Finding the perfect wedding dress can be challenging, and in today’s story, one bride changes her mind about a wedding dress after her cousin buys it.

The cousin who buys it intends to wear it as a cosplay, but the bride desperately wants it for her wedding.

They just can’t work it out.

Let’s see how the story unfolds…

AITA for turning a Wedding Dress into a Cosplay rather than letting my Cousin have it for her wedding?

I (27F) am an avid cosplayer, my girlfriend (28F) and I go to all conventions we can and have a lot of fun making our costumes together and prepping for the year.

Three Months ago I, my girlfriend, and my cousin (30F) went around charity shops looking for pieces we could turn into cosplays.

My cousin isn’t a cosplayer but she tagged along as she likes a good bargain hunt.

In the third shop we went to we found in the window an old school wedding dress, it had a few stains and minor rips but all in all was in good condition.

She decided to buy the wedding dress for a cosplay.

My Girlfriend and I joked with my cousin that she should buy it for her wedding but she turned her nose up at it stating she wanted brand new and she’d not be caught dead in an old fashioned dress.

We let it go and my Girlfriend was the one to point out to me if we did some alterations it’d be a perfect dupe for Sarah’s ballgown in Jim Hensons Labyrinth which is our favourite movie.

I realised she was right and asked her if she wanted to make this our next major matching costume.

She agreed for the convention season of 2025 we will be Jareth and Sarah.

Her cousin wants to buy the wedding dress from her.

I bought the dress and my cousin made a few jokes about it, but we heard nothing back from her, not until two days ago.

I’ve been posting progress of my dress on social media, and it’s finally done and looks amazing.

My cousin told me she’d not found a dress she likes and i’ve done wonders with this dress, that she’d changed her mind and she’d be happy to meet the price i’d paid (£150) and even throw in an extra £100 for my time fixing it up.

Her girlfriend told the cousin it was no longer a wedding dress.

I laughed and asked if she was joking.

She told me she was deadly serious.

I told her that wasn’t happening.

This led to a fight and I was getting annoyed.

My girlfriend took the phone at this point and told her she had her chance to get the dress, and that it’s a cosplay now not a wedding dress.

She wonders if she was wrong to buy the wedding dress.

We’ve since been bombarded by my family trying to get in contact, some pleading, some trying to cajole and others straight up berating us for not letting my cousin buy the dress.

Or even better yet being a good cousin and gifting it to her, that I shouldn’t turn a charity shop wedding dress into a costume as it stopped brides who really needed it having it.

I’m getting stressed and upset with this, and my girlfriend is currently fielding any calls we get and telling them off for upsetting me.

She’s a wonder and I am so grateful to have her with me for this.

AITA though?

I am starting to worry because of the widespread reaction.

This is the first time i’ve bought a wedding dress to convert like this but it was already damaged and i’ve brought it back to life, surely it’s better than it being ignored like it was?

It’s strange that the cousin wasn’t at all interested in the dress but now wants to buy it.

I’m sure she put a lot of hard work into fixing it up, and I can understand why she wants to keep it.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted…

This reader points out why she should keep it.

Another person wants to see the dress.

This reader thinks the cousin missed her chance to buy it.

Another person thinks the family may not know what really happened.

This reader thinks she should ignore anyone telling her to gift the dress.

There are lots of other wedding dresses out there.

I’m sure her cousin can find another one.

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