A bride-to-be has been left devastated after her mother destroyed her grandmother’s wedding dress, which was promised to her before her grandmother passed away
A bride-to-be has been advised to exclude her mother from her wedding and sever ties with her after discovering she had ruined her wedding dress. The woman shared her distressing situation on social media, explaining that her mother and grandmother had always clashed over their lifestyle choices.
She penned: “My nan was a happy housewife, and she pushed that lifestyle onto her daughters. Mum went the opposite way, telling me that I should put my career over all else. Nan was always arguing with one of her kids when they were adults, including my mum, but mum still allowed nan to babysit me and we became very close before she passed away.”
The woman revealed that she recently got engaged and her grandfather offered his late wife’s dress to her, which she was thrilled about. She continued: “It was originally worn by her in the late 60s, was restored in the mid-90s, and was preserved and still in good condition today. When I told mum she became upset and angry, saying I couldn’t use nan’s dress as I look too much like nan already and the dress would add to that, and began sending me other dress ideas and offered to pay for a new one, all of which I rejected.”
Since the dress was safely stored at her grandparents’ house, she decided to leave it there until the wedding. However, this is where things took a turn for the worse. She penned: “Three days ago my mum went to grandad’s house, saying that I’d tasked her with picking up the dress. Grandad let her in. She then left without the dress. Grandad realised she’d forgotten the dress after she left, went up to the attic, and found it covered in black stains. He called me.”, reports the Mirror US.
“I think it’s ink. The dress is made with lace so I’ve been hand washing it as carefully as I can but it’s not coming out. Grandad says it’s fine, and it’s just a dress, but he’s clearly upset over this. I’ve spoken to mum, once, and she completely ignored my questions about the dress, only offering to buy me a new dress, and refusing to talk about nan’s dress, aside from saying it wouldn’t have suited me, anyway. Presumably, because it would have made me look like nan.”
“I am at my wit’s end with her, and I just can’t believe she would do this. I get she and nan had issues, but her issues with nan were not my issues with nan, but she’s letting that shape my relationship with her. This was just so unnecessarily petty and spiteful. I don’t even know what to say to her anymore. I don’t know what to say past this. I’m just furious.”
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Reddit users were both outraged and concerned for the bride-to-be as they read her traumatic tale. One respondent suggested, “Is there any part of the dress you can salvage and have added to your eventual dress? I’m wondering if someone would be able to design and sew you an identical dress. I’m so sorry.”
Furthermore, one contributor advised: “If it’s ink, soak the dress in whole milk. Milk protein binds with ink, and lifts it. Soap nuts – available at health food stores- soaked in warm water produce a very gentle soap used by museums to clean historic lace.”
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