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A man who convinced his fiancée not to wear white on their wedding day has been slammed for being "controlling".
The anonymous man, 32, who comes from a "very religious household" explained that it is against his family's traditions for his partner, 23, to wear a white dress.
He said: "So me and my soon-to-be wife are planning to get married in a few months.
"I come from a very religious household with strong Christian beliefs and one of the traditions in my family is if the woman getting married isn't still a virgin they shouldn't wear a white dress on their wedding day."
But the reason why has sparked outrage online.
He continued: "My family knows my soon to be wife wasn't a virgin when I met her because my mom asked me when I started dating her if she was pure, and I was honest and told her she had boyfriends before she met me."
Unsurprisingly, when he told his girlfriend, she wasn't happy.
"My wife was really upset when I asked her if she could wear a coloured dress on our wedding day but she agreed, so we're looking at getting a glittery blue dress instead."
And now she's having second thoughts.
"She's saying she won't marry me because she's too humiliated by the whole situation, but I really don't see how it's a big deal."
Confused as to why his wife-to-be is annoyed with him, he shared the post to Reddit to ask users what he did so wrong - and they were quick to tell him.
One said: "This is sick, and I can't believe your GF stayed with you after this."
Another explained: "This is not a Christian tradition, nor is it a modern tradition. There is no 'Christian colour' for virginity in marriage or anything else. Biblically, unmarried/virgin women wore multi-colored robes.
"Until the early 20th Century, blue was the 'traditional' color of purity, and weddings were generally held with people wearing whatever their best clothes were. White became en-vogue because of Queen Victoria's white gown."
And a third added: "Making her parade down the aisle in something so ridiculous it's like you're trying to pin a giant scarlet letter on her.
"I think if you have such a poor opinion of her and want to cause her public embarrassment you should do her a favour and break up now."
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