Woman Calls Cousin 'Cheap' for Buying Secondhand Designer Wedding Dress. Now, She Wants to Borrow It

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A woman on Reddit is asking if she's wrong for refusing to let her cousin borrow her wedding dress
At her wedding, the cousin in question made snide comments about her wedding dress being secondhand, calling her "cheap"
Now that the cousin's wedding dress won't come in time for her own big day, she's asking to borrow the poster's dress because it was "actually kind of nice for a resale dress"A woman refuses to loan her wedding gown to her cousin over some past comments about the dress.
On Reddit's rAmIOverreacting forum, the 26-year-old woman shares that she got married last year and sourced her dress secondhand online. "It was a designer gown that I got cleaned and altered for a fraction of the original price. Everyone said I looked amazing, and I loved it," she writes.
Though the poster was particularly proud of how the dress looked on her wedding day, she says her cousin wasn't as impressed, going so far as to make rude comments to other guests.
"At my wedding, she made a comment within earshot of several people about how 'some people are too cheap to get a real dress' and 'I'd never wear a used gown, that's bad luck,'" the woman writes.
Though she chose not to confront her cousin over the comments at the time, they seem to be coming back to bite her.
"Fast forward to now, my cousin (24F) is getting married and asked if she could borrow my dress," the Reddit user writes. "She said hers won't arrive on time and she remembered how mine was 'actually kind of nice for a resale dress.' "
Still feeling a bit scorned from her cousin's previous comments, the poster told her cousin she couldn't borrow the dress, which has led to quite a bit of drama.
"I said I wasn't comfortable lending it to someone who mocked it and me, publicly. She got defensive, said I was being petty and holding a grudge over a 'harmless joke,'" the woman continues. "Now some family members are saying I should just be the bigger person and 'help out a bride in need.' "
However, Reddit users agree with the poster for several reasons.
"Can use her words, 'You said you'd never wear a used gown, it's bad luck. You also said I was too cheap to get a real dress,'" one person pointed out in the comments. "Don't let her use your dress. (Your family saw it on you just last year. Way too soon even if you did want to help her out.) Tell her to get on the phone and light a fire under someone so that her dress does arrive on time."
"Not overreacting at all if she thought it was beneath her then, she shouldn't want it now," another commenter added. "Actions have consequences."
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