MIL Decided To Wear White To Son’s Wedding, So The Bride Made Every Bridesmaid Wear White While She Wore Pink

Definitely get the restraining order first!

😅 funny but scary true.

Well since most women look absolutely fabulous in red that's not a bad idea for a wedding.

I believe that in some cultures red is the traditional color for the bride's dress. :D

It was 1840 when Queen Victoria made white wedding dresses popular fashion. Bring back colorful wedding dresses. I don't even look good in all white, dark colors suit me better.

I've heard that red is the traditional bridal color in China, because red represents energy/happiness. No idea if that's actually true, though.

My daughter and SIL had a City Hall (legal bits) ceremony for 12 people in 2021 and she wore a red 50s retro dress, and carried a blue and yellow origami bouquet which she made during lockdowns. This was going to be followed the next day by an all out humanist ceremony. Covid meant that the humanist ceremony was this year and they went with the white dress, bridesmaids, flower girl thing.

Actually a friend of mine decided that since she + her then fiance had been living together for over 3 years prior to getting married, that a white wedding dress didn't feel right. She decided to have the most amazing gown ever designed. It was a brilliant red colour, with delicate threads of gold strands embossed on the bodice + with a few symbolic designs sprinkled here + there on the back of the gown - on the fall of the skirt part of the gown. Her bridesmaids wore gold dresses with black accessories. The groom wore a black tuxedo with a vest made from the red material + with some specially designed symbols on the front of the vest in gold threads. The men's party wore black with red vests + gold bow ties + cumbersome's. It was truly enriching to watch them all together. Vibrant. Elegant. Stunning. Daring. Yet still very traditional. I've never forgotten her gown. That was back in 1997. When I married in 1990, I wore white + my bridesmaids all wore long red gowns

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I've heard that wearing red on a wedding means that you've slept with the groom so a great choice for a brides dress. Obviously it's all a load of nonsense, but still a bit funny.

Thank you for the laugh! The MIL was definitely giving DJT vibes! 😂

Yes, two (personality disordered) peas in a pod

yeah, and the spotlight was stolen through riggging.

Yes. If anything, the bride saved her from humiliating herself in front of everyone. I don't care if the white dress looked absolutely stunning on her. Everyone looking at her trying to outshine the bride would just see, as you say, malignant narcissism. She would've looked pathetic and unhinged. Switching up all the maids to white made her look normal and saved her from widespread derision. She'll never see it that way, of course, but at least it saved the bride and groom from having everyone's memory of their wedding day being his crazy mom.

Other commenters said that he should've said soemthing like "you'll be asked to leave the wedding if you wear this dress" but idk. The mum sounds crazy but she's still his mother, her not being good to his future wife doesn't mean she's a bad mother to him, she has a right to be there at his wedding, I don't think saying that is the right thing to do. I actually think whatt the bride did is the best solution anyone can have for this situation, and the fact that he supported her is good indication that be realises how his mother is. I agree with not including her to their private life in the future, but not the wedding, I guess I think this way because in my culture weddings aren't just for the couple but for the families too.

It doesn't sound at all like husband does anything to keep his mother from pulling her emotional incest over him, which leaks onto op. Sounds like mommy 2.0 does all the work, and miraculously does so in a calm and kind manner. She could have chosen to not invite mil, but she did. Husband needs to grow up and put his mother's emotional incest to a stop, as it is clearly affecting him and his girlfriends/wife. Mil needs therapy and a new man. Good luck to op, she's gonna need it if her husband can't get his c**p together and have a talk with mommy dearest.