Anyone attending wedding usually feels an expectation to look their best while enjoying the special day. Appeasing the stereotype that they must be dressed up to the nines, wedding guests tend to choose a stylish outfit for the ceremony with perfected hair and accessories to match.
However, one woman has admitted that she's refusing to wear make-up or heels to her dad's wedding as she hates how it looks. Taking to popular forum site Reddit, the anonymous user admitted that she's upset her father and his fiancé but she's unwilling to change her decision.
She questioned: "Am I the a**hole for telling my dad and his fiancée I'm not wearing heels or makeup to their wedding, and to deal with it?"
The woman explained: "My dad and his fiancé are getting married this year. I'll be honest I don't like her. She cares too much about appearances and always has this stupid fake smile all the time.
"She always says I don't take care of myself enough and gets upset that I don't get dressed as soon as I'm out of bed.
"Two things I absolutely will never wear are makeup and heels. I just don't like the way makeup makes me look, and heels just hurt so I don't bother. The issue is they're making me be a bridesmaid (I didn't have a choice) and they're doing the matching dress thing.
"I actually like the dress they got for me, the problem is they got matching shoes too, and they're heels. She's also getting annoyed at me for not wanting to wear makeup there either. She thinks I'll look out of place.
"I told them I'm willing to wear shoes that match, just not heels, and I'm not wearing makeup. My dad told me I should just suck it up for their day, but I told them I'm either going with no heels or makeup or not at all - deal with it.
"They've been p**** since, and some of my friends think I should just do it for them."
Since sharing her thread, the woman's post has raked in over 1500 comments - where people shared their opinions with the Reddit user.
Taking to the comment section, one person assured: "Not the a**hole. This sounds like an important issue to you, and they’re well aware of it. They knew better."
Meanwhile, someone else sympathised: "I'm getting married in September and everyone seems to think I need a spray tan / professional makeup / fake eyelashes or I'll look 'washed out'.
"No one seems concerned about how my fiancé will look, washed out or otherwise!" They added.
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