Mother-in-law wearing white at the wedding

[Sweetener12]

Yesterday I saw an article about the photographer being told to re-color MIL's dress in the wedding pictures because this lady wore white. While the photographer did a good job repainting it, I thought of what would I do if my future MIL would wear something like that. I'd probably had a good talk with her after all... but I appreciate the idea of re-painting the dress in the photos, haha! What would you do?

I wouldn't give if a shit if anyone else worse white on my wedding day. It's pretty obvious who the bride is! What a silly thing to be upset about.

I don't like anyone who ruins the aesthetic of the group photos by wearing something really loud, really short, massive hat when others don't have them...so white suit and a floor length white dress for me is also rude. No one can upstage a bride.

Pluckedpencil: you say it yourself " No one can upstage a bride" - everybody there knows who the bride is! "aesthetics of the group photo"????? Is the day about a marriage or a photo shoot ?

Apparently when MIL’s father got remarried just a few months after her mother/his first wife had suddenly died, MIL turned up to the wedding head to toe in black with a veil.

Would love to see the photos from that wedding!

Wearing white / cream / pastel would be fine as long as the dress didn't look too bridal. The one in the OP looked too much like a wedding dress?

For example I wouldn't have an issue with this dress (although having the Beckhams at your wedding may upstage you anyway )

@Crunchymum VB was a guest at a wedding my auntie went to. The guests had been asked to wear black and white.

VB wore bright red and stuck out like a sore thumb on all the pictures.

If you wear a full length white dress to a wedding, I can absolutely guarantee that the brides friends are plotting to spill wine in you whether she asks or not!

I accidentally told my husband's ex girlfriend she could wear a white jumpsuit to our wedding (she's really anxious). I only remembered a while after we spoke that she was his ex and that it might make things awkward for her!

I don't like anyone who ruins the aesthetic of the group photos by wearing something really loud, really short, massive hat when others don't have them...so white suit and a floor length white dress for me is also rude. No one can upstage a bride.

What a depressing statement
A wedding should be about two people who love each other getting married, not about Instagram worthy photos.

Quite frankly I couldn't have cared less about what the guests wore to my wedding. I was just happy that they were there to share our happiness

My mil did this. She had a large bouquet of flowers too. She dumped the bouquet and got changed when her side of the family called her out on it and laughed at her after the ceremony.

I honestly didn't care that much about it. I had a great wedding day.

That reminds me. My mother in law went to a different florist to the one I was using and ordered flowers for my wedding. She didn't ask me what I liked, she didn't know what colours my bridesmaids were wearing, she just decided that she would decide. She did back down when challenged but said she was just being helpful. And in fairness to her, she's not a monster. But she is incredibly bossy and just thinks that her way is the only way and although she is now elderly and we are middle aged she treats us like children. She has done similar over the years by buying furniture and the like without asking if we like it because she has decided that it's what we need. She tries to enforce her will on everything from the size of our kitchen table to the type of car we drive to where we go on holiday. We just ignore her and do what we want but it is incredibly draining.

My MIL wore cream, but it was nothing like a wedding dress, more a skirt & jacket type thing. It never occurred to me. She looked lovely.

My sister wore a long white dress to my wedding, I had a bit of a giggle about it. I wasn't quite so giggly about being required to drop it off and pick it up from the drycleaners for her.