She’s Not Attending Her Sister’s Wedding Because She Doesn’t Want To Wear The Bridesmaid Dress Her Sister Picked Out For Her
Have you ever had to wear something you hated for someone’s wedding? A lot of women who were once bridesmaids have horror stories of awful dresses they had to wear during a ceremony.
But have you ever been asked by a bride or groom to wear something specific to their wedding as a guest?
One young woman recently got into an argument with her sister after she told her she wouldn’t be attending her wedding because she refused to wear a certain dress for the night.
She’s 18-years-old, and her sister is 21. Her sister will be getting married this summer and has planned her dream wedding. Everything is good to go, including the cake, flowers, and bridesmaid dresses.
She’s not a bridesmaid at her sister’s wedding, yet she does have to follow a dress code for the wedding. Her sister wants all the women on their side of the family to wear matching dresses, even if they’re not in the bridal party.
Recently, her sister sat her down with other family members and showed them the matching dresses she wanted them to wear.
“They were cute, flowy pink gowns with lace around the neck area,” she recalled.
“We all loved them, but I had a problem. They were short-sleeved.”
Although she realizes because the wedding is in the summer, everyone will want to wear short sleeves. However, she does not. She has a lot of scars on her arms and does not want them to be seen during the wedding.
Amy – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual people
She pulled her sister aside and asked if she could wear a dress with sleeves instead or wear long gloves to cover her scars.
However, her sister refused and said she wanted everyone to look the same, so any modifications to the dress were not allowed. She tried explaining to her sister that she wasn’t comfortable with everyone seeing the scars on her arms and didn’t want them to appear in her wedding photos.
Then, her sister asked if she could cover the scars with makeup. But, unfortunately, her scars are keloid scars, which means they’re risen. So, they can’t really be covered with makeup.
“She then said if I wasn’t going to cooperate, I just shouldn’t come,” she remembered.
“She told my family I was being difficult and didn’t want to obey the dress code because I wanted to be different.”
Since she is very against wearing a dress that will make her uncomfortable, she decided to follow her sister’s advice and not go to the wedding.
When the invites recently went out, her sister confronted her about not RSVP’ing.
She told her sister she didn’t want to ruin her day by dressing differently from everyone else. Instead of begging her to attend the wedding, her sister complained about how she already paid for the dresses. She offered to pay her sister back, but she wouldn’t give her the time of day.
“I know I probably sound selfish, and I shouldn’t let my own issues be a priority over my sister’s wedding, but I don’t like being in short sleeves, and there’s no other way to work around it,” she added.
Is she being selfish, or is her sister being too stubborn?
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