Groom causes upset after controversial comment to his bride on their wedding day

They say your wedding is the most special day of your life. That is, unless your partner says you look weird.

That was the unfortunate case for one bride whose husband said she looked unrecognisable on their big day.

The groom posted on Reddit asking if he was the a**hole for not being able to recognise his new wife with a lot of makeup on.

Explaining the situation, he said: ‘Yesterday was our wedding and the moment I saw her there, I was shocked she used a huge amount of makeup that I barely recognised her without hearing her voice.

‘She saw my facial expression that I was acting a little out of the ordinary and she asked me what’s wrong? I told her that it’s nothing but she looked a little weird with all that makeup in her face.’

The groom did try to defend himself adding: ‘I love [my wife] to death and she means the world to me, also she is a person who is comfortable with her skin and doesn’t use a lot of makeup which I really adore about her and we always tell the truth to each other no matter what.’

But in this case, honesty was not the best policy.

While the bride initially laughed it off, he said she was upset later on and gave him the cold shoulder on a day that should’ve ended differently.

People in their droves commented on the subreddit saying it was clear he was in the wrong.

One person wrote: ‘On the day she’s meant to feel beautiful and stunning and desirable to her new husband, you pulled a funny face and told her she looked weird’.

Another wrote: ‘I find it hard to believe you barely recognised your wife. She was the one in the white wedding dress.’

Others were more measured and advised the newlywed to put it down to nerves.

‘Your job was to tell her she looked beautiful, no matter what, and say “I do”,’ said the commenter.

‘Congratulations just the same. Weddings and funerals are always hard to navigate because emotions are high and people are human.

‘I recommend just telling her how lovely she was yesterday, and if she says anything about you having said she looked weird, you tell her it was shock from how beautiful she was and nerves from the big day and that you went stupid for a second, and then you tell her she was gorgeous and give her a kiss.

And after comments poured in, the husband seemed to realise the error of his ways.

He wrote: ‘Thank you everyone, I realised how I totally f****d up and how my comment was misinterpreted, I will apologise to her and try to fix things.’

Let it be a lesson to us all.

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