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For this to be worn to a wedding

205 replies

whoopeo · 17/07/2023 16:31

Please tell me if you would be annoyed if someone wore this to your wedding. It was worn with a plain white dress blazer and white shoes for context.

For this to be worn to a wedding
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sunglassesonthetable · 18/07/2023 18:04

Honestly it's fine in my opinion. Some people get worked up about shit like this.

Everyone knows who the bride is.

sunglassesonthetable · 18/07/2023 18:06

At the absolute worst I would call it a Faux Pas rather than disrespectful.

God why fall out over this ? Do you really think she meant badly?

CurlewKate · 18/07/2023 18:10

I wouldn't wear it because some people are funny about that sort of thing. Particularly with a white jacket. At my wedding? I can't imagine myself having a wedding-still less what other people might wear to it..!

HermeticDawn · 18/07/2023 18:15

SharonEllis · 17/07/2023 19:37

Says who though? Who made this daft rule? If you've been invited to a wedding surely you know the bride & won't muddle her up with someone else?! She's the one at the centre of attention, usually.

Indeed. It’s like those people on here who throw hysterics if someone else gets married before them after getting engaged afterwards (‘We had priority!’), or a friend getting married in the same year (‘2023 was OURS!’), or on the same date, even if years later (because ‘June 24th is our ANNIVERSARY, how dare they?’)

Hankunamatata · 18/07/2023 18:17

White blazer and white shoes are a bit much

CrazyArmadilloLady · 18/07/2023 18:18

Please don’t fall out with your sister and niece over this. That would be utterly ridiculous.

NewDayNewDiary · 18/07/2023 18:19

whoopeo · 18/07/2023 17:36

Sorry I haven't been back yet.
Dniece wore this outfit to daughters wedding. Spoke to my sister and niece about it afterwards as I didn't feel it was appropriate and disrespectful (not that she would be mistaken for the bride, it's just disrespectful and not the done thing).

I purposely didn't want to say who I was (bride/guest etc).

I think you are being ridiculous, bitchy, uptight and old-fashioned. Think about what actually matters in life. Ugh. Respect is not about a flowery dress.

Life is better if you don’t get worked about petty stuff. Try it some time.

What a thing to raise after a happy event. Was it such a crap joyless wedding that this dress actually had a negative impact on you?

SophieJo · 18/07/2023 18:22

“What a thing to raise after a happy event. Was it such a crap joyless wedding that this dress actually had a negative impact on you?”

This says it all!

35965a · 18/07/2023 18:25

Do not fall out with your niece and sister over a dress. The dress itself is fine for a wedding. White accents like bag/blazer make it a bit iffy but it’s by no means like a ‘fuck you’ to the bride kind of outfit. Let it go.

Cosyblankets · 18/07/2023 18:26

So you were neither the bride nor the person wearing it? Was the bride bothered? What's it got to do with you? It wasn't your wedding and even if it was, it's a flowery dress.

villamariavintrapp · 18/07/2023 18:29

Well I wouldn't mind at all if someone had worn that to my wedding. I wouldn't wear it to someone else's because I know there are people who are funny about these things, and I'd rather avoid any unpleasantness. You're one of those dickheads. Your poor niece will feel dreadful now every time she thinks about the wedding, as will your sister.

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 18/07/2023 18:30

What did your daughter think? That's all that matters.

sunglassesonthetable · 18/07/2023 18:37

Why screw up the memory of what is supposed to be a joyful happy event with a resentment- fest about a bloody dress.

God alive is that really how you want to remember the day??

They can photo shop the colour of the jacket in the pics or something if it is really that painful to you.

SpringIntoChaos · 18/07/2023 18:38

No I wouldn't be annoyed at all, because I'm not an egotistical idiot! Get a grip ffs! Nobody would mistake a young girl in a short, pretty floral summer dress with a jacket over it for the bloody bride ffs!

JenniferBarkley · 18/07/2023 18:39

I think you stirring is much worse than the choice of dress.

And presumably niece is an adult so complaining to her mother is ridiculous.

sparklefresh · 18/07/2023 18:42

Really sad that you felt the need to moan at them about this. Surely your daughter's wedding should be a joyous celebration?

AvanGelist · 18/07/2023 18:44

I'd feel more sorry for the niece dressed in her Nan's nightie at a wedding. She probably didn't look great anyway. Why the need to complain? Lol

Hummingbird89 · 18/07/2023 18:46

It’s fine for a wedding. It’s covered in massive flowers and looks nothing like a wedding dress 🙄 you’re really petty to have mentioned it to your sister. Did your daughter actually even care??

HermeticDawn · 18/07/2023 18:47

whoopeo · 18/07/2023 17:36

Sorry I haven't been back yet.
Dniece wore this outfit to daughters wedding. Spoke to my sister and niece about it afterwards as I didn't feel it was appropriate and disrespectful (not that she would be mistaken for the bride, it's just disrespectful and not the done thing).

I purposely didn't want to say who I was (bride/guest etc).

So if she couldn’t be mistaken for the bride, why is it ‘disrespectful’?

AnObserverInThisDarkWorld · 18/07/2023 18:49

Even with white blazer it hardly streams "I'm trying to upstage the bride"

MN is fucking mental when it comes to wedding outfits though

SophiaElise · 18/07/2023 18:55

Don't be ridiculous. People can wear whatever they want to wherever they want, unless there's a written dress code (and even then, I'd wear what I feel comfortable in)

Hibiscrubbed · 18/07/2023 18:57

Take comfort from the fact that plenty of guests would have raised eyebrows at her choice.

noglow · 18/07/2023 18:58

SophieJo · 18/07/2023 18:22

“What a thing to raise after a happy event. Was it such a crap joyless wedding that this dress actually had a negative impact on you?”

This says it all!

Completely agree.

itsmyp4rty · 18/07/2023 18:58

It's a beautiful floral dress and there's nothing bridal about a blazer. I think you're being pathetic. I can't believe you would fall out with someone over something so petty. It wasn't even your wedding!

BottomFishBananas · 18/07/2023 18:58

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