Your wedding day is the ultimate event for promoting who you are and expressing your individuality in whatever way you see fit - as well as celebrating the things you and your partner enjoy most as a couple.
And while some people are keen to make sure their wedding photos look perfect for when they look back on the event in the future, many just want to remember the special day in a positive way.
But one woman on Reddit has been left furious with her future mother-in-law after she suggested ditching her wheelchair for the day so that she can "look nice" in photos - and thinks she'll "regret" the decision to use her wheelchair in the future.
In her post, the bride-to-be explained she has "some mobility" out of her wheelchair but wants to save herself any pain and hassle on her wedding day by using it.
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She said: "I am getting married in four months. I'm an ambulatory wheelchair user. I have some mobility but it's not great and I figured I'd save myself hassle and pain the next day and use my wheelchair on the day.
"My future mother-in-law is trying to talk me out of this, saying I'd regret it looking back on the pictures and how if I can I should try and be out of my chair for at least part of the day so it'd look nice."
The woman was hurt by her partner's mum's comments and told her to "mind her own business" - but has now been branded a "bridezilla" by her own fiancé for the way she reacted.
She added: "I'm pretty upset at this I won't lie, I felt like she was acting as if my chair was something to hide, or worse, something ugly with how she talked about how it'd be better for pictures and look nicer.
"I told her to mind her own f***ing business and that I'd do whatever I feel is best. I told her that as it's my wedding and I'm paying for the photographer, I'll decide how I want to look for my pictures.
"My future mother-in-law got very upset with me over this and told me she was just trying to think of me. I disagree on this matter as it doesn't feel like I'm being thought of at all, just how things will look. [She also said] I'm being way too touchy and unreasonable.
"She even complained to my partner about this and he has told me that I am being a 'Bridezilla' with how aggressive I've been to his mother and I need to be less touchy. He has said I can use my chair on the day but I can't jump down his mother's throat like that."
The bride-to-be also explained she is "sensitive" about her wheelchair because of self-esteem issues from her childhood, and just snapped when it was suggested she would "look better" without it.
"I am sensitive about my chair as I grew up with issues about my appearance and how it tied into that," she stated, "so when she suggested I'd look better without it, it got to me."
Commenters on the Reddit post were quick to defend the bride, as many of them told her she wasn't in the wrong for sticking up for herself.
One person said: "People with disabilities get married, some of them even use wheelchairs, walkers and crutches. Years ago we decorated the father of the bride's crutches, everyone loved it. Her dad was such a good sport. He told us his crutches never looked better."
While another added: "Your wheelchair is an extension of your body and for her to ask you to leave it at home and go without it is ignorant and unkind. Shame on your future spouse for not telling his mother to keep her shitty opinions to herself."
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