Finding the perfect outfit to wear to a big event like a wedding can be a big challenge for many men and women. Feeling good, comfortable and confident can make all the difference between spending the night sitting alone or on the dance floor.
That’s exactly why when fitness trainer and blogger Liz Krueger was asked by her college roommate and close friend to be her last-minute plus-one to a wedding in Minneapolis, she wanted to look and feel her very best at a party full of strangers.
The 31-year-old, who is married to fellow fitness enthusiast David Krueger, decided to reached into her closet for a fun and sexy, old favorite to feel her best on the scorching 90-degree day. Little did she know that her night would soon be ruined by a few immature, adult “mean girls” who shamed her choice to wear a mini-dress.
In the Instagram post below that has since gone viral, Krueger explains that as she was standing alone during the reception an intoxicated woman walked by and slapped her on the bottom.
She told Us Weekly the woman said, “It was a dare from my friends; you’re a target,” before turning around and seeing more drunk women snickering. Another woman spilled an entire beer down her arm and didn’t give an apology. Instead, the women told her to lighten up, but Krueger said she had enough and left with her friend. “The looks and stares continued after that, and I felt so unwelcome and embarrassed,” she said.
Krueger said she didn’t attend the church ceremony and there were some people in jeans and baseball hats at the reception. “It wasn’t like I was attending a black tie affair in this dress,” she told Us Weekly. “I have pretty good common sense in that way!”
Krueger told SELF that she even got approval before leaving the house in her peach bodycon dress. “My husband is the first person to tell me, ‘Maybe you shouldn’t wear that,'” Krueger said. “And a different friend came over and she saw me before the wedding and said, ‘Oh you look really nice.’ She would tell me if she thought I looked inappropriate, so there wasn’t much thought of it.”
Since the fitness trainer shared her story on social media, she has gained an outpouring of support, with many other women commenting how they have been victims of adult bullying or body shaming by other women.
Krueger has now made it her personal mission to promote kindness and to put an end to all the woman-on-woman hate. I’m just trying to get as connected as I can with other women who are trying to do good,” she told SELF. “I want to focus on the positive and not all the negative stuff that’s been attracted from this post.”
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[Featured Image: Instagram / MrsLizKrueger]
Fitness Trainer Fights Back After Bullies Dress-Shame Her At A Wedding is an article from: LifeDaily