Dear Queenie,
My cousin is getting married in a couple of months. I bought a dress that I like very much to wear to the wedding that turns out to be the same colour as the bridesmaids’ dresses (but a different style).
My aunt (the bride’s mother) found out about it from my mother. She is vexed and says I should get another dress in a different colour.
Queenie, it’s a very common colour and I bet there will be other guests wearing that colour too. So should I give in and get a different dress?—Wedding guest
Dear Guest,
Your aunt is out of line to try to dictate what you should or should not wear to her daughter’s wedding as long as it is appropriately formal. Think how red her face would be if a lot – or even all – of the female guests happened to wear that colour! Would she ask them all to wear something else?
Keep your dress and enjoy the wedding.
