She Found The Prom Dress Of Her Dreams, But Her Parents Think It’s Way Too Expensive
A teenage girl has spent what feels like forever to her trying to find the prom dress of her dreams, without any luck.
She’s so looking forward to being able to attend prom, and her prom dress code is black tie or ballroom style.
All of her classmates are certainly showing up in outfits that are over the top price-wise, and the area where her school is located is pretty wealthy.
After searching high and low, she found a dress on the internet that costs a little over $200, and she’s in love with the dress.
“I couldn’t see myself going to prom in anything else,” she explained. “My parents said that the price is unacceptable and that it would be unfair for them to spend more on me than on my sister.”
So, back when her 22-year-old sister went to prom, her sister was allowed to spend a little over $300 on her dress, yet her sister effortlessly located one for just $71.
Her mom and dad did offer to pay for her sister’s hair and makeup, but her sister’s boyfriend happily covered those costs.
Her sister didn’t use her prom budget, so she figured there was no harm in wanting a more expensive dress than her sister got since her parents technically saved money back then and they can easily afford to spend the money on her more expensive dress.
Additionally, she is shelling out her own money for her prom ticket, and she is doing her makeup and hair herself so there’s no cost.
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Now, she does have a job, but all of the money that she makes directly goes to her mom and dad for them to use as their “savings” and she has no choice about it.
Her parents aren’t willing to spend the money on her dress, and her sister also chimed in to say that she believes she’s “manipulative” and also entitled.
Her mom and dad are siding with her sister, and she’s left feeling completely frustrated.
“I see this as unfair because if they ban me from making my own money then I am purely restricted to what my size 6 sister was able to find secondhand,” she said.
“I am plus size, believe me, I have looked for second-hand clothing, but I just can’t find any that are in my size and modest enough for my parents.”
Her prom is happening this July, and time is running out for her to either convince her parents to let her have this dream dress or start hunting again for something else.
With no money of her own and not a lot of time to keep looking, what’s a girl to do?
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