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Or even a bit precious? Mother of the Bride outfit.

(108 Posts)
tessagee Wed 10-Jan-18 19:20:48

I've been mother of the bride once and mother of the groom three times and can honestly say I've never liked any of the outfits that I ended up wearing but if I were you I'd keep on looking. There's still lots of time and new stocks arrive regularly. Good hunting!

willsmadnan Wed 10-Jan-18 19:19:08

Has anyone actually told you it's the bride's day? You're supposed to be witnessing your daughters wedding, not strutting the catwalk.

MarionHalcombe Wed 10-Jan-18 19:12:48

Iam64, it's not really a big wedding?

Niobe Wed 10-Jan-18 19:10:05

I don't think you are being over precious at all. The wedding of a beloved child is a very important occasion in any ones life. I had already bought one outfit when my husband suggested we were too early to get a train home so we might as well go into a few more shops to kill some time. You can probably guess where this is going because I saw 'The One' in the next shop we entered and ended up buying it too.
If you haven't yet bought an outfit just carry on looking and this time don't share it with anyone.

tanith Wed 10-Jan-18 19:08:13

In the bigger picture who will actually care? It's not as if it's the same wedding ?

Iam64 Wed 10-Jan-18 19:06:32

I've never been a fan of Big Weddings. One of my daughters had a BW some years ago and I found myself a somewhat reluctant MOB.
I chose an outfit that didn't leave me looking like the Lady Mayoress and in which I felt comfortable.

It's up to you of course, what course of action you choose to follow and I do accept that being MOB brings its own pressures. Yes I do think you're being a bit over precious but I do sympathise. Have you watched Frozen, I have grandchildren of a certain age so I've seen it more times than I can count. The key song LET IT GOOO, LET IT GOOOO provides good advice in many situations x

MissAdventure Wed 10-Jan-18 19:05:39

Honestly? Precious. smile

MarionHalcombe Wed 10-Jan-18 18:58:18

My daughter gets married later this year , I haven't bought anything yet as I need to shift the Christmas pounds, however I have found exactly what I want. I shared the website of the shop with my closest friend who in turn shared it with a mutual friend who is also due to be a mother of the bride after me.
As you can guess she now also wants a dress from this shop, which is very limited in its stock.

So my aibu or precious questions are...

I don't want her to get a similar outfit as she will look better than me, I'll be trying on my size 14 picturing her in her size 10 and feeling dispirited.

I'd rather she not know how much I've paid - there aren't any exact prices on there.

And finally I was hoping not to tell anyone what i was wearing but the style will be known if not the colour.

As I've written that I think that I may be being a bit over precious. Opinions? Thanks.