Her Stepdaughter Isn’t Happy That She Gave Her Wedding Dress To Someone Else To Wear After Calling It Trashy
24 years ago, this 42-year-old woman had her wedding, and she thought it would be lovely to pass her wedding dress on to her future daughter, along with her accessories from that special day.
The dress she selected was elegant and classic looking, and she opted for that instead of what was considered to be in-fashion back then.
She anticipated that her wedding dress would look timeless in the future and remain an appealing option.
A year after she tied the knot, she gave birth to her son Mark, who is now 22-years-old. Sadly, Mark’s dad passed when he was quite little, so she became a single mom.
Since she never had a daughter, only a son, she resolved to give her wedding dress and accessories to Mark’s wife when the time came.
Then, she met a man named Rob when she was 33, and she instantly fell head over heels in love with him.
They got married fast, and Rob stepped into the role of a dad for Mark. Rob also had a daughter from a previous marriage named Molly, and she was thrilled to have a stepdaughter.
Sadly, Molly never was interested in bonding with her, and things between them were uneasy from the get-go.
Although Molly made it clear she wasn’t down to form any sort of relationship with her, she pushed on, maintaining a kind and sympathetic nature towards the girl.
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She tried to take Molly out to get her nails done or go shopping, but Molly failed to buy into her efforts to connect with her.
“I asked Rob about her favorite foods and made sure to cook those. She made it clear that she didn’t see me as her real mom,” she explained.
“Years passed, and I never changed the way I treated Molly. My door was always open for her, but she never changed the way she thought about me.”
“She called me a trophy wife to my face. If I ever threw a charity event, she would remark, “Wow, you’re so generous with Dad’s money.”
She also realized that Molly thought less of her for not being college-educated. Several years back, she sent out a final olive branch to Molly.
She invited her over to her closet, and brought out her wedding dress and accessories for her. She stated that she would love it if Molly would consider wearing her belongings on her own wedding day.
“Molly scoffed and said I had archaic values and that the dress was trashy and walked out,” she said.
“That really hurt because she knew what that dress meant to me, and she didn’t care. After that, I stopped making as much of an effort to build a relationship with her. Two months ago, Mark proposed to his college sweetheart “Lucy,” with whom I have a great relationship.”
“When Lucy mentioned dress shopping, I showed her my dress. Lucy tried it on, and it fit like a glove. She fell in love with it, and I told her the dress, shoes, and accessories were hers. She was so happy she literally cried.”
Several days ago, she was shocked when Molly suddenly asked her if her wedding dress was still something she could use.
She informed Molly that she had given her dress to Lucy already, and Molly demanded she get it back since she did let Molly have the chance to take it first.
She reminded Molly that she had already made it clear she didn’t want the dress before stating the dress is a perfect fit for Lucy and that Lucy is getting married soon, not her.
“Now Molly is saying I’m favoring Lucy over her because she’s conforming to traditional standards of femininity (getting married and being thin),” she continued.
“That’s absolute baloney, but it got me thinking that if the roles were reversed and Lucy was the one asking for the dress after initially turning it down, would I give it to her? Is Molly right that I’m favoring Lucy?”
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