Warning: Rant: My Mom tried on my wedding dress 😭

Okay, so this might be a long winded post, but I just have to share and get this off my chest since I’m still dumbfounded and unsure of how to react.

We ordered my dress from David’s last month, my mom bought it & paid for it & I had it shipped to my mother’s house since my mom is doing a majority of the planning since our wedding is in one state and we are in another state, plus I didn’t want my fiancé to get the temptation to sneak a peek. I get a text from her saying she TRIED ON MY DRESS. MY dress! Zipped it up, my dad saw it and everything, she even walked around in it.

I am so upset I don’t know what to say. I feel like my mom took away a special moment of my big day: that moment where the bride tries on her dress and it’s hers and hers alone. The first time I’ll get to try my dress on is at my first alterations appointment on my birthday, and I don’t feel as though it will feel like “my” dress knowing that someone else, let alone my own mother tried on my dress before I had a chance to.

Not to mention, I had wanted my dad to be surprised, and now that he has seen the dress, that moment is gone too.

The dress shop shop won’t accept returns, otherwise I’d insist on exchanging it for an unworn dress that I would then insist upon having shipped to my house. I know we don’t have the space and I’d be afraid FH would peak, but I am in shock that this happened and not sure what to do or how to proceed.

Any advice or input on how to deal with this situation would be welcome. It is incredibly frustrating, but I also want to handle this the right way, but at the same time let her know the act was unacceptable and I do not approve.

Thank you! ❤️