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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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
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
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
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
Today, my sister told me she didn’t want me in her wedding pictures because I looked fat in my bridesmaid's dress. FML
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
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
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
Today, I was trying on wedding dresses with my future sister-in-law who is a little bigger than me. We tried on a similar dress and she said it looked better on me because I'm skinny. Instead of saying, "No way" or "It looks great on you", I accidentally said, "Yeah, I know." FML
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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shadowedpixie 19
Better now than at the wedding.
RpiesSPIES 27
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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Comments (87)
xgetxbentx 13
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
There goes your self esteem.
Alastrina_fml 20
Honesty is one thing, but if that's a regular occurrence, she needs to learn some tact.
HighasaCloud 46
To each their own, I guess. Personally, I would much rather have someone tell me blunt truths than carefully crafted lies
blair_kitty 15
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
don't be fat than
gigi1981 13
Don't be a fucktard then
amy6703 6
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
she's right
sietseld 13
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.
ChuckNorris2 4
Would you prefer she say it to your face, or behind your back?