Dear Prudence,
When we were teenagers, my grandmother gave her wedding dress to my sister “Opal” and me, stipulating that she could wear it at her wedding or pass it on to me, the younger sister.
I’m getting married next summer, and I decided I would wear my grandmother’s dress. It was then that I discovered that my sister had sold the dress a long time ago. She didn’t tell me anything about it. We had a huge fight when I found out. She argued that our grandmother gave the eldest sister the dress, and she had the right to do whatever she wanted with it. But it was always understood that if Opal didn’t wear the dress, it would be mine.
I’m so furious that I’ve decided I’m not inviting Opal to my wedding. Our parents are aghast. They’ve said she’s my sister, and I have to forgive her. Opal sent me a text saying she’ll buy me a vintage dress in the style of Grandma’s dress. But every time I think about a new dress, I break down in tears.