Miscellaneous: Today, whilst trying on wedding dresses with my mom, she told...

By mysea8679 - 12/06/2013 22:09 - United Kingdom - Newcastle Upon Tyne

Today, whilst trying on wedding dresses with my mom, she told me that I looked fat and awful in the dress I liked. When I told her how hurtful she was being, she told me that I should be grateful that she told me what she thought instead of laughing at me behind my back. FML

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Same thing different taste

You tried at least

By oreosaretoocool - 05/12/2016 19:10 - United Kingdom - Cardenden

Today, I finally gave my mum an expensive designer dress I spent months saving to buy for her as she had been very depressed. However she has gained so much weight from stress eating she ripped it when trying to put it on, and now won't talk to me because, "I wanted to make her feel fat". FML

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By Winx - 16/03/2012 07:13 - United States

Today, my dad informed me that my prom dress makes me look chubby from the side, gives me "back fat", and that I wouldn't want to go to prom looking like that. I tried to ignore his hurtful comments and tell myself I was beautiful. Then the clasp broke. FML

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Unnecessary

By Ava K - 01/10/2019 16:02 - United States - San Diego

Today, my mom and I were looking at dresses for me at the mall. The cashier pointed out a dress, and my mom said, "She's definitely not going to fit into that. She's too flat-chested." FML

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By Embarrassed - 12/12/2011 13:45 - Germany

Today, while having dinner with my boyfriend's family, his mom told me that it looks like I've gained quite some weight. When my boyfriend told her that this was a rude thing to say, she said it wasn't rude, just the truth. FML

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By samikai523 - 18/04/2011 20:25 - United States

Today, my sister told me she didn’t want me in her wedding pictures because I looked fat in my bridesmaid's dress. FML

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By drebel - 09/03/2011 22:27 - United States

Today, I bought my fiancée a dress for her birthday. She accused me of saying she was fat, because I bought it in medium rather than small. After trying on the dress, she's now not only mad at me for buying it, but also because the dress fits perfectly. FML

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

By Anonymous - 19/03/2021 02:01

Today, I finally told my mom that it hurts me every time she calls me fat. She got offended that I'm offended. Now our whole entire extended family wants me to say sorry to her and them, because apparently they also call me fat behind my back. I'm a size small by the way. FML

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By ugly duckling - 06/08/2015 19:18 - United States - Reston

Today, feeling very self-conscious about my looks, I told my mom I felt ugly and wished I could be as beautiful as her. She only said, "Yeah, I'm pretty, I wonder what happened to you." FML

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Shush

By Bride - 25/02/2021 23:00 - New Zealand

Today, I went in to pick my wedding dress. My fiancé's ex-girlfriend was my consultant. She basically hinted that I looked fat in every dress. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/10/2011 16:16 - Ireland

Today, I came home crying and informed my mother that someone had called me a 'fat bitch' today. She held me at arms length, looked me straight in the eyes, and lovingly said, "You can't change who you are." FML

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Thursday 13 June 2013 9:04

Better now than at the wedding.

RpiesSPIES 27

Thursday 13 June 2013 9:04

Honesty is the best policy. She could've been nicer about it, but you can still try on plenty more dresses to find the one you LOVE instead of the one you LIKE ;)

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xgetxbentx 13

Friday 14 June 2013 7:23

She has a point, but there she could have sugarcoated it.... I say that as someone who rarely sugarcoats things, wedding dress shopping would be an exception since all that should matter is weather or not the bride loves it.

AlexRen 21

Friday 14 June 2013 8:01

There goes your self esteem.

Alastrina_fml 20

Friday 14 June 2013 11:33

Honesty is one thing, but if that's a regular occurrence, she needs to learn some tact.

HighasaCloud 46

Friday 14 June 2013 18:12

To each their own, I guess. Personally, I would much rather have someone tell me blunt truths than carefully crafted lies

blair_kitty 15

Friday 14 June 2013 19:12

What a bitch. I would never say anything like that to my daughter. Its your wedding, you should be confident and happy. Its not your mom's dress, its yours, don't let her break your spirit.

rosskyo 3

Friday 14 June 2013 19:22

don't be fat than

gigi1981 13

Saturday 15 June 2013 0:49

Don't be a fucktard then

amy6703 6

Friday 14 June 2013 21:44

Sorry your mom is so insensitive. I can't imagine how much worse her big mouth will be at your reception when the wine starts flowing.

thehowiie 6

Saturday 15 June 2013 1:38

she's right

sietseld 13

Sunday 16 June 2013 23:18

Being honest is best in the right situation. If the dress truly looks absolutely awful, then I hope someone would speak up. If the dress was okay, maybe not the prefect style for you but you loved it? Then they should be happy for you, the most important thing is that you feel your best. They could still say something nice like, "Well, it's alright but I like that other dress the best for you" - it gives their opinion without making you feel bad.