Groom Is Grossed Out & Worries He Won't 'Be Able to Perform' After Hearing His Mom's Request for Bride's Lingerie

A groom-to-be is feeling uncomfortable after his mother made an offer to his fiancée regarding her wedding-day lingerie.

Taking to Reddit’s popular “Wedding Shaming” forum, a man explained that his mom, who is in her 70s and lives in the Midwest, had been shopping with his bride-to-be for a wedding dress.

While hunting down the perfect gown, she told his partner about a “bizarre” tradition in his family that had to do with what the bride wore under her dress when saying “I do.”

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In his post, he wrote that the family tradition is that the mother of the groom is responsible for selecting the bride’s lingerie.

“My mom tells my future wife a story how she was engaged before she met my father. She got a white lingerie set from that guy’s mom and kept it after the breakup,” he wrote. “The topic came up again in the family when mom and dad got engaged.”

The Redditor continued, adding, “Mom showed off what she had to her future mother-in-law, and after that my dad asked his own God-fearing mother, ‘Does it come in black?’ ”

“My mom thinks it is a funny story about my dad’s lust for her. My future wife recounted this to me that night AND that my mom wants to go out shopping again next week with her,” he said.

While he said that his future wife was “horrified” by the idea, he imagined what would have happened if she’d kept the tradition a secret and gone through with it.

“If my future wife waited until the night of the wedding to tell me as she was showing off her new lingerie set that was handpicked by my mother, I truly believe I would not be able to preform my husbandly duties,” he hypothesized.

Comparing his response to the idea to “having an allergic reaction,” he noted that he was uncomfortable, saying, “The groom’s mother picking the bridal lingerie? ‘Here, go f— my son in this. I know he likes big t—.’ ”

Fellow Redditors rushed to react to the post, many expressing shock.

“I love my MIL but what the f—. Hope you tell your mum to knock it off so she doesn’t try to pressure your fiancé,” one person wrote, noting that she “wouldn’t go lingerie shopping” with her own mom, let along her mother-in-law.

Others shared their own stories about similar experiences.

“My MIL did the same for me… it was disturbing. Especially since I opened it at Christmas in front of my womanizing FIL (he’s a pig and I avoid him as much as possible) and my poor BIL who looked like he wanted the floor to swallow him up. I quietly donated the set during spring cleaning donations,” one person wrote.

Another chimed in, asking, “Does this horror also apply when a bride’s future MIL gives her lingerie at the bridal shower while adding- for all the guests to hear- ‘this is my son’s favorite color’? Cause that was…”