A woman revealed that she was mocked by her “good friends” for desiring to wear a bridal dress from H&M.
In a post titled as ‘To be surprised at reactions to wedding dress’, the bride-to-be explained that she had visited the Swedish high street store sells a selection of wedding dresses.
She wrote: “Getting married next year and I had been somewhat dreading going into a shop to try on dresses,”
“All the ones round here are little boutiques where everything costs an arm and a leg and you have an assistant with you the whole time.”
“Saw a photo of a lovely, fairly traditional dress from H&M of all places (they’re great but never knew they did properly formal dresses),”
“Had a look at the site and it turned out the dress was on sale because it was pretty much sold out except in my short a*** size.”
She ordered the dress online and tried it on in front of her family and her future mother-in-law.
The bride-to-be added: “Everyone agreed that the H&M dress was the one – it fitted really well and looked well made.”
She revealed that she received negative response from a “number of good friends” after they found out where the dress was from.
“But as others started to ask if I’d got a dress and where it was from, the reaction has been one of bemusement, really.”
“I thought people would just say something vaguely positive and leave it there, but a number of good friends have asked if I’m definitely going to go with it, I’m not going to go to a ‘proper shop’ etc.”
The bride-to-be went to take her fellow Mumsnet’s advice on what she should do.
She wrote: “Shall I take it that it’s hideous then and my judgement is way off?!
“Or shall I maybe just stop telling people where it’s from as that and the price seem to be promoting the reactions?”
People supported her saying the wedding dress was “lovely” and she should ignore the comments.
One person wrote: “People are daft. It’s lovely. Congratulations and I hope you have a lovely time in it!”
Another said: “Oh that dress is lovely. Ignore everyone’s comments, you’ll look fab.”
A third wrote: “If you feel beautiful, it doesn’t matter where it’s from.”
Another added: “It’s absolutely gorgeous! And you will look utterly beautiful in it. Please don’t fret about where it came from! Wedding dress comments are usually borne of jealousy. Be proud in the fact that you will look stunning for a more modest amount that will leave you with more spending money for your honeymoon or much-needed home essentials.”
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