Dear Prudence,
My fiancé is going to be a groomsman in his close friend’s wedding this summer. He bought the suit for the wedding and wants to wear it first to another friend’s wedding on the other side of the country. The two sets of engaged friends don’t know each other. When he mentioned wearing the suit twice to his close friend, it wasn’t an issue. But then the bride found out and she is completely offended. Mutual friends have taken her side, saying my fiancé is wrong to buy a suit for their wedding and wear it first to another wedding. To me it’s just a suit, and what does it matter? My fiancé feels terrible putting his close friend in the middle of this mess. I want to know if the bride is being a diva, or is there a rule of etiquette concerning double-duty suits?