Feel guilty

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My mum offered last year to buy my wedding dress for me. We have been to a few different shops and I found my dress. She never set a budget and the dress we brought was £1700. I feel so guilty about the amount (which she told the dress shop not to tell me until I had said I want this dress) I would never have spent that amount on a dress, it's nearly half of what we are paying for the venue. I have asked if she wants any money towards it and she has said not to be silly. Yet I still feel so bad, is this normal?

If she specifically told the shop nt to tell you the prices, then that is what she wanted to do.

Like you, I would be horrified about paying that much for a dress, but, if she didn't want to do it then she wouldn't have gone to the trouble of wanting to take that burden from you.

She wanted to spoil you, she'd be so upset to think that instead of looking forward to the day in your perfect dress you're worried about it.

Could you have a chat with her, could she say anything that would make you feel better?

I spoke with her again about it today, she has told me she wanted to spoil me and if she couldn't have stretched that far she would have told me so. I think my main worry was that I was worried she wouldn't have been able to say no even if she couldn't have afforded it. She also showed me the pictures of me in my dress which has really helped.

Congratulations if, so are you looking for to wearing it? x

Thank you, I really am yes, I have waited nearly ten years to marry DF. Hopefully the day will be everything we have hoped for and more.