Close enough???

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The dress that my friend wants us in for her wedding (I’m a bridesmaid) doesn’t fit me. I got the biggest size they had. I found this one and she said she likes it and it’s close enough in color that she’s ok with me ordering it and wearing this one. My husband says it’s not close enough in color to wear and says that I should just work really hard to lose enough weight to fit into the one she wants originally. I would have to lose like 20-30 pounds by March 23rd. It’s close enough to wear right? Or should I just work super hard to lose the weight?

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Its the wrong shade of purple and will be very obvious when standing next to the other bridesmaids.

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I might want to slap your husband. It’s one thing if he was just being encouraging of a long-standing goal but he can’t honestly expect you to lose 30 pounds in 3 weeks. That’s totally unrealistic without a complete overhaul of your life and taking extreme measures that should only be medically/professionally supervised.

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If the bride is okay w it, than just get the other dress

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There's no harm in ordering it and comparing it to the other girls'. You likely won't be able to lose that much weight SAFELY in less than a month's time.

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I was a maid of honer at a friends wedding. I got pregnant before the wedding, and was big when the wedding came. She picked out a different dress for me. We looked fine. She was really understanding. It wasnt on purpose. If your friend is willing to work with you. I think thats awesome.

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If the bride is cool with it then get it, also, your husband sounds douchey

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Photos can have deceiving colors online so I’d order the second dress and really see how different it is to the original (considering you still have that one at home). Then maybe try to loose some weight SAFELY (not 30lbs in a month but maybe 5?) that way you feel better about trying to fit in the original dress even if it doesn’t fit in the end. 
If the colors are too far off though it will be an eyesore. This happened at my girlfriends wedding in November, someone ordered a similar color because she didn’t fit and you could totally tell. Maybe ask her if you can purchase something with a pattern that has a closer color to the original in it?

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Order the one that will fit you. There’s no safe way to lose that amount of weight in that amount of time.  It’s only safe to lose like 1-2 pounds per week.

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There's no way anyone can lose 20-30 pounds in a month and do it safely.
As for the dress, since the bride is okay with it, I'd go ahead and order it.  But I can tell an obvious color difference between the two.  The groomsmen ran into this problem at my cousin's wedding when one of them ended up with a suit bluer than the others and it was very obvious in photos.  My cousin and her husband are very easy-going people and it didn't bother them so it's something we all chuckle about now, but still.

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It's close enough and your husband is an ass. If your friend whose wedding it is says it's ok, then that's all that matters. It's her wedding, not his so I don't know why he cares so much.

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