She Freaked Out On Her Mom After She Found Out Her Parents Donated $20,000 Worth Of Prom Dresses To Her High School, Yet They Made Her Wear An $8 Dress To Her Prom
A 20-year-old woman spent the majority of her childhood thinking that she and her family were poor.
She had to dive into dumpsters at the mall to get clothing or shoes. She wasn’t allowed to flush the toilet in her house every time she used it, and she was never allowed to use the heat or AC in her house either, which meant she also had to take only cold showers.
When she entered high school, she learned that this all was not true at all and that her mom and dad did have a lot of money.
“In high school, I found out my parents are very rich,” she explained. “I got very frustrated at them about how we were living and they agreed to make some changes including showering with hot water, and flushing the toilet.”
Her parents also would not let her have a job in high school, which she says is part of their Indian culture.
She pleaded with her parents to permit her to have a job so she could have enough money to buy a dress for her prom, but her parents still said no.
They swore that they would let her buy the dress she wanted when it came time for prom, but that’s not how things went down.
She really did not have the best experience or night of her life back when she attended her prom 2 years ago, and that’s due to the fact that her parents made her show up in an $8 prom dress.
Instead of keeping their promise and letting her pick out any dress she wanted, her parents completely cheaped out.
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They informed her that they just did not want to spend money on her dress, and it really made her feel terrible.
“I always regretted not being able to feel pretty that day – it’s stupid but my dress fell apart halfway through the night and I just went home early,” she said.
“My high school just posted on their Facebook about how my parents had donated around $20,000 worth of prom dresses to the school and thanked them.”
“I was extremely hurt – it felt like they cared more about their image than me.”
Yeah, her parents forced her to go to prom in a dress that cost $8, yet they have donated more than $20,000 of prom dresses to her high school pretty recently.
After she found out, she freaked out on her mom over the phone. She reprimanded her mom for never making her a “priority” and she also said that it wasn’t fair for her to be throwing money at everyone else while making them live like they were poor growing up.
Her mom did start crying as she spoke to her on the phone, though she didn’t get an apology out of her or anything like that.
The rest of her family has since found out about her freak out, and they have been calling her nonstop while accusing her of being an awful, entitled person.
Another thing that adds to her family thinking that she’s entitled is that she did marry a man who has a lot of money and treats her wonderfully.
She’s planning on no longer speaking to her parents in another two months, and she’s working with her therapist on how to cut them off forever.
“I got married young, I know,” she added. “I get a lot of flack for it. But he pays for my college and treats me well and always reminds me to flush, it’s ok to do that.”
She did talk to her husband about the whole prom dress blowout, and he told her that he is going to buy her a special dress for her upcoming birthday and college graduation so that she can feel good about herself.
She’s still curious about if she was wrong to freak out on her mom about the prom dress donation; do you think so?
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