A wedding guest took to Reddit’s r/weddingshaming to share a ceremony that sounds less like a celebration and more like a survival challenge. The bride required every woman to wear a long black formal gown with no other colors allowed, then held the ceremony outdoors in a grassy field during a thunderstorm with no tents or cover. Guests sat in water-filled chairs while the ceremony went on.
The guest wrote that she was soaked through with no way to dry off, and her quote sums it up:“Here we all are…in the thunderstorm…sitting with our brand new gowns/tuxes…for this ceremony in the puddle chairs.”She added that formal attire simply isn’t meant for weddings in fields.
As if the weather wasn’t enough, the couple requested cash gifts for a European honeymoon. The guest says she never received thank-you cards for either her bridal shower gift or her wedding gift. Dress code demands, stormy ceremonies, and missing gratitude: wedding etiquette debates never miss, and this one has all three. What’s the worst dress code you’ve ever dealt with at a wedding? Sound off in the comments.
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