'My brother keeps telling me I need to attend his wedding naked'

As wedding conundrums go, it's an unusual one. Even by the standard of unusual situations shared on social platform Reddit, it has to be pretty much unique.

A sister of the groom at an upcoming ceremony says that as a bridesmaid, she has been asked to attend completely nude - because the bride is a nudist.

The bridesmaid-to-be wrote: "My philosophy is that I don't care what others do as long as someone isn't hurting or infringing on my rights or the rights of others. Whatever consenting adults do in their private lives is none of my concern."

She added: "This extends to my brother and his fiancee being naturists. However, I do take an issue with them being angry that I won't attend their wedding."

She went on to explain how the wedding is set to be held at a naturist resort, where nudity is mandatory for all attendees. Despite her understanding their lifestyle choice, she expressed her discomfort in participating at such an event: "They met there and I understand it holds significance for them. I even checked if nudity is a requirement for the ceremony and reception, or if it's regular wedding attire. It's a requirement to be nude though, just like all other times at the resort. I've offered to pay for a separate reception for them however this just made them angrier.

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"I'm not comfortable being nude in front of a large crowd of strangers. Either at the wedding or in the resort period. I was asked to be a bridesmaid even though I don't know my brother's fiancee well enough to be friends." Stating her predicament, she said: "I am definitely not comfortable standing in front of everyone during the ceremony, or being in all photographs when I'm nude. My brother's fiancee said if she looked like me she would go nude all the time but it's not about that.

"I'm not saying being a naturist is wrong. I'm not saying they should not get married at the naturist resort. I'm just uncomfortable with attending the wedding if I'm required to be nude for it." While she is keen on being there for him considering their parents are no longer present, she stresses she is not ready to disrobe.

Looking for some advice, she shared: "I don't know about his fiancee's family, but some of my siblings and cousins (or their spouses) are also uncomfortable. My parents are no longer with us so I can't ask them for advice. I'm just wanting to get off my chest how I feel about my brother not understanding my discomfort with this.

One user shot back at the post, stating: "Look I'm a pretty liberal person. A bit too to the left, some would say. Heck, I even love nudist beaches because why not? But my guy. You do not expect to hold a wedding with all your friends and family and do it with your balls hanging out. What is up with people." Another chimed in suggesting: "They're probably annoyed you're just another person who is refusing to come, and since you're family it's easier to guilt you.

The third one shared a personal experience: "My cousin worked at a naturist resort when they got married. I was so scared that they were going to go this route. Luckily they got married in a clothed ceremony. There is no way I could handle going to that especially when most of the guests I would know would be family. Just no. I was almost in your position and I would have rsvped no. It's literally my nightmare."