This 17-year-old girl is just not your typical girly girl. She hates to wear skirts, dresses, or anything overly feminine. It’s really just not her style.
She’s honestly never found a dress that flattered her personality or her body. For her school’s homecoming dance in her sophomore year, she decided to wear dress pants, a button-down shirt, and a corset over top. She simply prefers more boyish clothes.
Yesterday, when she finished work and arrived back home, her family was discussing her brother Ted’s wedding.
The wedding is happening next May, and she was simply listening in on what they were talking about.
Her mom then asked Ted’s fiancée, Lila, about what kind of dresses she’s going to pick out for her bridesmaids.
Lila mentioned she hadn’t settled on anything yet, so she took that opportunity to pipe up and ask if it would be alright for her to wear a tuxedo or a suit instead of a dress since she is going to be in the bridal party.
“Don’t get me wrong, if they were to come out and say to my face, “I’d prefer it if you wore a dress” I totally would, but I’ve always hated them,” she explained.
Lila looked over at Ted, and they both appeared to be fine with her unorthodox request. They didn’t come across as upset at all.
But then she caught her mom mouthing that she should knock it off while she shook her head at her.
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Lila and Ted finally replied that it wouldn’t be a problem for her to wear something other than a dress, as they had been thinking about including outfits that have pants, not skirts, but are super flowy.
She then told Lila and Ted that she would really like to wear that so she could spend their whole wedding being comfortable instead of uneasy in her clothes.
“I just explained how I felt,” she said. “That I really hate the more girly look of dresses and have no interest in wearing any frilly fluffy thing if I have the choice.”
“My mom just kept motioning to shut up like I was doing something wrong. Lila said that she would definitely see about it but didn’t seem bothered at all.”
“My brother just kind of lost interest in the conversation while playing with his fur baby, so I’m sure they’ll talk more about it later, but I just feel like it’s now my fault for ruining their “perfect wedding plans” all because of my preference in the clothing I wear.”
She honestly just hates dresses with all of her heart, but she’s left wondering if it was rude of her to ask Ted and Lila if it’s alright for her to wear a suit as a bridesmaid instead, given her mom’s reaction.
What do you think?
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