She Will Not Hand Over Her Late Daughter’s Wedding Dress For Her Second Daughter To Wear To Her Own Wedding
After this fifty-five-year-old woman and her husband got married, she welcomed two daughters into the world, Opal and Amelia.
Her eldest, Opal, was even set to get married to her fiancé, Jack, four years ago. But Opal and Jack tragically passed away.
In turn, she was left with her beloved daughter’s wedding dress that never got to be worn.
“I kept the dress, and I don’t look at it much anymore. But, it’s just one of those things that remind me of her, and also Jack, who I viewed as my son,” she explained.
Nonetheless, her second daughter, Amelia, is now set to marry a man named Liam. And the wedding planning has stirred up a whole bunch of old feelings regarding Opal’s passing.
It all began when Amelia asked if she could wear Opal’s wedding dress for her own wedding. Apparently, Amelia claimed to love the gown’s style and design but wanted to make a few “tweaks” to make the dress better match her tastes.
But, she said absolutely not– which Amelia did not take well.
“Amelia told me that Opal did not wear it, so no one has seen it. Plus, I can’t keep it in a corner gathering dust forever,” she recalled.
“Amelia also said life is for the living, and I am making things harder for her. She offered to pay and buy it from me, but I still refused.”
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At the end of the day, she just simply does not want Amelia to wear Opal’s dress. She has suggested that Amelia get her own dress– perhaps even one that is similarly designed. No matter what Amelia chooses, though, she said she would never hand over Opal’s.
And, for a short while, she believed that Amelia had gotten the point and decided to drop the topic.
However, when she went out to dinner with Amelia, Liam, and Liam’s family this past weekend, she realized that the entire family was privy to her hesitation– because apparently, Liam’s mother even pulled her aside and tried to mediate the situation.
“[Liam’s mom] said that Amelia is upset about this whole thing and that the wedding planning is already difficult, so I could compromise and make it a bit easier on Amelia by giving her the dress,” she said.
So, ever since then, she has been left wondering if refusing to hand over Opal’s gown was the wrong thing to do.
Don’t get me wrong, she really does not want anyone to wear her late daughter’s wedding dress– and her husband agrees with her. Still, though, after hearing from Liam’s mother, she is not sure if her decision is unreasonable and makes her an utter jerk.
If you were in her shoes, would you not want anyone to wear your late daughter’s wedding dress either? How can she and Amelia come to a compromise?
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