Wedding Guest Told to Leave When He Arrived in His Military Uniform

The biggest unwritten rule of any wedding is not to upstage the bride. It’s meant to be her big day, and the one she has been looking forward to her whole life. If there’s a dress code, you better stick to it, otherwise, you face the wrath of a very angry woman. One bride’s wedding guest turned up in a military uniform and instead of welcoming the man, she threw him out of her ceremony.

Not that close

The wedding guest who turned up in his uniform wasn’t a super close friend of the happy couple. Obviously, they knew who he was, otherwise he wouldn’t have been invited, but the military man wasn’t their best friend or anything.

In fact, the man in question was actually a family member of one of the couple’s family friends. He may have been someone’s plus one, but he was about to become a minus one. The bride had taken exception to the fact this man turned up in his military dress uniform, instead of black tie clothes like the invite said.

Well decorated

Upon his arrival at the wedding, it was clear this military man was very well decorated. The bride wrote that her wedding guest had turned up wearing his Marines formalwear. Although the formal uniform is designed to be worn at black-tie events, it’s not quite as discreet as a regular suit and tie would have been.

The Marine was not only wearing his military dress uniform, but he had fixed all of his medals onto his chest to show what he had done for his country. While the guests may have been impressed, the bride didn’t like his outfit.

Being a perfect guest

Besides the outfit that the Marine chose to wear to the wedding, the bride said that the man was practically a perfect guest. After arriving at the wedding, the bride said the man was acting “perfectly politely” while not making a fuss about his presence.

Despite attending someone else’s wedding, there was a little group of teenage guests who took a shine to the Marine. The young girls wanted their picture taken with the military man, and he “graciously agreed” to be in their pictures due to their excitement. He wasn’t deliberately causing a scene, but he was distracting.

Black tie event

Normally your invitation to a wedding will give you a description of what your hosts expect from you. They might inform you of any presents they want, or if they don’t want any. The dress code is typically included, especially if it’s something a little different from the norm.

In her Reddit post, the bride said she has nothing against people in the military, but stressed it was a black-tie event. To her, it felt as though the man wearing his Marines dress uniform was very out of place, and she thought he might be trying to show off.