I Found My Wedding Dress Destroyed & Cut Into 'A Million Pieces' A Few Days Before My Wedding

A woman was confused and hurt by her mother-in-law's actions shortly before her wedding. Later, she turned to netizens to ask if she was wrong about how she felt about the situation.

A young woman was excited to marry the love of her life. She and her soon-to-be husband had been planning their special day for months. However, they were about to get the shocker of their lives.

The woman and her mother-in-law had a difficult relationship, and because of this, the woman was left in a sticky situation with her soon-to-be husband's mother. She needed advice on how she should have handled the situation.

The woman felt like she might be being petty for how she felt, but mentioned that her mother-in-law had always been distant from her and had not been welcoming when the woman started dating her husband.

What Was the Woman's Relationship with Her Mother-In-Law?

The woman explained that her mother-in-law had never been friendly to her, and when she and her husband got engaged, her mother-in-law did not seem happy for them. For this reason, the woman decided not to include her mother-in-law in her wedding planning.

The woman's husband's grandmother asked to be included in the wedding planning, and when she was, she was silent throughout. Despite that, the woman asked her parents-in-law if she could store her wedding dress at their house.

Her father-in-law readily agreed, with her mother-in-law never saying much about the situation. However, one day, the woman got a phone call, which she thought was a joke. Sadly, what she thought was a situation that would be easily remedied turned into something that would ultimately ruin her wedding. She did not know how to process the problem.

What Did the Woman's Mother-In-Law Do?

A few days before the woman's wedding, she got a call that her mother-in-law had cut her dress into "a million pieces." She lamented:

"I literally felt like I was going to throw up."

When the woman thought about it, she didn't think her mother-in-law could be that evil and thought the dress would be easily fixable. She drove over to her mother-in-law's house to assess the situation.

What the woman found when she entered the house shocked her. She discovered that her mother-in-law had indeed cut her dress into pieces. She felt if her husband didn't hold her back, she would have been in a physical altercation with her mother-in-law.

Although the woman still got married, her day was ruined because she had to buy a cheap replacement for her wedding dress. She cried the entire morning before she exchanged vows with her husband.

The woman's mother-in-law said she had cut up the wedding dress because she had never had a wedding. The woman noted that it didn't seem as though the older woman felt terrible for what she had done.

Her mother-in-law was put into a mental institution for 30 days, after which she and her husband divorced. After that, the woman had no contact with her mother-in-law for a long time.

Although the woman did not speak to her mother-in-law, she occasionally saw her at family events and heard she was in intensive therapy for a long time. She also discovered that her mother-in-law had gotten engaged and that her ring was beautiful and the man perfect for her.

Many people told the woman that it wasn't her mother-in-law's fault and that she was sick then. However, the woman had reached the point where she no longer cared to hear the excuses.

People dropped their comments on her post, with one saying the woman should have pressed charges. Another commenter said the woman should stop updating her mother-in-law on their lives or listening to updates about hers.

Many comments reassured the woman that she was valid in no longer wanting her mother-in-law to be part of her life and to resent everything the older woman had done to her. Do you think the woman was right? What would you have done in this situation?

Some Reader Comments

Another woman had trouble with her mother-in-law on her wedding day. However, she received less support from netizens than the woman in the story above. Read the full story here.