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Wedding Dress Dilemma

So my mom has offered to pay for the wedding dress.... I picked my dress the first weekend of May and we decided to come back to order it. We had about 9 people with us and didn't want everyone to have to wait. We said we would be back at the end of May to order. I've been trying to contact my mom now for 2 weeks to get her to set up a time where we can go pay for the dress and order it but haven't had much luck..... is there a certain amount of time I should wait and then just pay for it myself? I've called and left voicemails and emails and she will respond to every other thing in the email but the request to meet up for the dress. I'm afraid she's going to back out of paying for the dress or that she is enjoying this power she has over paying for the dress. I just don't want to wait to long to order the dress and then get screwed......any thoughts?

Re: Wedding Dress Dilemma

  • Don't get screwed.  I would just go ahead, order it and pay for it yourself.  Especially if she is getting back to you on everything but the dress.
  • If you are unable to pay for the dress in full, most stores allow you to put 1/2 down and pay the balance in x amount of time. 
  • When is your wedding?  If you have some time I say wait a little longer.  If you're going to be cutting it close with alterations and shipping, then go ahead and buy it.  The store where I bought my dress allowed you to pay 1/2 when you order and the rest when the dress came in.
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  • Id say try one more time- if you see her in person or have her on the phone, bring it up. You could say something like- its getting close, I know you mentioned paying for it previously, but I wanted it to come in with enough time for alterations so would you mind if I put the deposit down? Maybe something came up that you don't know about and she is embarrassed to say she can't pay anymore? Who knows.
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  • alki54alki54 member
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    Giving her until Thursday and if I don't here anything then I will pay for it myself. Just really disappointed that it has come to this.
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