I’m not letting my daughter use my dress for her wedding because she’s bigger than me… trolls say I’m mean, I don’t care
YOUR wedding day is meant to be one of the happiest days of your life, but the mum of one bride has put a downer on her big day after she refused to let her borrow her wedding dress.
The unnamed mother took to Reddit to rant about the situation and ask if she was in the wrong for refusing to give up her gown for her daughter.
In the post, The 45-year-old explained that her daughter, 20, is getting married in a matter of months.
"She came to ask me about borrowing my wedding dress and I said absolutely no since it is my dress and I love it very much," the mum explained.
The reason she wouldn't let her daughter borrow the dress came down to the fact she is a size 14, while the mum and the dress are only a size 4.
"She is much bigger than me and she just wants to use the fabric and alter it, irreversibly because she's a size 14 and the dress is a 4," she explained.
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"Now she is angry telling everyone that I am a cold-hearted hag who hates her.
"My sister thinks a dress isn't worth making a bride sad. I don't know. I love my daughter to the moon and back but I don't understand why she shouldn't hear a no just because she's getting married," the mum continued.
But even if the daughter didn't need to alter the dress, the mum was still angry that her daughter felt entitled the the gown.
She raged: "Even if she was the right size and wouldn't alter the dress, isn't it odd not to respect other people's property no matter if that is your mother.
"Since when did mothers stop being their own individuals and only became caterers for their children?"
It turns out one of the reasons the mum didn't want to share her dress because it was made my her own mother, who was a seamstress.
"Looking at my wardrobe, this is the last piece I have that she made," she noted.
The mum asked fellow Reddit users if she was in the wrong for keeping her dress from her daughter - and they were left divided.
One said: "It holds precious memories for you the way it is. You should preserve it and she is in the wrong to complain.
"If she were able to wear it without altering it, maybe but it's still your call, entirely.
"She sounds like she might benefit from waiting to marry until she is more mature."
But another argued: "You're not going to wear it again so I don't get the big deal."