Jessica is getting ready to walk down the aisle when her mother-in-law barges into her room, demanding Jess pay her hair, makeup, and wedding outfit bills. But when Jessica feels invisible, her protective mother steps in.
It’s not a proper wedding if there’s no drama, right?
So, because my wedding theme was old-school glamour, I knew that hair and makeup would have to be done by professionals.
I chose the theme, so I didn’t expect my mother, mother-in-law, and bridesmaids to pay for this.
My fiancé, Liam, and I decided it would be best for me to surprise them and pay for it. So, I handed out $350 to each of them.
It was a sweet gesture, right?
Well, it wasn’t sweet enough for everyone.
On the wedding day, I was in the hotel room getting dressed.
My maid of honor and I were squeezing me into my dream wedding dress when my almost-mother-in-law barged in.
She didn’t take a minute to say hello or tell me that I looked good — I didn’t need validation from Samantha, but she was Liam’s favorite person.
And honestly, it wouldn’t have hurt to tell a nervous bride that she looks good.
Anyway, my lovely mother-in-law tosses an envelope in my direction.
“Aww, open it!” Sienna, my best friend and maid of honor, said.
Like Sienna, I thought it would be a sweet note or a tiny keepsake. Liam was an only child, so I knew that Samantha had all these beautiful old jewelry that would have gone with our theme.
It would have been my something borrowed.
Oh no.
It wasn’t anything as pleasant as I thought.
Instead, it was a brutal breakdown of Samantha’s hair, makeup, and dress expenses.
Hair: $350
Makeup: $300
Dress: $500
What did she think of me?
“Um,” I began to say, shocked that she had done this an hour before I was scheduled to walk down the aisle toward her son.
“Come on, Jessica,” my mother-in-law said with her hand on her hip. “Your measly $350 was nothing!
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