My (25F) husband(28M) and I got married in April. We didn’t have a wedding or anything we just went to the courthouse and had a fancy lunch after. We had planned on getting married later but due to me having a high risk pregnancy and having to quit my job due to being denied WFM accommodations and FMLA was not approved we had had to get legally married so I could get on his insurance before the birth.

My baby was born 5 weeks ago and is happy and healthy, thankfully. Now that he is born we can start planning our wedding. We finally booked a venue and the planning has started. Unfortunately my husband didn’t get paid for the paternity leave he took and we have had to dip into our wedding fund to make ends meet since I am still not cleared to start working again. I have pre booked an appointment to look at wedding dresses since my mom planned to visit from my hometown. (We now live 14 hours away from my family). I invited my MIL and my husbands grandmother to come with since they have always treated me like family and I wanted their opinion. I fully had planned to only do a preliminary look and see what kind of dresses I would like. I had no intention of buying/ordering a dress that day. Well, that day was two days ago. I wasn’t expecting it but I found THE dress that day. I knew it was the dress because I turned to look at myself and I teared up. I felt beautiful and confident despite still being puffy from giving birth.

The consultant was ready to place the order when I informed her that I couldn’t not place the order today. That was when my MIL stepped in and gave the lady her credit card. I was in complete shock. My husband and I fully planned on paying everything ourselves and no one had ever let us know that they wanted to help contribute financially. She told me she loved me and wanted to do this for me since I’m family now. I couldn’t stop crying. I know there are so many MIL horror stories out there, but I want to show the positive side of the MIL stories. I can now say I have a beautiful wedding dress and that my MIL was the one to help make that come true.

Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to share.