AIO for feeling upset after the groom made a comment about my dress at their wedding?


Hi everyone,

I’m trying to figure out if I’m overreacting or if this was actually rude/something i should bring up at some point.

I (25F) went to my really good friend’s wedding. She didn’t have any official bridesmaids but I was her only unofficial bridesmaid. I wore the dress in the photos and the only “skin” was my arms and i guess my back as the dress had an X cutout which was covered by my hair.

The groom is religious and from a country near the Middle East with more conservative cultural expectations around modesty and clothing.

During the wedding, my friend told me, “John (fake husband name) leaned over and said, ‘It looks like (me) left half of her dress at home.’”
She said it completely seriously, and she didn’t defend me or say he was kidding (I know he was not joking because I know how he is and his standards for my friend) nor did she say anything about my dress like it’s pretty or it’s good or fine.

Other guests that attended were wearing long dresses without sleeves, short tight dresses, long tight dresses etc. It wasn’t a super conservative reception at all, very informal and fun- drinking partying etc.

I felt really insecure and sad after and i’m just wondering why she would even say this to me. There have been other times where she has said that he told her I only got my job (a really good job) because someone in the interview thought i was attractive. Soooo it’s not just this one thing it’s plenty. It feels like I can’t do anything right?

So AIO? What do I do? Bring it up? Brush it off? Is the dress not okay for a wedding?

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