Her Sister Doesn’t Want Her At Her Wedding Since She Won’t Let Her Have Her Wedding Dress To Repurpose
This 28-year-old woman just tied the knot last year in a small ceremony that she thought was beautiful. She and her husband worked together to plan their nuptials and spent months going over every little detail.
However, her favorite part was her wedding dress, and she saved up for years to afford it.
“It was my dream dress. It’s this beautiful lace, A-line gown with intricate beadwork and a long train,” she recalled.
“I felt like a princess and still get emotional just thinking about it.”
Well, now that her 26-year-old sister is engaged and set to get married in six months, her sister wants to “repurpose” her dress. And she’s completely against the idea.
The drama all began recently when her sister came over to chat about wedding plans and casually mentioned how she’d love to “borrow” the gown. Her sister thought it would be “cute” to repurpose it.
More specifically, her sister wanted to either shorten the skirt or dye it a different color in order to make it more “unique” to her ceremony.
“I was taken aback, and I told my sister I wasn’t comfortable with her altering my dress, especially since it has a lot of sentimental value to me,” she explained.
Her sister didn’t understand that and got all upset, claiming she was just trying to save some money for the event. So, when she refused to budge, she got accused of being selfish and not caring about her sister’s big day.
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Following their argument, her sister stormed out, and her parents called her later on. They seemingly took her sister’s side, saying that she was “breaking her sister’s heart” by declining to share her wedding gown.
Her parents even had the nerve to state that since she was “done” with the dress, letting her sister upcycle it shouldn’t be a big deal.
“But it is a big deal to me. I want to keep my dress as it is,” she reasoned.
The worst part? Her sister suddenly doesn’t feel “comfortable” having her at the wedding unless she shows her support by allowing her gown to be used.
This has left her in a really tough position because, on the one hand, she doesn’t want to miss her sister’s nuptials. Yet, on the other hand, she doesn’t think it’s fair that she’s being pressured into doing something she’s uncomfortable with.
Now, she’s not sure if refusing to let her sister repurpose her wedding dress is really so unreasonable or not.
Does she have a right to decide what happens to her dress? Was her sister’s request out of line in the first place?
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