Cousin A was understandably upset. At the reception I asked A if she wanted me to talk to Cousin B but A said "don't give her the satisfaction" and spent the day not talking to B.
I went to get another glass of wine from the bar. It was red wine. I'm partially deaf in my right ear. I thought I heard B saying my name behind me but I wasn't sure where the voice was coming from. I turned, nearly full glass of red wine in hand, and promptly knocked into B, spilling some wine on her wedding dress.
I apologised when it happened, and it wasn't the whole glass, maybe 1/5 of the glass(?) but some of it did get on the skirt of her dress. At the time, she told me it was fine, but afterwards I heard her complaining to another cousin about the wine.
I mean, it was red wine on a white dress. I imagine that would be a bit tricky to get out.
I think B and her husband had an anniversary within the last 6 months but I'm not sure if it was their 5th or 6th wedding anniversary. All I know is the dress is pretty old, but she bought it new and when it was new is was about 3 grand. Her husband is a lawyer.
She says she wants me to repay her for the cost of the dress (I'm a student and I have about £300 in my account until next payday at the end of the month) and she says if I don't repay her then her husband has said she could sue me.
What do I do?