She Got Called Heartless For Not Allowing Her Brother’s Fiancée To Wear Her Late Mom’s Wedding Dress
This 28-year-old woman will be tying the knot in just two months, and she has meticulously planned every last detail of her big day.
“It’s my dream wedding, and I’ve been saving and planning for years,” she said.
The only problem is that her 26-year-old brother is also engaged, and his fiancée Emma, who’s 24, has thrown a wrench in her plans.
For some context, she’s always gotten along with her soon-to-be sister-in-law, but they were never really close.
More recently, Emma’s mother also passed away in a tragic accident, leaving Emma to inherit her mom’s gorgeous and expensive wedding dress.
So, a couple of days ago, Emma supposedly went to her in tears and actually asked to wear the wedding dress as a guest at her own nuptials!
She was obviously speechless after hearing that request.
“Like, I totally understand that Emma wants to honor her mom, but I just feel like a wedding dress at someone else’s wedding is not the time or place,” she explained.
“Especially since she knows I have a very specific theme, color palette, and vibe for my day.”
Yana – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
This led her to gently tell her brother’s fiancée that she simply didn’t think that would be appropriate. Rather than getting where she was coming from, Emma burst into tears and claimed wearing the gown was the “only way” her mom could still be with her during a “major family event.”
Emma also claimed that seeing her mom at her own wedding would never be possible, and wearing the dress to her ceremony seemed like a way to maintain a connection.
“I felt for her,” she admitted, “But I held firm that my wedding wasn’t the right time for that.”
This created a lot of drama between her and her brother, too, as he agreed with his fiancée and accused her of being both heartless and selfish. On top of that, the rest of her relatives heard about the situation and took sides as well.
Certain family members believe that it would be strange for a guest to wear a legitimate wedding gown at another person’s nuptials.
“And some say Emma’s request is deeply sentimental and that I’m being too rigid about ‘wedding rules,'” she detailed.
Anyway, in the wake of all this drama, Emma hasn’t been speaking to her anymore. Plus, her brother threatened not to attend the wedding unless she changed her mind. Her own fiancé has thankfully had her back.
“But I’m starting to feel guilty because I know this is tied to grief, and I don’t want to be the bad guy,” she vented.
That’s why she’s now been left wondering if refusing to let her future sister-in-law wear her late mother’s wedding dress really would be the wrong thing to do.
Does grief make it okay to wear a wedding dress as a guest or not? How would you deal with this situation if you were in her shoes?
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