She Bought Her Friend’s Wedding Dress Without Knowing, And Her Friend Does Not Want Her To Wear It Since It Will Remind Her Of One Of The Worst Days Of Her Life
This 29-year-old woman is getting married in May 2024 to her 29-year-old fiancé. She and her fiancé have been together for 11 years in total, and they got engaged 5 years ago after welcoming their first-born child.
They have ended up having a very long engagement due to a couple of reasons, but mostly, it has come down to money.
Now, she has a close friend named Caitlyn, whom she has known since they were kids. While she would not classify Caitlyn as her best friend, they have been friends for so long, and their friendship brings her a lot of joy.
Caitlyn got married to her college sweetheart at the age of 23, right after graduating from college, and she was there for Caitlyn’s special day.
“Unfortunately, her husband was found in a bathroom stall with his coworker at the reception,” she explained.
“My heart broke for her, and I was part of her support system in the aftermath. She is now happily remarried with two kids of her own.”
“In planning my wedding, the one thing I’ve been struggling with for years is the dress. My body image is poor, and I have an unusually large chest that makes all clothes shopping awful. But I went thrift shopping last week and found THE DRESS.”
This wedding dress is the dress of her dreams, and it fit her so perfectly when she tried it on that she literally began crying and fell to her knees in the thrift store dressing room.
Instantly, she snapped a photo of the dress and sent it to all of her loved ones, including Caitlyn.
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Caitlyn then began texting and calling her nonstop, but she didn’t notice any of this until she arrived back home with the dress.
Well, the wedding dress that she adores has turned out to be none other than Caitlyn’s wedding dress from her first marriage.
Caitlyn finally decided to part with it, but since Caitlyn wore it so many years ago, she had no idea it was her dress. She simply did not recognize it as Caitlyn’s.
“It’s also not as if she goes around parading her wedding photos,” she said. “Once she said it, I remembered right away.”
“It also made sense, as one of the things she and I bond over is [chest] size. I tried to laugh it off, but she said, “I’m sure they’ll let you return it under the circumstances.” I felt sick to my stomach because it was obvious she didn’t want me to wear the dress, and I was already super attached to it.”
She stopped speaking to Caitlyn for the remainder of the evening and decided to ask her fiancé and a few of her friends how they feel about her wearing the dress, regardless of Caitlyn’s wishes.
Her loved ones are conflicted. Some of them believe that since she has struggled for so long to find a wedding dress she likes, that she should keep Caitlyn’s dress.
Some of her loved ones also think that Caitlyn is being super petty by expecting her to return the dress and not wear it.
She doesn’t think Caitlyn is being petty, though, since she understands where Caitlyn is coming from with expecting her to return the dress.
“But I literally cannot keep looking,” she continued. “And it was $30. I have a 5-year-old. I would love to spend wedding dress money on her instead.”
“Some say that it’s not only a bad omen but disrespectful to ask Caitlyn to look at me in her dress. IMO, Caitlyn has moved on and has a family. If the roles were reversed, I would be thrilled for her. That said, I do understand that I could be [mean] by reminding a friend I do love of one of the worst days of her life.”
“I tried talking to her about it the next day, but she has been firm on not attending my wedding if I wear the dress. She actually said she is rethinking the friendship in general. I am gutted and don’t really think that’s fair. I would love to find a solution that allows me to keep the dress and my friend…”
What advice do you have for her?
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