His Family Is Pressuring His Fiancée To Wear His Dad’s Late Wife’s Wedding Dress
Over 30 years ago, this man’s father lost his first wife, Mia. To make a long story short, his dad has always said that his mom is second best since Mia was the love of his life.
His dad wears his wedding ring from Mia on his other hand to this day. His mom bakes a cake every year on Mia’s birthday.
On the anniversary of his dad’s wedding to Mia, his mom gives his dad space and alone time. There are even pictures of Mia in his mom and dad’s home, including in their bedroom, as his dad never wished to change them out.
“I’ve been raised that way, kind of having two mothers…even if it wasn’t like that,” he explained. “It was not a healthy childhood, but luckily, I have gone to therapy to work on all the issues that this caused.”
“My mother always says that he gives her the space she deserves and feels equally loved like he loves his first wife.”
“My siblings and I don’t see it that way because our mother deserves better, but if she is happy, we will not ruin her happiness, so we never talk about it.”
Soon, he’s going to be getting married to his fiancée, but her mom never got married and doesn’t have a wedding dress to pass down for her.
So, his fiancée asked him if he would ask his mom if she could wear her wedding dress, and she was thrilled about getting to potentially wear something so special.
His mom previously said that she would be happy to loan her wedding dress out one day to his future love, so he was touched by his fiancée wanting the dress.
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He then went to his mom to ask her about her wedding dress, and his mom was elated to allow his fiancée to take it.
His mom was moved by having his fiancée wear the dress, as he has no sisters with whom his mom could share that kind of tradition. His fiancée then tried on his mom’s dress, and everything was set.
A month later, his mom then said to his fiancée that she should wear Mia’s wedding dress instead of hers.
“My fiancée told her no, she feels a connection with my mother and not with Mia; she doesn’t even know Mia,” he added.
Ever since then, his mom has not let up and has been pressuring him to get his fiancée to say yes to wearing Mia’s dress. His dad then asked if he could do something at his wedding to commemorate Mia, but he declined to do that.
So, his mom doubled down on Mia’s dress, insisting it was a great way to include such an amazing person. But he never met Mia. His fiancée also feels that Mia is a stranger to them.
His fiancée just wants to wear his mom’s dress since she has a special connection to her and not Mia. He went back to his mom and reiterated that his fiancée will not be wearing Mia’s dress.
“I told my mother that I don’t intend to do that. It even seems gloomy and weird to me, but I have been raised around Mia’s memory that sometimes I don’t even understand if I am exaggerating or not,” he continued.
He’s left wondering if it’s wrong of him not to want to force his fiancée to wear his dad’s late wife’s wedding dress.
What do you think?
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