A woman has sparked fierce debate online after stating she's going to be re-wearing her own wedding dress to her best friend's wedding later this year.
Although it's an unwritten rule that you should never wear anything that's going to upstage the bride on her big day, the woman's case is slightly different than usual - as her dress isn't white and it isn't a flowing gown either.
In a post on Reddit, the woman explained she actually wore a short purple dress to the "legal ceremony" she had with her husband when she tied the knot five years ago, and it's that dress she wants to re-wear to her friend's wedding.
The woman asked in her post if it would be "rude" to re-wear the dress, as she insisted that while the friend in question wasn't at her wedding as they didn't know each other back then, they do have a mutual friend who will likely remember seeing her get married in the purple frock.
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She wrote: "I got married five years ago, and wore a short, purple dress to the legal ceremony at the city hall. We then had a religious ceremony to which I wore a more traditional floor-length, white gown.
"My friend Lana (not her real name) is soon getting married and I am thinking of re-wearing my purple dress to her wedding since it is probably the nicest dress that I own. Would that be rude?
"I hadn't met Lana five years ago, so she wouldn't know that this was my wedding dress.
"However, one of her other guests, Nicole, is a mutual friend who was also a guest at my wedding and would probably remember that I wore this dress to my city hall ceremony."
The question split opinions online, as while most said that the dress was fine as long as it wasn't a white gown, some insisted they would still feel "weird" if they knew someone at their ceremony was wearing their own wedding dress.
One person said: "As long as it’s not white, I’d be honoured that my day is special enough for you to bring out the most important dress you own."
While another added: "Nah, you're absolutely fine. Go re-wear that dress! And hopefully, Nicole has the tact to not say anything that might make it awkward."
"Totally fine! It might actually be flattering that you’d wear such an important dress for her day", a third stated.
But someone else disagreed, as they posted: "I’m gonna go against the grain here and say I would feel weird if someone wore their wedding dress, white or another colour, to my wedding. Like that was for your special day, why would you want to wear it to mine?
"I wouldn’t be mad or think that much about it, and I don’t think it’s rude per se, but I would find it a little odd."
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