Handed Down
It is really interesting how so many quotidian habits turn odd and complicated when stuck in the hazy lens of a wedding. Consider hand-me-downs. Siblings pass clothes and toys up and down without a second thought. My mother and I have spent decades sharing clothes. We hand books to friends when we love them, on and on and on…But things are different when your mother is offering you her wedding dress to wear at your nuptials, or if your mother-in-law-to-be wants you to use her pearls. What do you do if you don’t want to use the dress, the shoes, the antique veil, the pearls, the gloves? Can you Say No to Wedding Hand-me-downs? There are ways to do it.
