His Cousin Got Mad About What His Girlfriend Wore To Her Wedding, So He Left And Took Back The Wedding Present Too

About a week ago, this twenty-five-year-old man and his girlfriend traveled to his cousin’s wedding.
The couple was excited for a romantic evening– especially the girlfriend, who feels like love is always in the air at weddings. But, upon arrival, the two were shocked with a dress code they knew nothing about.
“We got an invite a month before the wedding. Leading up to the wedding, I never talked to my cousin except for once– I told him where to send the invitation,” the man explained, “I also never talked to his bride, either.”
The invitation only instructed guests to wear “semi-formal or formal” clothing. His girlfriend ended up buying a very tight black dress that she felt confident wearing. And, the man thought she looked terrific. After all, isn’t that the only thing that matters?
“This dress looked phenomenal on her, but I was a bit worried she would upstage the bride,” the man admitted, “It showed off her curves but also was long enough to show was a lady she is.”
After getting all dressed up, he and his girlfriend made the two-hour drive to the wedding venue. Upon arriving, the pair met the man’s family at the door.
“My sisters and mom commented how great my girlfriend looked,” the man recalled. Apparently, they too commented about her upstaging the bride.
Everyone’s response to the dress seemed positive enough until they walked through the venue’s doors and realized that most guests were donning conservative outfits.
“I realized it was a very Christian wedding and even saw a few girls looking at my girlfriend with an ugly look,” the man said. Then, the real drama began– his cousin came over to say hello.

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While the man and his cousin greeted each other, he overheard the bride asking, “did they not get the memo on the dress code?”
The man responded yes and referenced the semi-formal to formal instructions listed on the invitation. So, you can imagine how confused the man was when the bride looked his girlfriend up and down and scoffed.
“I asked if there was a problem, and she told me no, so we went to sit down,” the man said. All eyes were still on the couple, though, and his girlfriend felt understandably very uncomfortable.
She felt so awkward that she asked the man to borrow his jacket to cover up her legs. While passing the coat, though, the man noticed the bride and her mother whispering and pointing in their direction.
“The mom came over and asked if we got the memo for the dress code. I was already pretty angry, so I got up and asked what the problem was,” he explained. The bride’s mother made a remark about the dress being “too revealing for this event,” and that was when the man lost it.
“Well, that’s too damn bad. If you guys are so offended by it, next time, but what you want people to wear on the damn invitation,” he said to the mother.
The man’s girlfriend felt even more uncomfortable and told the man it was time to leave. He agreed, and they exited the venue together before the wedding even began.
Now, the man’s whole family feels that he was being rude and that it was his responsibility to inquire about the dress code.
“I feel I shouldn’t have to ask,” the man explained, “And, people making my girlfriend feel bad about wearing something she felt comfortable in is not going to fly by me.”
How would you have responded if you were in this man’s shoes? Is it the guests’ responsibility to ask for a dress code? And, do you think he overreacted or did the right thing by defending his girlfriend?
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