As this blog grows you will discover I have many pet hates and things which I consider unnatural - chicken on pizza, mexican food, 'special' schools, wearing navy and black in the same ensemble, Carol Vorderman....I now have another pet hate to add to the long list - men in wedding dress shops!
This weekend we had the great honour of going with my future sister-in-law to look at wedding dresses. It was fab. The only thing that drove us all mad was the (slightly older) bride who for some reason thought it would be a good idea to bring her fiance to give his view on the various bridesmaids dresses she was trying on (intending to get married in one of them....yes, we know what you're thinking). He sat there, holding forth not only on her various choices, but on my future sister-in-law's choices of dress, hair style etc etc. When I gave him an annoyed glance, he told us he knew what he was talking about because he'd been a hairdresser - as he sat there in his shorts (in May) and trainers with socks. Clearly a fashion expert I thought. I really wanted to shout "but you have no place in this room, go away" but am much too well brought up. Frankly, it felt to all of us like he was intruding on a female ritual. The complete inappropriateness of him sitting in the middle of a room full of women discussing things including underwear, how well the dress holds you in etc, seemed to be completely lost on him. I wish the bride well with her wedding, but if there was a shop where you could try on different grooms, I'd be giving her a lift.
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