US EditionAsking Eric: Goddaughter’s Expensive Wedding Dress Causes Huge Family Rift
The godparent's $500 offer toward the bride-to-be's wedding dress has intensified tensions amid the parents' severe financial losses before the December wedding.
- With the wedding in December, I offered $500 toward her dress, sparking a family dispute as she stopped speaking to me.
- Amid the parents' strain and the dress's price, the bride's dress, costing nearly 10 times the $500 contribution, widened the family dispute, she heard I would pay entirely.
- Because the writer uses a mobility device, the goddaughter once drove, moved the mobility device, parked on grass despite instructions, and refused to apologize to the disabled godparent.
- Faced with family pressure, the writer sent $1,500 to the bridal shop and refused to travel 17 hours or send a gift, escalating the dispute into a huge mess, the mother involved.
- Columnist R. Eric Thomas recommends trying to reset things in the new year with the goddaughter's parents, framing concerns as miscommunication and noting `you're owed a thank you` during a calm talk.
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Asking Eric: I offered $500 toward goddaughter’s wedding dress, but it ended up costing our relationship
Dear Eric: My goddaughter is getting married in December. Her parents have experienced crushing financial loss through no fault of their own. So, I told my goddaughter I would contribute $500 to the wedding dress.She picked out a dress without consulting me that cost nearly 10 times that much and sent me a picture of the receipts. After much back and forth she “heard” that I would pay for all of the dress.
Asking Eric: I gave my goddaughter $1,500 for her wedding dress and now she’s not talking to me
DEAR ERIC: My goddaughter is getting married in December. Her parents have experienced crushing financial loss through no fault of their own. So, I told my goddaughter I would contribute $500 to the wedding dress.
Asking Eric: Somehow my offer to help pay for wedding dress has turned the whole family against me
Dear Eric: My goddaughter is getting married in December. Her parents have experienced crushing financial loss through no fault of their own. So, I told my goddaughter I would contribute $500 to the wedding dress.
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