Chip Chick
“She keeps joking about her two daughters bankrupting her for dresses in the same year …”
And it’s getting old. It’s sucking the fun and excitement out of everything, leaving the girl feeling guilty and apprehensive about taking her mom with her to shop for her dress.
It’s to the point where she wants to tell her mom she will pay for her dress herself, but she’s worried it would make her a bad daughter.
My take; In the past, it was traditional for the bride’s parents to financially contribute the most towards a wedding.
Buying a wedding dress for your daughter was a rite of passage for moms and perhaps even a dream to fulfill for moms living vicariously through their kids. This may be one of the driving forces for this mother to want to purchase “the dress.”
But, the year is 2022. Traditions do not necessarily apply to today’s lifestyles, and weddings are not cheap.
Life happens, and you can’t always plan for things to fall financially in place. Good intentions can always be appreciated but not always expected. If this mom and daughter had an open line of communication with each other, the mother would know there were no expectations.
If this girl’s mother doesn’t stop her passive-aggressive bullshit, I think it’s time to say, “thank you, but no thank-you.” She should get a hold of this situation before it takes over every aspect of planning the wedding.
When it’s all said and done, you don’t want memories of your wedding to be of your mom complaining. And, God forbid, keep that guest list away from her!
What do you think? You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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