Have a gone too far?

[Aggie_Ama]

I am glad people here don't think I am crazy! I don't feel bad about selling my gown. It is gorgeous and I plan on selling it at 1/3 of its new price. We were on a fairly modest budget and the only reason I got this dress was my Pawpaw bought it for me. Sadly, he died before my wedding. I hope someone else can purchase it for a good price (the dress is still available at full cost in many shops) and have a beautiful day.

I think Pawpaw would get a kick out of me riding all the time. He would think I was crazy, but love the stories. So in my mind his purchase will continue to bring me joy if I sell it and get bike stuff.

On the idea of maybe having a daughter, that is probably a silly reason to keep it. I hope she won't be short and squatty like I was when we got married. I was 5'2" and 170. My husband is 6'2" and thin as a rail. I imagine a daughter will at least be taller than me! And I hope if we have a kid to have a boy! Plus I would have never worn my mother's gown, it was so dated.

[mimitabby]

Amanda; height genetics:

with a short mom and a tall dad you could get tall girls, tall boys, short girls, short boys and lots of blends in the middle!

GOOD LUCK, it's a crap shoot!

[Aggie_Ama]

Amanda; height genetics:

with a short mom and a tall dad you could get tall girls, tall boys, short girls, short boys and lots of blends in the middle!

GOOD LUCK, it's a crap shoot!

My college roommate is a doctor and explained this to me as well. I choose to ignore it. I am the shortest adult member of both of our families, I hope to stay that way. Being so short can be a pain.

Even if a hypothetical daughter is short, the dress will still be dated. And I forgot to mention 1/5 of our budget was a photographer. She ended up wiht 650+ shots, I have plenty to remember the dress.

[Aint Doody]

When my wedding dress was about 10 years old, I gave it to my sister who cut it up and used it in clothing for her daughters. She was really into smocking and lace and stuff at the time.

[Duck on Wheels]

Amanda; height genetics:

with a short mom and a tall dad you could get tall girls, tall boys, short girls, short boys and lots of blends in the middle!

GOOD LUCK, it's a crap shoot!

Yep. Dad was 5'11" (before prostate cancer made swiss cheese out of his bones), Mom was and still is about 5'2". Older bro' is, I think 5'6" (generously estimated), I'm the tall one at 5'9" and Trek420 is (as she says) the scale model -- Mom's height. Randomly assorted heights according to the roll of the DNA dice. But put us in identical wigs and we could almost look like triplets otherwise.

[LadyinWhite]

Hi everyone, I'm T - totally new to TE forums. I didn't know it existed til today and I'm genuinely psyched to find it. I just wanted to post that I love this thread and while I haven't sold my wedding gown yet (it's 22 years old) I'm sitting here taking a mental inventory of all my "stuff" thinking, hmmm.. what can I sell so I can buy more bike stuff. This after I just picked up two new shebeest cycloskorts today!! LOL