DEAR ABBY: I am being married in October and asked my best friend of 19 years to be my maid of honor. "Brianna" likes to dye the bottom of her hair red. I asked her to take the red out of her hair for the wedding, but she flat-out refused! When I told her that it is MY wedding and I don't want any red hair because it won't match my color scheme, her exact words were, "I don't care."
Am I wrong for asking Brianna to remove the dye? How do I get her to realize this is my wedding and I don't want to be upstaged! Please help me. -- SEEING RED IN MARYLAND
DEAR SEEING RED: I'll try. When you picked your best friend of 19 years to stand up with you at your wedding, you knew what she looked like. Either you should have picked another color scheme for the production, or chosen a cast member who was suitably mousy that she wouldn't dim your spotlight. Please note that I am using theatrical terms because you have lost sight of what a wedding really should be. What a shame.
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This is so funny because I was a bridesmaid in my friends wedding in April and I had my hair all normal but decided I wanted to dye the bottoms green. I called her a month before the wedding and asked permission but offered to wait till after the wedding. She told me I was crazy for even asking and to do it. She loved the result! I love my friend.
If I was the letter writer's friend I would just offer to drop out of the wedding if she couldn't accept me for who I already was!