He’s Furious With His Mom For Wanting To Wear A Fancy White Dress To His Wedding, Which Has Been Upsetting His Fiancée
When getting married, as a bride, there’s always that underlying fear that an obnoxious guest will wear white at your wedding. Could you imagine if that guest was your fiancé’s mother?
One man is frustrated with his mother after he found out that she’d be wearing a fancy white dress to his wedding, which has been upsetting his fiancée.
He and his fiancée are both 32 and getting married in July. They’ll be having a fairly large wedding with about 120 guests, and his parents have been very generous with helping to pay for it.
At the start of the wedding planning process, his dad kindly made it clear that just because he was going to help pay for the wedding didn’t mean that he or his mom should have any influence in making plans.
His mom sometimes has issues with being a bit demanding, so his dad promised to help take care of that.
“He said he would help if my mother became too bossy or controlling during the planning process,” he recalled.
“For the most part, we haven’t needed his help, but in a few instances, we’ve been pushed into doing things we did not want or envision for ourselves, including inviting guests with whom we have little connection.”
He decided to let small incidents like that slide because he didn’t want to pick fights with his mom. However, he recently found out what she wants to wear to the wedding, and he doesn’t think it’s something he can simply let go of.
While he and his fiancée were recently out to dinner with his parents, his mom mentioned that she had found a “lovely ivory dress” to wear to the wedding.
Denira – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
He looked at his fiancée and could tell she was mortified. He knew she was already having issues with her own mom over the wedding and didn’t want to step on her future mother-in-law’s toes. So, he gently told his mom that no one except the bride would be wearing white at their wedding.
Then, everyone at the table laughed off the conversation and changed the subject, which wasn’t very reassuring to him.
“Today, I called my mother to be sure that she knew we weren’t joking,” he said. “I told her that she would really hurt my fiancée’s feelings if she were to wear white to the wedding.”
He also told his mom that she’d have to find a way to repair her relationship with her daughter-in-law if she wore the white dress, which he thinks set her off.
His mom became very defensive and said it wasn’t as big of a deal to wear white at a wedding back in the day. He reminded her that in 2023, not wearing white to a wedding unless you’re a bride is a pretty common unspoken rule.
Now, his mom is very angry with him for trying to control what she wears, and his dad is trying to resolve the situation. He does not need this family drama so close to his wedding day.
Should he not have told his mom she couldn’t wear white, or was he right to stick up for his fiancée?
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