A bride has found herself in hot water with some internet users after she admitted to asking a wedding guest to leave her ceremony for wearing a military uniform.

The bride took to Reddit to say that she “felt kind of bad” for asking the serviceman to leave,”but it just didn’t feel right for him to be there like that.” The military member was the son of one of the groom’s family members, and he turned up to the wedding in his Marines formal wear along with all of his medals, which the bride did not like.

“Now, I have nothing against anyone in the military but this was a black tie optional wedding and frankly it felt very out of place and it seemed like he was just trying to show off,” the bride wrote. “My wedding had over 300 guests and nobody else felt the need to wear something to make them stand out.”

Though the bride admitted that the Marine acted politely and “graciously agreed” to pose for photos with female guests, she was not happy that he was taking so much attention away from her.

“Many people were thanking him for his service, and frankly it just felt like the only reason he wore that was to be in the spotlight and make it about him, which I don’t think you are supposed to do at someone else’s wedding,” she said. “If he wants to wear that to his own wedding then fine, but the whole point of having a dress code at a wedding is so that no one guest will stand out too much. I felt that he should have known this, since the whole point of uniforms in the military is so that you don’t stand out from everyone else!”

The internet was divided over who exactly was in the wrong here, with many agreeing that both the bride and the Marine were at fault.

“Wearing formal military wear at formal civilian events is allowed per regulations (Army is AR 670-1, no clue for marines), but you have to be a special kind of a—— to wear it to a non-military wedding without specific permission of the couple,” a former Army sergeant wrote. “The reason for this is the same as wearing white to a wedding — this puts you in competition with the bride. He should have dressed in civilian-wear, or at very least, checked with the couple getting married.”

The sergeant did not let the bride off the hook, however, saying that “kicking him out of the wedding was a bit much.”

“It’s your special day, but you shouldn’t forget that you play dual roles — you are both the host and the one fêted. Don’t forget that former role,” he continued. “You probably should have grimaced and just gone with it along with other faux pas such as Uncle Larry puking in the bushes and cousin Jenny making out with the DJ. With 300 guests, one person in uniform isn’t going to kill your day.”

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