Couple Demands Every Single Wedding Guest Be Naked At Their Wedding, Furious When People Refuse
Themed weddings can be beautiful and memorable, especially when done uniquely. However, because the definition of “unique” varies, some couples can take things to the extreme. This is what happened in today’s story.
According to Reddit user Throwaway_wedding_65, her brother and his fiancée are planning their nuptials at a naturist resort. However, the ceremony requires everyone to be naked, leaving her to consider not attending.
The issue has since caused some strain between the groom and the original poster, and she is looking for answers online.
Themed weddings are often magical and unforgettable
Image credits: Mental Health America (MHA) (not the actual photo)
The couple in today’s story wanted theirs at a naturist resort
Image credits: Anna Shvets (not the actual photo)
The groom’s sister, who posted the story, is seeking answers online
Image source: Throwaway_wedding_65
A themed wedding has a fifty-fifty chance of success
The downsides of a themed wedding are as hefty as the upsides. While it does allow the couple to be creative and let their personalities come out, there’s also a considerable chance that it may not go their way.
As wedding supplier Julianne Smith told Brooklyn Bride, one common hurdle of themed weddings is that couples tend to sacrifice the guest experience. According to her, many themes “take away from the accessibility and enjoyability of the event.”
The original poster’s apprehensions were valid. However, this doesn’t mean that themed weddings should be avoided at all costs.
The common issues with themed weddings can be prevented
Themed weddings can be a huge success if done right. Los Angeles-based event planner and lifestyle guru Sharon Sacks suggests not letting the theme represent the entire ceremony.
“Instead, let your theme shine through in the details,” Sacks wrote in an article for Huffington Post. “Focus on little things rather than tailoring every aspect of your wedding around the theme.
“This will allow you to highlight your theme without turning your special day into a Halloween party. Too much focus on your theme can turn this elegant affair into a tacky evening that your guest would rather forget.”
The couple could have focused on being one with nature in their chosen venue instead of requiring attendees to be naked. This approach would have spared them from the tension within the family and from making the guests feel uncomfortable.
The comments section didn’t have a shortage of responses for the original poster, most of which were a show of support
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Yeah, this is kind of in the same category as a destination wedding, in terms of how you have to expect you'll get a lot of regrets. If getting married in Hawaii, or in the nude, is more important to you than having your whole family there, that's fine, but that's the choice you're making. You can't demand that anyone bear the cost, or bare it all, just to suit you.
but what about a bearsuit, instead of your bare-suit? 🙃
Load More Replies...I get its not sexual but asking people who do not routinely practice your lifestyle to do something that out of the norm is not fair. If I were a lion tamer and asked you all to step in the cage for my wedding, would you accept? Extreme example I know.
At least there wouldn't be any bridezilla stories about what dress you were wearing.
But I always wear a hat to a wedding, is it even a real wedding if the aunties aren't wearing hats?
Load More Replies...They have the right to the wedding they want, but you have the right not to want to attend it if you feel uncomfortable. They should respect that, just as you respect their wish for their nude wedding. That they are angry with you makes them, well, lacking in the empathy department.
They're behaving like the evangelical right. "I live my life this way and therefore it's mandatory that everyone else live this way too." Screw that. Tolerance of asinine attempts to force everyone else into particular molds is the root cause of 90% of our country's problems.
They must be Betazoid. Even Lwaxana Troi compromised! And trust me. You do not want someone with my health issues in the nude. You just don't.
I was looking for someone to point out that this is a Betazoid wedding.
Load More Replies...The naturists and naturist resorts I know are all about free choice. It should be a choice to go naked. Not forced upon you. I know some naturists who took their children to a naturist camping site, where it was completely accepted for (especially) teenagers to wear some kind of clothing. That could range from swimsuits or similar to even jeans and sweaters. Because it should be choice. If it is forced upon you, it is considered harassment, especially by the naturist-organizations. Keep your wedding wherever you want, but accept that guests may come in some kind of clothes or even stay away, because not everyone likes to watch other people walk around in their nude either. Any way, om any naturist-resort, even full-out naturists will wear clothes every now and then, because it's no fun walking around naked when it's cold, when there's mosquito's, when there's a hail-storm etc.
Believe me - Years from now as you nostalgically leaf through your wedding photos, you do not want a shot of you great aunt Bertha in the nude leaping out at you.
I definitely would not want my Aunt leaping out at me in the nude, that would be quite terrifying!
