Gaia, I agree with you. BUT, if the in-laws know the girl would like to choose her own dress, interfering and being stubborn isn’t the way to go around it. I understand that it’s the entire families event, but they can busy themselves with other priorities! Just leave the dress alone It’s not even about the dress. It’s more so the sad realization that the in-laws don’t deem the girl’s happiness important enough. IF, they had happily told me that I should choose my own dress OR that they would like my input or at least given me a choice, I probably would have happily let them choose it. Oh well Such is life?