Woman Slammed Over Plans To Wear 'Insulting' Dress to Gay Wedding
newsweek.comwedding guest has been urged to reconsider her choice of outfit for the upcoming nuptials after the details of what she plans to wear went viral.In a post shared to Reddit's "Am I The A**hole?" subreddit, which has earned over 28,000 upvotes, a man writing under the username harleygfproblem explained that his girlfriend Nat has a "very particular sense of style.""Sometimes she likes to incorporate memes into her clothes," he wrote. "No problem.
It's cute." The issues only arose when he learned she was planning on wearing a dress inspired by the meme "gay rat wedding" to an actual gay wedding.According to Daily Dot, the "gay rat wedding" meme related back to a 2019 episode of the PBS kids' television show Arthur, in which the eponymous character's teacher, Mr.
Ratburn, married his boyfriend.It was subsequently reported that TV stations in Alabama would not be airing the "gay rat wedding" episode in a development that prompted a deluge of viral memes on the topic.Nearly three years on, internet enthusiast Nat "wants to wear a dress inspired by the meme"—and it sounds eye-catching to say the least."The dress in question would be full of little stuffed rats, pride flags and a big 'I SUPPORT GAY RATS' on the front," her boyfriend wrote.He has already been warned by one friend that the dress could cause "uproar" but when he tried to challenge Nat on her choice of outfit she got "upset" and accused him of "throwing water in her flame of creativity."However, with a month to go until the big day, many on Reddit are sounding similar warnings while also criticizing the woman for trying to steal the focus away from her friends' big day.Nelashana commented: "That's very inappropriate for a wedding.