Load More Replies...I'm a nudist. Member of a resort, life member of AANR. The brother and his fiancée are completely out of line.
No way would I be naked in front of everyone. It’s icky that her brother and his fiancé want family to be naked
I've never been to any camp where nudity was required. It's always optional. I've been to a nude funeral, but never a wedding.
I love being outdoors naked and my local beach is a naturist beach. Being a naturist is definitely something you should choose freely and never be forced into. I was surprised that a naturist wedding would even be considered in the USA as I have found most Americans to be rather uptight about nudity, at least the ones who visit here are and usually complain about naked people in public. (there is also a naturist campsite nearby with public footpaths running alongside and through it.). I think it is totally reasonable for the sister not to want to go to a naturist wedding if she is not comfortable being naked or around naked people.
I'm pretty sure the OP is Australian, they mention Darwin and Adelaide.
Load More Replies...I'm really curious if there will actually be photos of the event. I have no idea about the rules of this naturist club, but here in a German sauna, it is imperative that no pictures are being taken ever, to protect the privacy of the guests. Imagine a photo book where everyone is naked.
I thought clothes wear required at meals at these resorts - anyway to each their own, I wouldn't do it personally but for some reason the thought of being naked in front of my family of origin and friends gives me more anxiety than being naked in front of the strangers 🤷🏻♀️
Nope nope nope. No one who isn't a naturist, or at least naturist-curious, will want to attend that wedding. Even if you were a naturist, why would you want to be at an event with a lot of non-naturists all being awkwardly naked and uncomfortable? This wedding idea is bizzare.
Nope nope nope. Aesthetic issues aside (I'm middle-aged and rather, ahem, "fluffy"), my own personal modesty standards (nudity is for at home in private or when necessary for medical care) and comfort zone would not allow me to participate in this. You guys do you, but don't try to force it on a very much non-consenting party.
Number one, if someone asks you to do this, they are not your friend and number two, just don’t go.
Here's what a lot of people tend to forget: others don't have to "understand" why you will or will not do something. They simply have to accept it.
They shouldn't be surprised if very few ppl show up at the wedding. A lot of ppl aren't comfortable parading around naked or posing for pictures. Besides it's their choice on whether or not they want to go to the wedding. I personally would turn down the invitation. I'd be uncomfortable naked and grossed out too
Its always interesting to see what an entitled betrothed couple will demand.. but whats really amazing to me is how disconnected people are on how their reaction to "no" says everything about them. If someone flips out on you or gaslights because you said no, that person is not your friend and isnt worth a second of your time.
Actually you only die once, you're supposed to live everyday
Load More Replies...Ah, I see the Betazoids have arrived to Earth. Be mindful on what on your mind, they have telepathic minds...
Sounds very Betazoid(Star Trek TNG) to me. Most people aren't comfortable in their own skin at home, let alone at an event surrounded by nekkid strangers and, I hate to say this, but add getting drunk into that mix and you could have some potential problems if some of the groomsmen get handsy with the bridemaids. I'm told they are badly enough behaved at normal weddings where everyone is clothed. This is a disaster movie waiting to happen.
Eeeewwww who wants to look at balls when you trying to eat a buffet? No thank you. Couple of perverts if you ask me.
What do you mean? Naturists don't smell any more than clothed people, usually less so actually.
Load More Replies...Yeah, this is kind of in the same category as a destination wedding, in terms of how you have to expect you'll get a lot of regrets. If getting married in Hawaii, or in the nude, is more important to you than having your whole family there, that's fine, but that's the choice you're making. You can't demand that anyone bear the cost, or bare it all, just to suit you.
but what about a bearsuit, instead of your bare-suit? 🙃
Load More Replies...I get its not sexual but asking people who do not routinely practice your lifestyle to do something that out of the norm is not fair. If I were a lion tamer and asked you all to step in the cage for my wedding, would you accept? Extreme example I know.
At least there wouldn't be any bridezilla stories about what dress you were wearing.
But I always wear a hat to a wedding, is it even a real wedding if the aunties aren't wearing hats?
Load More Replies...They have the right to the wedding they want, but you have the right not to want to attend it if you feel uncomfortable. They should respect that, just as you respect their wish for their nude wedding. That they are angry with you makes them, well, lacking in the empathy department.
They're behaving like the evangelical right. "I live my life this way and therefore it's mandatory that everyone else live this way too." Screw that. Tolerance of asinine attempts to force everyone else into particular molds is the root cause of 90% of our country's problems.
