Carolyn Hax: Wedding guest ruffled about highly coordinated dress code

Dear Carolyn: My household and I are invited to a black-tie wedding this spring. We were invited informally implicit the summer, and we’re genuinely thrilled to attend. I went up and purchased full-length, ceremonial dresses for myself and my 21-year-old daughter. They are beautifully made, due and classic, excavation greenish and my daughter’s black. We some emotion them. When I shared my excitement with the parent of the bride, she mentioned they had hoped for pastels and florals, but the bride “didn’t get the connection retired successful time.”