Before the wedding, the future family has a huge variety of chores. According to tradition, part of the responsibilities falls on the shoulders of the groom, part on the bride and part on their parents. But which of them should buy a wedding dress - the bride or the groom? This issue has its own nuances and peculiarities.
Traditions
Since it is believed that the groom should not see the bride in the wedding dress before the wedding ceremony, the girl is solely responsible for choosing the outfit. Therefore, it is the bride who travels to wedding salons, choosing for herself that one and only dress, in which she will be the most beautiful on her most important day. However, according to a long-established tradition, the groom must pay for the dress chosen by the bride.
In some countries that respect traditions, a man or his family always pays for a wedding dress, jewelry, shoes and other accessories.
Previously, all expenses for a wedding dress were borne by the groom's parents or the future mother-in-law, who went with the bride to wedding salons and chose an outfit with the girl. This model of behavior is still widely practiced today. To avoid unpleasant disagreements with the mother-in-law when choosing the style or color of the wedding dress, brides are advised to choose an outfit that suits her in advance, and then invite the mother-in-law to the salon and demonstrate her choice to her. In addition, the bride may offer the groom or mother-in-law to share the costs - for example, one party pays for the shoes, veil and jewelry, while the other pays for the dress itself.
Modern reality
Today traditions are gradually receding into oblivion. Grooms do not always bear the cost of purchasing a wedding dress for their future wife, and some brides are too independent to allow a man to pay for himself even in a bridal salon. Naturally, there is nothing seditious about buying a dress for the bride's money - many modern girls are even proud of this, refusing a man's offer to buy them any wedding dress.
If the budget of the future family does not allow to show great pride, the bride's dress and the groom's suit can be bought together.
In the event that the groom categorically does not accept the spending of his beloved's money on wedding expenses and unconditionally accepts to pay for them, the bride can go shopping with her girlfriends with a clear conscience. So she can choose a wedding dress that will surprise the groom and the rest of the guests on the wedding day. However, it is not recommended to go to wedding salons with a large number of counselors - they may all have different tastes, which will turn the most pleasant choice in life into hard labor and trying on countless outfits.