They must be Betazoid. Even Lwaxana Troi compromised! And trust me. You do not want someone with my health issues in the nude. You just don't.
I was looking for someone to point out that this is a Betazoid wedding.
Load More Replies...The naturists and naturist resorts I know are all about free choice. It should be a choice to go naked. Not forced upon you. I know some naturists who took their children to a naturist camping site, where it was completely accepted for (especially) teenagers to wear some kind of clothing. That could range from swimsuits or similar to even jeans and sweaters. Because it should be choice. If it is forced upon you, it is considered harassment, especially by the naturist-organizations. Keep your wedding wherever you want, but accept that guests may come in some kind of clothes or even stay away, because not everyone likes to watch other people walk around in their nude either. Any way, om any naturist-resort, even full-out naturists will wear clothes every now and then, because it's no fun walking around naked when it's cold, when there's mosquito's, when there's a hail-storm etc.
Believe me - Years from now as you nostalgically leaf through your wedding photos, you do not want a shot of you great aunt Bertha in the nude leaping out at you.
I definitely would not want my Aunt leaping out at me in the nude, that would be quite terrifying!
Load More Replies...I'm a nudist. Member of a resort, life member of AANR. The brother and his fiancée are completely out of line.
No way would I be naked in front of everyone. It’s icky that her brother and his fiancé want family to be naked
I've never been to any camp where nudity was required. It's always optional. I've been to a nude funeral, but never a wedding.
I love being outdoors naked and my local beach is a naturist beach. Being a naturist is definitely something you should choose freely and never be forced into. I was surprised that a naturist wedding would even be considered in the USA as I have found most Americans to be rather uptight about nudity, at least the ones who visit here are and usually complain about naked people in public. (there is also a naturist campsite nearby with public footpaths running alongside and through it.). I think it is totally reasonable for the sister not to want to go to a naturist wedding if she is not comfortable being naked or around naked people.
I'm pretty sure the OP is Australian, they mention Darwin and Adelaide.
Load More Replies...I'm really curious if there will actually be photos of the event. I have no idea about the rules of this naturist club, but here in a German sauna, it is imperative that no pictures are being taken ever, to protect the privacy of the guests. Imagine a photo book where everyone is naked.
I thought clothes wear required at meals at these resorts - anyway to each their own, I wouldn't do it personally but for some reason the thought of being naked in front of my family of origin and friends gives me more anxiety than being naked in front of the strangers 🤷🏻♀️
Nope nope nope. No one who isn't a naturist, or at least naturist-curious, will want to attend that wedding. Even if you were a naturist, why would you want to be at an event with a lot of non-naturists all being awkwardly naked and uncomfortable? This wedding idea is bizzare.
Nope nope nope. Aesthetic issues aside (I'm middle-aged and rather, ahem, "fluffy"), my own personal modesty standards (nudity is for at home in private or when necessary for medical care) and comfort zone would not allow me to participate in this. You guys do you, but don't try to force it on a very much non-consenting party.
Number one, if someone asks you to do this, they are not your friend and number two, just don’t go.
Here's what a lot of people tend to forget: others don't have to "understand" why you will or will not do something. They simply have to accept it.
They shouldn't be surprised if very few ppl show up at the wedding. A lot of ppl aren't comfortable parading around naked or posing for pictures. Besides it's their choice on whether or not they want to go to the wedding. I personally would turn down the invitation. I'd be uncomfortable naked and grossed out too
Its always interesting to see what an entitled betrothed couple will demand.. but whats really amazing to me is how disconnected people are on how their reaction to "no" says everything about them. If someone flips out on you or gaslights because you said no, that person is not your friend and isnt worth a second of your time.
Actually you only die once, you're supposed to live everyday
Load More Replies...Ah, I see the Betazoids have arrived to Earth. Be mindful on what on your mind, they have telepathic minds...
Sounds very Betazoid(Star Trek TNG) to me. Most people aren't comfortable in their own skin at home, let alone at an event surrounded by nekkid strangers and, I hate to say this, but add getting drunk into that mix and you could have some potential problems if some of the groomsmen get handsy with the bridemaids. I'm told they are badly enough behaved at normal weddings where everyone is clothed. This is a disaster movie waiting to happen.
Eeeewwww who wants to look at balls when you trying to eat a buffet? No thank you. Couple of perverts if you ask me.
What do you mean? Naturists don't smell any more than clothed people, usually less so actually.
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