EVERYONE knows that there is one cardinal rule when it comes to choosing an outfit as a guest for a wedding: don’t wear white.

A bride has revealed how she banned her friend from wearing the dress she chose because she felt it was too close to the mark for her special day.

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What made the incident even more awkward was that the wedding guest had paid £27 for express delivery so that it would arrive on time.

The bride uploaded a photo of the offending dress to Reddit and asked people’s opinions on whether she was doing the right thing.

She wrote: “Am I a bridezilla if I say this dress is too white for a guest to wear to my wedding?

“A friend of mine who is coming to my wedding (this Saturday!) asked if this dress was ‘too white’.

“I immediately said yes, but now I feel guilty because she said she paid an extra $35 for expedited shipping so it would arrive in time for my wedding.

“She said her friend told her it was fine, but she still seems to care what I think. So, am I a bridezilla/AH for this?

“For reference, I’m wearing a light ivory floor-length traditional wedding dress. My ceremony is on the beach.

“Thank you in advance.”

The bride added a photo of the dress, which definitely had white as the main color, but with a pink floral design to decorate it.

The off-the-shoulder dress had a sweetheart neckline and fell just above the knee.

Many people were quick to share their thoughts on the wedding guest dress and many people supported the decision.

One wrote: “No bridezilla. Definitely not suitable for a wedding. It resembles a dress the bride would wear to a pre-wedding event. Personally, I wouldn’t feel comfortable with that.”

Another added: “Yes, I almost wore this dress to my bridal shower, super inappropriate for a guest.”

I feel guilty because she said she paid an extra $35 (£27) for expedited shipping so it would be in time for my wedding

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A third commented, “You know, she could have easily asked you BEFORE she paid for the expedited shipping. I think she was waiting to push you into the corner.

“Here’s my take: You just answered a question, not the bridezilla. If you weren’t warned and saw her and commented on her day, you would be the bridezilla.

The bride responded to people’s support and gave more details about her decision.

The woman explained: “She was obviously concerned or she wouldn’t have asked, but I’m not worried about being set up or anything. I’m just worried that people will be hateful towards her, since about half of the people commenting here think it’s inappropriate, and half don’t.

According to a American Express Research shows that the average wedding guest spends approximately €1,000 on attending a wedding.

The biggest spend was on a wedding gift for the bride and groom, with people spending an average of £217.90, followed by accommodation costs which averaged £203.90.

This was followed by £202.70 on childcare, £196.20 on travel expenses and £160.30 on outfits and accessories.

A woman living on an island near the North Pole has revealed the hugely complicated process of getting furniture delivered to her remote town.

Swedish videographer Cecilia Blomdahl, 34, first moved to the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in 2016.

The region has fewer than 3,000 inhabitants and is located in the Arctic Ocean, about 1,000 kilometers from the North Pole.

The creator, who has amassed more than four million followers on TikTok and Instagram combined by documenting life on Svalbard, recently shared a video detailing how new furniture is shipped to the local port.

Cecilia wanted to expand her home office in the cabin she shares with her husband, she explained in an Instagram caption.

‘Since we don’t have a furniture store on Spitsbergen, every time you furnish a house or want to buy new stuff, you have to have it transported by ship.

‘In itself this is not the most difficult process to organize, but it is a bit expensive, which is why we don’t do it that often.

“We ordered this via the IKEA website, with the delivery location being the boat terminal in Tromsø, in the north of Norway,” she explained.

From there she had to ensure that the furniture was transferred to the boat that sails between Tromsø and Spitsbergen, with a distance of around 900 kilometers between the two ports.

Total shipping came to about $500.

“Which I still don’t think is a bad thing considering where we are now,” Cecilia admitted.

She added that they placed the order on January 30 and received it in late February.

But transporting the furniture from the Spitsbergen harbor to their cabin presented another hurdle.

It is not legal to drive on the island’s ‘tundra’ unless it is ‘snow-covered’. In that case, snowmobiles are allowed.

With no driveway leading to the cottage from the road, they had to load all the new furniture onto a snowmobile to get it to their front door.

Once there, they unloaded it from the snowmobile and carried it to their house, weathering a snowstorm.

In the past, DailyMail.com has discussed how Cecilia copes with the intense winters in Svalbard.

Being so close to the North Pole, the island experiences four months of complete darkness every year, in addition to the bitter cold that prevails all year round.

In 2020, she opened up about the incredibly complicated process of taking her dog for an afternoon walk, describing how the simple task becomes an “expedition” as a result of the dangerous environment she lives in.

In addition to wrapping herself in several warm layers and using a headlamp to light her way in the pitch black, Cecilia revealed that she always has to carry a gun with her when she goes outside because there is always a risk that she might encounters a polar bear.

“Walking your dog is an expedition,” Cecilia said in the introduction to her video.

“It’s starting to get really cold here and it’s pitch black 24 hours a day,” she continued, explaining that she had to put on a lot of clothes, including thermals, expedition pants and a down jacket, as well as a hat and scarf. .

‘And that is of course not enough. We have polar bears here, so we always have to take a gun with us when we’re outside,” she said, showing herself strapping on the gun.

She has also previously described the very complex process pregnant women have to go through to prepare for birth – which is not possible on the island itself due to the lack of medical resources.

The island has only one hospital, which Cecilia says is not suitable for deliveries. So expectant mothers have to pack up and fly somewhere else before giving birth.

She noted that pregnant women have to travel to mainland Norway to welcome their newborns, often weeks in advance.

‘You can’t give birth here. If you are pregnant and have a baby, you have to leave the island a month before your due date because you cannot give birth in this hospital,” Cecilia explains in the video.

‘They don’t have the right resources to help you if something happens. Pregnant women therefore leave for the mainland a month before their due date.

‘Where they go is their business, but as a resident of Svalbard you have to have an address on the mainland, so most people just go to their home country.

“If you come from Norway, you go back to Norway and if you come from Sweden, you probably go back to Sweden.”

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published: 6:47 PM EDT, Jun 18, 2023 | Updated: 6:53 PM EDT, Jun 18, 2023