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Zahna Eklund

'Overbearing' bride demands fiancé take out his piercings - or he'll ruin wedding photos

Your wedding should be about celebrating the love between you and your partner, and it shouldn't matter how anyone is dressed or what colour hair they have in your pictures. However, for some people, a wedding is so much more than that - and they strive for absolute perfection in every part of the day.

This is why one bride-to-be has told her fiancé that he must take out his facial piercings on the day of their wedding because she believes his accessories will ruin their wedding photos.

The woman insisted her partner's piercings "simply don't compliment his suit" so she thinks that their photos would look better if he removed them all - although he has slammed her demand as "overbearing".

However, the woman said that because she's only asking him to remove them for one day and not permanently, he's "overreacting" and making a bigger deal out of the request than it needs to be.

In a post on Reddit, she said: "I plan to get married to my fiancé next month, however, there's been a lot of arguments and tension lately because I requested he remove his facial piercings for our wedding. The reason is because I saw him in his groom's suit and his piercings just simply don't go along with it and I want him to look as good as possible for our wedding and the photos.

"However, my fiancé got mad at me for requesting him to remove a part of his identity, but I think he's greatly overreacting because I'm not asking him to remove his piercings permanently, just for the wedding day, because as I said, his piercings simply don't compliment his suit.

"He keeps insisting that I'm being unreasonable and overbearing and his piercings shouldn't represent a big deal, but if that's the case then I can't see why he can't just remove them for our wedding without making a fuss about it."

Commenters on the post were firmly on the groom-to-be's side though, as many of them said that the bride shouldn't be trying to change his appearance - especially on their wedding day.

One person said: "It's part of his identity, you've basically said you're ashamed of how he looks and don't fully accept him. That's not something someone wants to feel about their future spouse on their wedding day. It will hurt to take them out and some piercings you're not supposed to take out and put in yourself. Depending on the piercing there's a very real chance he won't be able to get them back in again."

While another added: "If he usually wears them and that's how he feels more comfortable, then who cares if it matches the suit? The suit isn't more important than he is."

And a third posted: "The wedding is about both of you, not just you and not a fake persona of him to others."

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