Bride wears cheap black dress at her wedding to seek revenge on her demanding in-laws

The bride’s in-laws were insistent that the wedding ‘went their way’ – so much so that they tried to derail the woman’s promotion at work out of spite – so she decided to wear a striking black dress for her big day to hit back at them

Regardless of how much money you spend on a venue, dress and food, your wedding day should be one of the happiest moments of your life. However, some nuptials don’t always go to plan as the big day can get derailed by family spats or difficult guests, leaving the loved-up couple feeling dismayed.

One bride claims that her in-laws deliberately tried to derail her promotion at work in a bid to force her to listen to their demands about her wedding day, as the parents said she was too preoccupied with her career to listen. However, their strategy backfired when the woman chose to wear a cheap black dress to her wedding day – before forking out a huge sum for a fancy work frock out of spite.

The bride hoped that the ‘revenge’ dress would make a point to her husband’s parents that her work was just as important to her as her wedding day, and that their efforts to keep her away from focusing on her career had failed.

Taking to Reddit to explain the story behind her frock, the woman, who is now divorced, said: “Ex in-laws wanted my wedding to be done their way, but I refused. My ex knew I was working towards a promotion and told his parents about it.

“They decided to attempt sabotaging my promotion by having my ex constantly harass me at work and start long arguments at home with me so I would be too exhausted to focus at work.

“When I confronted my ex about it, he told me ‘if you want to have any peace at home so you can focus on your work so badly, then give in to everything my parents want for the wedding'”.

Livid by the husband and in-laws’ manipulation, the woman said: “I decided a little petty revenge was in order. I found a black dress for 40 bucks online a week before the wedding to function as my wedding dress.

“Some time before the wedding, my boss had told me that my promotion would be announced at a meeting on the week of the wedding. So I went to a local designer and bought a $500 dress to wear to that work”.

The woman’s ex-husband’s parents took the dig terribly, but the bride was more than satisfied with her decision.

“I then proceed to make sure ex MIL, ex FIL, all the family and friends they invited (f****** filled most of my wedding guest list with their guests) knew that I spent a lot of money on a dress for work and barely anything on the dress I wore for the wedding.

“I remember saying something to the tune of ‘weddings just aren’t as important to me as my job is’ to a lot of people. Apparently, that really embarrassed ex MIL and ex FIL”.

The woman concluded her dramatic account with the ultimate finale, as it turns out her expensive work dress still remains in the family.

“Eventually, I gave the work dress to younger ex SIL when I outgrew it. It’s been almost a decade, I’ve divorced my ex and moved away, but from what I last saw on FB, ex SIL is STILL wearing that dress to family events, no doubt ruining the mood for her witch of a mother. It’s truly the gift that keeps on giving”.

Many people have questioned why the woman decided to go ahead with the marriage in the first place, with one Reddit commenter saying “The real story here is that that OP [original poster] went through with a wedding that had red flags from every single person possible. Including herself”.

Another person responded to their comment, writing: “She explained in the comments that she stood to lose her social security savings if she called off the wedding. Something about being a rule or some such thing in the country she lived in at the time.

“Women don’t always get to choose who or when they marry”.

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