A WOMAN has shared that she’s been shamed and criticised by her husband’s family for refusing to lend her sister-in-law her wedding dress.
The anonymous woman married her husband last year and wore a non-traditional, but still expensive, light yellow dress. Adding that this was her “dream dress” and was obviously very special to her.
Posting to Reddit, she writes that her mother-in-law had previously mentioned that they were struggling to find an affordable prom dress, to which the woman says she recommended checking out Ebay and Goodwill, adding that she had taken part in pageants as a child and always resold the dresses after.
Then just three days before the prom, the woman and her husband visited his parents for dinner, but were surprised to find the sister sill “moping” as she hadn’t yet found a dress.
“That’s when MIL said ‘Oh, I have an idea, (my name), why don’t you let (SIL) wear your yellow dress,’” writes the woman, adding that her mother-in-law said that she could easily get it tailored in time.
“My SIL immediately perked up – and I felt like I was ambushed. I looked to my husband but he just shrugged. I politely told them I was sorry, but the dress was very special to me, and also SIL and I are quite different sizes. It would fall off her.
“MIL then told me she knows a “wonderful seamstress” who could make it fit. Which really upset me, I asked her “What if I ever want to try it on again? it wouldn’t fit me. Even if I lost weight my bust would never fit in a dress tailored to fit her.
“SIL ended up bursting into tears, I’m not sure if it was because of me saying no – or me talking about our bodies. My husband and I ended up leaving early.
“He was very upset with me for not sharing the dress, but said ultimately it was my decision. His family on the other hand was livid with me.”
Following this she says she didn’t hear from her husband's family for a while, until she saw a photo of the sister-in-law attending prom in a pretty blue dress.
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The woman then commented saying she was glad she found a dress and that she looked amazing, but then received a reply asking for her portion of the dress.
“They have now told my husband I am responsible for either reselling the dress and getting them half back since I have experience with that, or help pay for half,” writes the woman, continuing:
“I told them that was ridiculous, but my husband told me to just do it. I told him I’m not going to be pushed over, and he ended up leaving for three days to his moms.
“Now I am no longer invited to family dinners or functions, and they only have nasty things to say about me. Saying I almost ruined her prom night.”
When she talked to her mother-in-law about all this, she was told that clearly she couldn’t let her borrow her wedding dress as sister-in-law would look better in it and she was just “jealous.”
Commenters were quick to take the woman’s side, with one writing: “Who asks to wear someone else's wedding dress to a Prom, FFS? Your SIL, MIL, and HB need a ruddy reality check. They not only ambushed you, they're all punishing you for refusing to be ambushed.”
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“Please take note of your husband's actions. These are early warning signs of how he'll behave ‘til death do us part’. Regardless of your vows, you are not his priority,” wrote a second.
A third commented: “What an awful and entitled family you married into.”
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