Woman 'Furious' at Brother's Fiancée for Wearing Her Mom's Vintage Wedding Dress
A woman and her soon-to-be sister-in-law are at odds over who should wear the '70s style dress
A woman and her soon-to-be sister-in-law are at odds over who should wear the '70s style dress Getty Two women argue (stock image):max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/two-women-arguing-061124-d8c4d2cf500347d6b0a2919d3532f5f1.jpg "Generic stock photo of two angry young women arguing at home during the day.")
A bride's soon-to-be sister-in-law is "furious" after finding out she plans to wear her mother's wedding dress.
In a post on Reddit's popular "Am I the A------?" forum, a woman, 26, getting married in three months is contemplating whether or not she is in the wrong for agreeing to wear her future mother-in-law's wedding dress.
Originally, she planned to wear her stepmom's gown, but the bride-to-be unexpectedly got pregnant during wedding planning and the dress no longer fits.
"I’m three months along now, so I'll be six months pregnant at the wedding," she explained in her post. "The dress from my stepmom is tight-fitting and there’s no way it’s going to fit a six-month baby bump. I was devastated, not because I’d have to buy a new dress, but because I really wanted that special mother-daughter bond on my wedding day." Getty Younger woman and older woman have a serious conversation (stock image)
Luckily for the bride, her future mother-in-law offered an alternative bonding moment — that she wear her wedding dress. It would fit her because she was also pregnant when she got married.
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"I was venting about it to my MIL, and I broke down crying. She then said she’d be honored if I wore her wedding dress," the woman wrote. "She showed it to me, and it’s a stunning vintage dress from the '70s with a boho/hippie vibe, gorgeous embroidery, and funnily enough, she was pregnant when she wore it too. She made me feel so loved and welcome, so I accepted."
But the bride's future sister-in-law couldn't be more upset, going as far as to "harass" her via message, social media and in person.
"She actually came over to my house trying to take the dress back, and even said I was 'living in sin' for getting pregnant before marriage," she wrote. "My fiancé just kicked her out and told me not to worry since she’s always thought the dress was ugly and never wanted it." Getty Two women argue over flowers (stock image)
Even though her fiancé and future mother-in-law take her side and "don't care" what the sister-in-law thinks, the bride feels like a "jerk" when she imagines herself in the other shoe.
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Redditors overall have determined that the poster is "Not the A------."
"NTA. SIL can feel some kind of way about you wearing the dress, but her behavior is out of line. It’s sweet that your MIL offered you the dress. I love that for you!" one person wrote in the comments section. "In my view, SIL could view eventually also wearing the dress as something special you share instead of reacting like this. My mom and her two stepsisters all wore the same vintage (read: hand-me-down) dress and they cherished it!"
Another person commented: "Kind of ironic that her own mother wore it while pregnant but she’s bashing you for doing the same. NTA and block SIL - MIL is the only one that matters here."
