Mother of the groom dress

I would let this go. She won’t be in pictures with your wedding party so it won’t matter if she’s in the same color scheme. Also when I look back at my wedding pictures I don’t notice what anyone is wearing.

Typically the moms get a little bit more say in their attire. Some, like our moms, may ask for guidelines so as not to clash or wear the same thing as the bridesmaids. But as long as she's not wearing white, you're fine.

Normally the mothers get to chose what they wear. The only color they shouldn't wear is white. I had just asked neither mom to wear blue because I didn't want a red, white and blue wedding since red was one of my colors. Both moms were totally understanding and they picked very pretty dresses.

I think you can ask her to reconsider, and politely point out that you're afraid she will stick out like a sore thumb since everything else is going to be white or light in color. But if she insists she wants to wear the dark green, I wouldn't make an issue out of it. At the end of the day it won't be a big deal.

Girl I wish my FMIL would wear a dark dress. She and FH got into a HUGE dispute over a dress she wanted to wear that literally looked like a wedding dress. Floor length, jeweled belt around the waist and jeweled straps, and VERY light grey. Her reasoning was “grey is just my color this year”. FH told her if she wanted to wear grey, it better be so dark that it’s almost black, not so light that it’s almost white😂

Assuming your FMIL is an adult who is fully capable of dressing herself, I would let her make her own attire selections.

I say there's already so many things to stress over, let this one go. No need to put yourself through family drama.

View Quoted Comment Haha oh no!!!

View Quoted Comment I haven’t seen her in a dress in the 5 years of being with my fiancé, so i’m not so sure of that lol

View Quoted Comment Yup that’s for sure!! probably just gonna let this one go & hope i don’t cringe too hard at the family photos after lol

You could suggest maybe a lighter grey or silver but I'd just let her decide, that way she can feel comfortable and pretty in what she likes

My mom and my fmil both are going with darker dresses. My fmil did navy and I believe my mom is doing black. I don’t really think it matters what colors they wear because they aren’t really the bridal party

The question I've been asking myself when I feel upset/stressed during planning: Is it worth this feeling when I'm supposed to be happy? I know you want her to blend, but is it worth the tension to you?

It's not a big deal to be honest. Let this one go. Lot's of guests will be wearing dark colors. I assume many men will be wearing suits in black, navy, gray, etc. She's not going to stick out and she likely won't be in photos with your bridal party anyways. It's a total non-issue.

It sounds like our wedding colors are pretty similar! My mom wore dark blue and my husband's mom wore maroon. It looked great! They picked their own dresses, we bought my husband's mom's dress but wanted her to like it.

My mother with my husband & me.My husband's sisters & mom & dad.

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Ahh thank you! This makes me feel so much better!!!

Thanks for all your input everyone!! im just gonna let it go! one less thing to worry about!!

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Great! They really aren't in a ton of pictures so I wouldn't worry about their outfits!