She Wore A Thrifted Gown For Her Wedding, But Her Mother-In-Law Believed It Was Inappropriate, And Now Her Husband Feels Like She Made Him Seem “Cheap”
This woman and her husband tied the knot about five months ago, and she wound up wearing a thrifted wedding gown on her big day.
She hadn’t initially planned to wear a second-hand dress. In fact, she’d actually bought it shortly after meeting her husband, and she didn’t even think she would wear it when they got married.
“But I also couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I was in a thrift store and saw a designer wedding dress for $120, which was insane. It also fit like a glove and was very modern,” she recalled.
Now, she claimed to realize that there was a stigma surrounding thrifted wedding gowns, but she really didn’t care about that. After all, most of her wardrobe consists of garments she thrifted, anyway, so she didn’t see any reason to pass up on the high-end gown.
That’s why she purchased the dress, got it dry cleaned, and stored it in her basement until her husband finally popped the big question.
However, after they were officially engaged and she showed him the dress, he wasn’t very happy.
Apparently, her husband believed that using a previously worn wedding dress was bad luck. She eventually got him to cave, though, since she had gone wedding dress shopping a couple of times and could never find a better gown.
“And I felt like it was my dress anyway. I usually don’t instinctively go for something, but that dress called to me,” she added.
So, she did get married in the dress, and everything seemed to be fine. A major upside was that she and her husband didn’t spend a ton of money on their nuptials, mainly because the dress was practically free.
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“It was probably the first situation where the suit cost more than the dress. And he got me a $6,000 engagement ring, I think, to compensate for the dress,” she explained.
But, while they were visiting family more recently, her mother-in-law complimented her wedding dress when they were looking at some wedding photos.
At that point, she started “bragging” a little about how she was able to find that gown at a thrift store. And despite her being proud of the find, her mother-in-law seemed pretty shocked.
Afterward, her mother-in-law also approached her husband– because, later on, he revealed how he had gotten lectured by his mom over her wedding dress. Apparently, his mom claimed that a “used dress” was inappropriate, and his mom believed that he should have convinced her to get a new gown.
“My husband said it made him feel cheap,” she vented, “But I don’t agree that it was a big deal to use a used dress.”
Still, with her husband now upset, she’s been left wondering if wearing a thrifted wedding dress and making her husband “feel cheap” was really a jerky thing to do.
Does it matter how much her wedding dress cost or that it was used if she loved it? Didn’t she deserve to have the final say on her gown since she was the one who had to wear it? Why do you think her mother-in-law cares so much about how much the dress cost?
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