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AIBU to still be angry over how my husband buttoned his shirt at our wedding?

167 replies

Purplehair22 · 24/10/2022 20:51

I never addressed it with him. Well maybe only in a jokey way.
Long story short - at our wedding my husband got ready with the help of his parents.
for some reason his mum has an issue with doing up the top button (she says it makes men look like snobs) and as a result thought it would be acceptable to let him walk out looking like he’s just travelled here from the 70s. His collar was sticking out his blazer and wide open. Top 2 buttons were undone! I was so stressed I didn’t even realise until I saw the pictures!
I asked him about it the following morning in a jokey way and he said “well mum thought since I don’t have a tie it’ll look better that way”. I mean what???? I haven’t addressed it since coz I don’t want him to feel bad and I know I sound like an absolute f*cking psychoooo but every time I look at our wedding photos all I can see is that ABBA inspired collar!!!! Someone come whack me with a frying pan!

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jevoudrais · 24/10/2022 21:16

I want to see a photo too!

My MIL didn't realise how buttonholes were meant to attach and told the men they were wrong and insisted they be tucked into the buttonhole itself so you could only see the top part of it! Thank goodness the photographer of dreams noticed and went round every single one and put them on correctly before too many photos were done...

DH also was a big buffoon and kept turning his head the wrong way to kiss me! So we kept butting heads. He has a bigger nose than average and the daft git wanted to turn his face away from the camera so my nose was on view and not his, but in reality loads of the photos just look really awkward 🤣

QS90 · 24/10/2022 21:16

I think people do have help getting dressed on their wedding days. Or at least that's what American sit coms would have me believe 🤔

lentilly · 24/10/2022 21:16

How would you feel if he told you you looked shit in your dress?

ApolloandDaphne · 24/10/2022 21:17

If it was as awful as you say then surely you would have noticed on the day?

Y7drama · 24/10/2022 21:18

He’d look stupid with top button done up and no tie!

DisforDarkChocolate · 24/10/2022 21:18

I still carry a slight annoyance that my husband had his buttonhole on upside down (his mother did it).

I'd be way more annoyed at the weird collar thing.

GoodnightGentleBoris · 24/10/2022 21:18

Better that than his flies undone surely?

Snugglemonkey · 24/10/2022 21:19

Actual anger? Yes yabu. You didn't even notice!

Begoniasforever · 24/10/2022 21:20

His mum was right, you don’t button up if you’re not wearing a tie. What a weird thing to be focused on.

ScarlettSunset · 24/10/2022 21:20

Not sure what the problem is really.
Is it just that you thought he looked too casual?
Nothing wrong with leaving the top button (or two, assuming the second one isn't at his waist) undone. He would have looked more silly with it all done up and no tie.

Begoniasforever · 24/10/2022 21:21

How long ago did you get married?

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 24/10/2022 21:21

What's everyone on about? His mum just thought it would look better with the top button undone, she didn't help him into his boxers ffs 🙄

Begoniasforever · 24/10/2022 21:22

Y7drama · 24/10/2022 21:18

He’d look stupid with top button done up and no tie!

Exactly

Scuttlingherbert · 24/10/2022 21:22

My first thought when I saw my husband on our wedding day was "why is his face bleeding?"
He forgot his razor and borrowed a cut throat razor from his brother and didn't know how to use it.

But it makes me laugh and was just part of the day, I wouldn't change it. It didn't need to be perfect.

A wise friend told me "you can have a perfect wedding day, or you can have a wedding day you enjoy, but you can't have both."

Begoniasforever · 24/10/2022 21:24

Oh you’re that poster,,,the haircut one 😂

SirMoose · 24/10/2022 21:25

I still haven’t forgiven my husband for shaving all his hair off the night before our wedding!

daisychain01 · 24/10/2022 21:27

Photo or it didn't happen.

cantforthelifeofme · 24/10/2022 21:27

Is this your man?

AIBU to still be angry over how my husband buttoned his shirt at our wedding?
Usernamenotavailabletryanother · 24/10/2022 21:29

Leave. Emigrate. Burn the photos.

You can’t come back from this.

Dishwashersaurous · 24/10/2022 21:29

Groom not wearing a tie at a wedding. Faints!

PickAnyName · 24/10/2022 21:30

If that’s the worst that’s happened you can either leave, or hire someone from fiverr to photoshop the photo. Sorted.

Uurrjb · 24/10/2022 21:30

Christ on a fucking bike
how are you going to get through the actual challenging parts of life together??

Fuck sake

wedding:
asked dh to have tissues in his sporran…he brought kitchen roll which he produced at the alter with a flourish

there was a catalogue of mini disasters throughout the day…choose between my dad stomping all over my train as he helped me out of car and leaving footprints all over it for my grand entrance to the cream cheese frosting of our carrot cake wedding cake sliding off before we had even cut the fucker

and too many minor things to mention

get a grip

AutumnCrow · 24/10/2022 21:31

Jesus. These threads at the moment. At least put some effort in.

PinkButtercups · 24/10/2022 21:33

Begoniasforever · 24/10/2022 21:24

Oh you’re that poster,,,the haircut one 😂

Tell me more.

Toottooot · 24/10/2022 21:34

Maybe he’s going to turn round and tell you your dress was fucking ugly 💁🏻‍♀️