Post by kona on Jul 6, 2016 5:37:55 GMT -5
My dad and his wife are having a 10th wedding anniversary celebration. There is a lot of history here and I know it is playing into how I feel about all of this. I'll spare you all of the sordid details since my real question is about what to wear.
The party is at the 'club' that they belong to downtown. We went to a party there before for my dad's bday and his wife told me I had to wear a dress. So I went out and bought one. I was so uncomfortable all night. I'm not really butch, but more tomboy/jock so dresses aren't really my thing. I really don't want to wear the dress again (the same one from the bday party and still the only one I own). I'm not really sure it will fit since that was about 10# ago. I have a pair of black dress pants and a variety of shirts I could wear with them and a pair of black flats. Additionally, M will be 36 weeks pregnant and also has a pair of maternity dress pants and top she could wear with flats. My dad again made the point last week to me that this party is the more fancy part of the club and that he has to wear a jacket and tie. Maybe pants and flats aren't dressy enough? The other part of me (the strong feminist) says if the dress code is really that women must wear a dress/skirt, I really don't want to be there anyway.
This is what their website says about dress code:
Front Club Terrace
Coat and collared shirt for men (tie optional); similar attire for women. Men may remove jackets if appropriate for weather conditions.
In these scenarios, I wish I was a guy. It's so easily spelled out for them! Any suggestions from the more sophisticated on here? Do you think a dress is the only way to go? And then what do we do about M, waste $$ on a dress that she will wear once for an hour?