Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”

The bride and groom have a million decisions to make while planning their wedding. So the most helpful thing their guests can do is simply follow directions. The last thing anyone wants to do is make the bride and groom’s lives harder, especially if it means their invitation will be rescinded.

One bride reached out to Reddit for advice after one of her groom’s cousins decided that she wanted to wear an extravagant gown to the wedding. The bride, however, was not having it, so below you’ll find the full story that she shared online, as well as some of the replies invested readers left her.   

This bride wanted to have a simple Western wedding

Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”

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But when one guest insisted on wearing a traditional Moroccan dress, she decided to put her foot down

Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”

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Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”

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Later, the bride responded to readers and clarified a couple of details

Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”

Many readers took the bride’s side, noting that she gets to make the rules for her own wedding

Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”

Meanwhile, some thought that everyone could have handled the situation more maturely

Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”

And others thought that the bride was being unreasonable

Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”
Bride Doesn’t Want European Wedding Guest Wearing Traditional Arab Dress: “Will Stand Out Too Much”