I just found out yesterday that Dan's mom offered to let me borrow her pearl earrings for our wedding. I've actually been stumped on what my something borrowed will be, and I don't have any of my jewelry picked out. I haven't seen them yet, but I'm really touched that she would offer them to me.
my parents didn't have a big wedding, they were engaged for about 6 months when they eloped. i don't think my mom has any "nice" jewelry because she never got that far in the planning (and i don't think my dad ever gave her anything like that). they got divorced when i was 2, so i didn't really want to borrow anything from her because i'd see it as a symbol of their relationship and i don't want our relationship to be like theirs (aka not get divorced after 8 years!). i'm not very close with my mom so it would just be weird too. so unless one of my grandmas were to offer me something to "borrow", i think these might be it!
on the flip side, dan's parents have been happily married for like 26 or 27 years now, so i'd much rather symbolize that in our wedding. though his mom might be kind of crazy sometimes (ie if you read my post about his sister's bridal shower and that fiasco), they are really welcoming most of the time and very wonderful to me. i'm really excited and touched!
Happily married since 9/1/2012!
The Whimsical Wifey