Well, I suspect that her father, brothers, uncles, etc. wear trousers all the time, but they'll probably wear them at the wedding without cheapening them.

I would suggest, in a very sweet way, that she is totally in control of the ladies' attire, and you should do the same for the men's. It is your wedding as well, after all. And your own heritage is as important as everyone else's.

And good luck. It is my experience that dealing logically and reasonably in a situtation like this is useless. Logic and reason are not often prevailing attributes of women regarding their weddings.

My wife insists it's the bride's day, and no one else's. Needless to say, we disagree. I simply ask her how it's going to happen without the groom or the minister.