Bride-to-be makes 15-year-old cousin cry after telling her not to show the wedding dress to the groom-to-be, and she did it anyway: 'My mom was upset with me for making her cry and felt I should have just let it go because she's a kid'

Even if you are a 15-year-old teenager, you still need to understand a simple instruction. I promise you it's not that hard. 

Weddings have a lot of rules, and it seems like more are added every day. When I was a kid, the only rule that I knew of was that if you were a female guest, you couldn't wear white, at least at the weddings I went to. This was because there was a fear you would steal the spotlight from the bride or be confused with her. That always sounded weird to me. Why would someone think that the bride is someone they don't know? Don't all the guests know who the bride is? But well, it feels like a pretty normal rule to have, very straightforward and easy to follow. It still amazes me that some people could not follow that. But then, they added the rule that you couldn't wear red either. And that one is just so crazy; if they keep on creating new rules, then we will all end up just being able to wear black.  I have to say, though, that rule seems to be only a social media thing. I have gone to a lot of weddings, and I have never been told that I couldn't wear red. 

There are other rules that have nothing to do with colors. For example, not letting the groom see the wedding dress before the bride is on the altar. I get that one; it's pretty old and is really cute, the idea of a bride and groom getting their first look just before they say yes to each other. There is a new trend with young couples that I really like that involves having a 'first look' right before the altar at an intimate place. That sounds just so beautiful. So it is pretty normal to expect to do that with your partner. 

There are people who believe that just because the groom sees the dress beforehand, they now have bad luck and the marriage won't work. That seems like going way out of line over such a small thing. Is just a dress, the love that the couple has for each other has nothing to do with it. Bad luck isn't a real thing, but if you think that it is, then you are going to condemn such a beautiful day for some unsubstantiated reason. Enjoy the day, celebrate the love that you feel, say yes to each other in front of all the people that you love. Don't be obsessing over unimportant and fake things that will just make you upset on a day that you should be enjoying.