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She bought a $50K dress to upstage the bride

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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    Yep, you heard me right! My ex-boss was telling me how a bunch of his friends are getting married. They're all in their 40's or so. He told me one of his closest friends' MOTHER bought a $50,000 DRESS to upstage the girl he was marrying b/c she didn't like her.

    A new blingy ring would have been cheaper! haha 

    Apparently they have managed to wrestle the dress away because everybody is telling her how inappropriate it is.

    Yes, I clarified he said 50K, not 15K. Who even makes a 50K dress???

    How sad! 

     Edit: it's white

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    JoesWifey    May 24, 2009   NYC/Wedding in Indiana

    That is really bad... I do have to say though that just because it was 50k doesn't mean it looks nice, or looks nice on her :p Even if it did, I think she'd get the evil eye from most people for pulling a nasty stunt like that.

     
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    ErinMarguerite    July 2009   DC Area

    wow!  Do you have a picture?  I can't even imagine what a $50K dress looks like.  I'm glad they were able to wrestle it away from her...

     
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    kphill23    6/19/10   Minneapolis

    50 thousand dollars!  send a kid to college! terrible! 

    I have a lot more empathy for an excited bride to spend lots of $$$ on a dress, but a jealous mother in law! 

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    OMG I TOTALLY FORGOT TO MENTION IT WAS WHITE.

     

    haha. that's the big omg about it 

     
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    honeypants    9/9/9   Las Vegas, NV

    I'm glad they managed to put a stop to that ridiculous idea. $50K just to get back at your future daughter-in-law?? Geez!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    Sometimes the sheer nerve of people just totally freaks me out.

    This is absurd.  What the hell is the dress anyway?  A Valentino or an Oscar de la Renta original?    

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    I have no idea,  but he was DEAD serious about it being 50K. I still am having issues believing it...it sounds crazy!

     
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    FlipFlopBride       Virginia

    Hopefully that couple is prepared with security guards. If they wrestled the dress away, there's no telling what else she may have in mind.

     

    W-o-w.

     
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    mouse    September 11, 2009   Austin, TX

    Good lord.  How childish and mean!

     
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    Was it...Jane Fonda??

     
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    Chantellamus    October 15, 2009  

    wow, that is so rediculous!, $50k AND white...who does this woman think she is?!!?!

    I now fear my MIL will do something like this....she so would! Its not like were on bad terms or anything, this is just something she WOULD do...thiss woman has money, and LOVVES to spend it - I can only imagine her dress will be at least $10k (with her style, will probably be horrendous too....yes you can totally get awful things at that price) but she would do it!

    sigh...

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    KateMW    8.30.03   Birmingham

    I say it's an urban legend. There is no way! He's just screwing with you or it's one of those things that has traveled down the line and gotten bigger and more expensive as it goes. It's really probably a black dress that cost $500. LOL.

     
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    southernbella    07/18/2009   Charlotte, NC

    It's not unheard of if its couture. That said, if she was wearing couture and attending shows, their crowd probably wouldn't be as shocked as you say they are by the price. I call shenanigans.

     
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    beach bride 09    7/25/2009   Chicago

    OMG, If someone wore a white dress to my wedding, I don't care how much it costs, I would so go APE! They better hold her back or it could get ugly.

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    haha, no joke. I think the white part is what irritates me more than the cost. Well, assuming it's my ex boss and i've seen his wife, I can kind of assume that they have "fancy friends" so I wouldn't necessarily be surprised if she busted out some kind of crazy expensive dress. i can't imagine a FMIL hating me that much...no matter how rich! Yikes

     
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    mandalee0624    October 2, 2010  

    This reminds me of ending to the movie Monster in Law.

     
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    Sweet tooth    September 5, 2009   Long Beach, CA

    LOL...that is funny stuff.  I can just picture the dress in my head and I'm thinking how crazy it must look like.  Fun times with the MIL.

     
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    DisneyBride2Be    11-18-2010   usa

    OMG, 50,000! Thats insane, and its white??? Why is this lady even invited to her wedding!!!! She bought a $50K dress to upstage the bride :  wedding Icon Confused

     
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    argyle    September 2010  

    Wow, that lady has some stones!

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