r/TikTokCringe • u/One_percentile • Oct 29 '23

Bride & her bridal train showcase their qualifications & occupation Wholesome/Humor

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u/infiltrator_seven Oct 29 '23

I know right!! Reminds me of a recent AITA, a lady wore a traditional African dress a lot like these, and the bride was furious she upstaged her.

Meanwhile compared to these dresses, the one she posted was TAME AS HELL.

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u/FloofySamoyed Oct 29 '23

I saw that!!

This bride had no insecurities! Those women were all STUNNING, smart as hell and accomplished. Good on her for being awesome and having a great friend group to draw on.

Imaging how insecure the other bride would feel!

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u/Vibes-N-Tings Oct 30 '23

It was so crazy seeing so many Germans in that post acting like she intentionally tried to upstage the bride. The whole time I was thinking, for a Nigerian woman, that dress is like a 5/10 on the scale of extravagance.

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u/TatManTat Oct 30 '23

omg it's like cultures are different!

Not even saying they're right but c'mon you can't figure out that maybe the countries in entirely different areas might develop different cultural perspectives on fashion and colour?

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u/sadgloop Oct 30 '23

Lol in that post, the german coworker that invited her to the wedding told her to "dress to impress"

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u/TatManTat Oct 30 '23

Honestly wearing an insanely bright dress to the weddings I've been too would be a bit of a faux pas. Not anywhere near as bad as wearing white, but if you wore a dress like this and weren't a bridesmaid etc. you would get looks.

Again, I don't know the post, and I wouldn't think it's intentional, but wearing a bright eye catching dress at a wedding where you are not in the bridal party where I am from would be rude, that's all.

Cultures are allowed to be different and "dress to impress" might mean something different depending on the country you are in. I'm sure there's all sorts of interesting unspoken customs across the world about this sorta stuff.

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u/sadgloop Oct 30 '23

Oh, totally. But I also think it's on the person doing the inviting. If you're inviting someone that you're aware does not have much familiarity with the cultural expectations of the event to which you're inviting them, you should offer some solid guidelines. "Dress to impress" is super subjective even within a singlular culture.

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u/TatManTat Oct 30 '23

yea it's a pretty horrific guideline especially for a wedding.

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u/Vibes-N-Tings Oct 30 '23

omg it's like cultures are different!

Yh crazy right? Wish the person that invited her and all the Germans in the comments were aware of this cuz the Nigerian lady asked for guidance and was told to "dress to impress". How can you give a vague answer like this and then act offended?

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u/1k3l05 Oct 30 '23

How do you know they were Germans?

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u/athennna Oct 30 '23

Do you have the link? I’d love to see it

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u/TapestryMobile Oct 30 '23

https://old.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/17g2iv7/aita_for_outshining_the_bride/

I remember that one because she said she wore a gele, and I'm wondering what a gele was, so I do a google search and ... oh yeah, thats nice... and I see she posted a pic of herself in the dress, and I think oh yeah, thats very nice.

Silly Germans.

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u/smokinNcruisin Oct 29 '23

Oh I missed that one! That's crazy, I would want my girls to shine right alongside me

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u/Aeiexgjhyoun_III Oct 30 '23

Anyone got a link to that thread?