A woman recently got engaged, and her engagement party is set to happen soon.
What should just be an exciting and happy day to celebrate the love she has with her future husband is turning into a nightmare already, and it’s all because of her sister-in-law.
Her sister-in-law is insisting on wearing a custom-made dress covered in beading, and the dress has a train, just like a wedding dress.
She thinks the dress is stunning, but she really would prefer for her sister-in-law to wear it to any party but her engagement party.
Her sister-in-law had initially bought that dress specifically for a party she was going to throw, so she’s confused as to why her sister-in-law no longer wants to do that.
Now, the dress she already picked out for her engagement party doesn’t have a train at all and is very much so less lavish than what her sister-in-law is wearing.
“I have tried to explain to her that I would feel uncomfortable by her wearing this dress because she will look very out of place and it’s just too extravagant for the occasion, but she insists on wearing it,” she explained.
She even told her sister-in-law she would be happy to pay for her to buy a brand new dress for her engagement party, but her sister-in-law declined the offer.
Her sister-in-law then talked to her mom behind her back to get her permission to wear the over-the-top dress.
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“My mom didn’t really know how to respond and told her okay, and when I scolded my mom for telling her yes, my mom said “well she’s a bride too”, almost trying to justify her wearing this elaborate dress to my party,” she said.
Her sister-in-law had her wedding 2 years ago, so she really is not a bride currently. That’s old news.
“I would’ve been fine if this situation hadn’t happened before, but she tried to also wear another extravagant dress to my actual engagement (which I knew about) and I told her it was a little much,” she continued.
“She seems to constantly try to steal the attention away and manipulate things to get her way and I’m kinda sick of it.”
She thinks nobody else notices her sister-in-law’s behavior except her. She knows this is her brother’s wife, so she tries to be nice to her constantly, but she’s sick of her copying everything she does while trying to always one-up her.
She really is not an insecure person; she simply wants her sister-in-law to tone it down for her engagement party, which is fair.
How would you feel in this situation?
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