{"id":82168,"date":"2024-09-24T11:50:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T04:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=82168"},"modified":"2024-09-24T11:50:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T04:50:39","slug":"my-stepdad-purposefully-ruined-my-1000-prom-dress-for-a-disgusting-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/my-stepdad-purposefully-ruined-my-1000-prom-dress-for-a-disgusting-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"My Stepdad Purposefully Ruined My $1000 Prom Dress for a Disgusting Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The girl\u2019s life has been complicated since childhood.\n\n
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\u00a9\u00a0leah hetteberg \/ Unsplash\n
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The girl named Anna wrote to us saying that she was distraught, and she had no idea what to do in her complex situation. She\u2019s only 17, and she was wondering if there was any legal action she could take. She started her story with a small background.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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She wrote that she lives with her biological mom and her husband since her parents separated a\u00a0long time ago. At\u00a0first, Anna lived with her dad since she was 3\u00a0years old. Her dad won custody after the custody battle.\n

However, her bio dad later lost custody of\u00a0Anna after he\u00a0had a\u00a0severe work accident that left him paralyzed, and as\u00a0a\u00a0result he\u00a0wasn\u2019t able to\u00a0take care of\u00a0his daughter. Anna continued seeing him, but had to\u00a0move in\u00a0to\u00a0live with her mom and her stepdad.\n

She has a stepbrother, and the relations with the family are very tough. Basically, her stepdad now says that Anna has disrupted their lives by coming back into her mom\u2019s and his life, because she\u2019s become an extra person they have to take care of.\n\n

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Anna has always had a\u00a0dream to\u00a0have a\u00a0beautiful prom dress.\n\n
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Anna continues her story, saying that she\u2019s been working since she was in\u00a010th grade and saving up\u00a0for her biggest dream. She wanted to\u00a0buy herself a\u00a0nice prom dress that cost $1,000 with the money from her\u00a0job.\n

Her mother and stepdad let her know that Anna\u2019s mother would only help her with the basic things, such as\u00a0a\u00a0graduation cap and gown, and would pay for a\u00a0graduation photo. They left it\u00a0to\u00a0Anna to\u00a0pay for the rest, including prom. Anna explained that she\u2019s been saving all her earnings in\u00a0full, and she was also making extra money doing nails, which she used as\u00a0her spending money.\n

One day, she went prom dress shopping and bought herself a\u00a0beautiful dress that cost $1,000. Anna wrote that the feeling of\u00a0her dream coming true was even more dear to\u00a0her than any money in\u00a0the world.\n\n

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Anna\u2019s stepdad ruined her dream because of\u00a0his own ambitions.\n\n
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Anna goes on\u00a0with her emotional story, saying that when she first showed her mom and stepdad the dress, they asked how much it\u00a0was. She honestly told them the amount and since then the\u00a0drama\u00a0ensued. Anna\u2019s stepdad couldn\u2019t come to\u00a0terms with the thought that Anna bought such a\u00a0posh dress. He\u00a0said that it\u00a0was irresponsible of\u00a0her and a\u00a0total waste of\u00a0money. He\u00a0said she should have used it\u00a0for paying some of\u00a0the family bills.\n

Later, they got into an\u00a0even bigger argument because Anna\u2019s stepdad suggested she must help her stepbrother Olaf pay for his own prom, to\u00a0which she said\u00a0no. He\u00a0became furious and called her selfish and said that it\u00a0was not fair that Anna got an\u00a0expensive dress while her brother would wear something cheaper to\u00a0his prom.\n

The next morning, Anna woke up\u00a0and couldn\u2019t find her prom dress anywhere. She asked her stepdad if\u00a0he\u00a0didn\u2019t see it\u00a0since her mom was at\u00a0work. And he\u00a0said he\u00a0did, and in\u00a0fact he\u00a0was washing\u00a0it, while giving her a\u00a0smile. Anna then saw her dress in\u00a0the washing machine, put to\u00a0wash on\u00a0the heavy-duty cycle. It\u00a0was completely ruined. All of\u00a0the rhinestones came out, and the colors were washed out.\n\n

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Anna was totally desperate and had no\u00a0one to\u00a0go\u00a0to.\n\n
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\u00a9\u00a0Donald Teel \/ Unsplash\n\n\n\n\n\n
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