When it comes to planning a wedding, most couples spend hours going over every detail to make sure their special day goes off without a hitch. However, no matter how much you plan, you can't control everything as your wedding guests have free will.
One bride found this out the hard way when her "toxic" mother-in-law arrived for their celebrations in a custom-made white dress, claiming it is the "only colour that looks good on her". Venting to Reddit, the bride explained how her father-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law tried to persuade the pushy woman to wear any other colour but white to her son's wedding - but she was having none of it.
The bride said: "When I got married, my mother-in-law went to a designer and got a custom-made white dress for my wedding.
"She could literally have chosen any other colour.
"Closer to the date, she told me not to worry because she got a purple shawl for the pictures so that we wouldn't clash - cringe. Just for the pictures though."
Not only did she purposely wear a white dress but she also made sure it was of a similar cut to the bride's wedding gown.
"Her dress cost way more than mine," added the bride. "This is not a big deal but she kept mentioning how much she had paid.
"All she kept saying was that not wearing white was old fashioned."
Due to her mother-in-law's actions, the bride was forced to spend hours of her wedding day explaining the situation to her horrified guests.
She said: "My sister-in-law is getting married in February. I wonder if she will wear white to that one too since it is apparently the only colour that works."
While most users slammed the mother-in-law for wearing white to her son's wedding, others urged the bride to "get out now" before things get even worse.
One user said: "Every time she wears non-white clothes remark that she was right - no other colours are flattering on her."
Another user joked: "Don't you know that your wedding is all about her?"
A third user added: "I so relate to this. When I got married, I wore my mother-in-law's wedding dress. It was ivory satin - very nice.
"She told everyone I was 'too cheap to buy her own dress'.
"She was one of ten guests at our wedding and she wore ivory - the same colour as her dress that I was wearing."
Do you have a monster-in-law? Email paige.freshwater@reachplc.com.
