A bride-to-be has been left dreading her big day after finding out about her fiancé's 'beyond disturbing' family wedding tradition.

Taking to Reddit, the anonymous woman said her partner wants to cut her out of her wedding dress on their first night together as a married couple, the Mirror reports.

She explained: "They even have a special knife they use to do it and the next day everybody makes a big deal about the cut-up dress," she wrote.

"I told my fiancé I don’t want to do it but he said he wants to and that it’s the only tradition he isn’t willing to budge on.

"There are other traditions he’s agreed to scrap, but he said this one is harmless and it’s important to him that we keep some of their traditions".

She added that her that her fiancé and his family are now 'upset' with her, as they feel like she is trying to 'erase so many of their important traditions'.

The post, which has received more than a thousand comments, sparked outrage online - with many urging the fiancée to 'reconsider' the marriage altogether.

One user wrote: "This was a tradition for several different peoples/cultures from back in medieval and Victorian times. You know, back when women were property, not people. It has no place in modern society, in my opinion".

Another commented: "Besides the fact that the tradition is disgusting, appalling, and should absolutely not happen, if they want to cut a dress up, the groom's family can pony up and either buy her a duplicate of her exact wedding dress or any wedding dress of her choosing".

A third branded the whole thing 'disturbing', adding: "The men dragging the bride and groom to their room once the wedding is over and offering encouragements from outside, being woken up early the next day by the women in the family so they can help you get ready (It's just an excuse to see if they can find any evidence that you actually had sex and then go and gossip about it with everyone else during brunch), the groom having to buy back his bride. 100% NTA, OP. This whole thing is beyond disturbing."

Cutting the dress isn't the only disturbing tradition linked to weddings. The introduction of wearing a veil wasn't to give the bride a dramatic chic look.

In fact, they were first introduced to protect brides from the evil eye and jealousy.

And during the times of arranged marriages, the bride’s face would be covered until the groom had committed to the marriage, as the fear was he’d think she was ugly and bolt for the exit.

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