A woman says her relationship with her future mother-in-law has completely unraveled just weeks before her wedding.
In a Reddit post, the bride shared that her fiancé’s mother has “always been controlling,” but her latest decision crossed the line.
“I had my wedding dress hanging at our house (I’m getting married in 3 weeks). I came home yesterday to find it GONE,” she wrote.
Later, she discovered that her mother-in-law had gotten rid of the gown, saying it was “too revealing.”
“She said she ‘donated it’ because it was ‘disrespectful to her son’ and she ‘couldn’t let him be humiliated.’ I lost it,” the bride explained.
Her 29-year-old fiancé is furious as well and has stopped speaking to his mother. Still, the bride says her mother-in-law doesn’t grasp how serious her actions were.
“We’re scrambling to figure out what to do. MIL is texting nonstop saying we’re ‘overreacting,’” she concluded. “I feel like I’m living in a nightmare.”
In the comments, many Reddit users urged the couple to treat the situation as a crime. Some suggested filing a police report since the cost of a wedding dress could make this theft a felony.
“Call the police and file a report naming her as having confessed to the crime,” one commenter wrote. “Depending on the price of the dress, it may be a serious charge because with theft it escalates with higher charges after about $500.”
Another added, “Your fiancé should tell his mom that if she doesn’t get the dress back he’ll never talk to her again and she will never see her future grandchildren. Either that or she gives you cash for it. After that, you personally should go no contact with her indefinitely. And she absolutely CANNOT come to your wedding.”
