Mother of the bride!!!!!

deborahmcgeachy

Please help me convince my mum that shes amazing and i want her to look a million dollars on my special day too!!!

The problem is I've offered to pay for my mums outfit for our wedding (ive paid for everyone elses so far) and felt it only fair to buy hers for her too the problem is she feel slike she doesnt deserve to have a nice expensive outfit and has started looking in places like primark and QS for it!!!

Please help me convince her that she deserves to look amazing!!!

shellsuit

Why does she think she doesn't deserve it? Silly Mum!!


Tell her you want to spoil her and buy her something lovely because she has been such a fab Mum to you over the years.

Plus the fact that you have paid for everyone elses!

Or take her out for a mooch and some lunch, so she can have a look and see if there is anything she likes x

deborahmcgeachy

shellsuit wrote: »

Why does she think she doesn't deserve it? Silly Mum!!


Tell her you want to spoil her and buy her something lovely because she has been such a fab Mum to you over the years.

Plus the fact that you have paid for everyone elses!

Or take her out for a mooch and some lunch, so she can have a look and see if there is anything she likes x

Yeah that sounds good too, its quite selfish but I really want her to feel great along side all of my aunts coz they always spend so much and always look amazing its just about time she invested some me time in herself for a change!!!

shellsuit

deborahmcgeachy wrote: »

Yeah that sounds good too, its quite selfish but I really want her to feel great along side all of my aunts coz they always spend so much and always look amazing its just about time she invested some me time in herself for a change!!!

Do you have Debenhams or any other large department store near you??

You could have a look at the clothes, the make up, the fragrance counters etc...

See what takes your Mum's eye and if she isn't playing ball, you pretend to look for things too, so that you could both go into the changing rooms together, or have a sniff of the perfumes together, or have a make up lady try something on each of you.

You could have a bite to eat, and tell her how much that X dress or X suit looked so fab on her and tell her you would really love her to wear it to your wedding.

Just some ideas!

My Mum wouldn't need asking twice lol xx

deborahmcgeachy

Thanks Shelly, i suggested a personal shopper appointment for her in Debenhams and she recoiled in fear!!! I dont know if its a confidence thing or she genuinelly doesnt know what to wear!!!

My poor wee mum, im the 1st of her children to get married aswell!!!!

shellsuit

deborahmcgeachy wrote: »

Thanks Shelly, i suggested a personal shopper appointment for her in Debenhams and she recoiled in fear!!! I dont know if its a confidence thing or she genuinelly doesnt know what to wear!!!

My poor wee mum, im the 1st of her children to get married aswell!!!!

Bless her! What about having a look online at clothes to get a rough idea of what she could wear?

deborahmcgeachy

Yeah ill do that ive done that with catalogues too but because she cant see the length shes a bit funny about setting her heart on anything!!!

Im gonna go with her next Sat have lunch (OH is going on a boys night out with work) so ill have most of the day to chill and enjoy the shop girls cooing over her coz shes mother of the bride!!! LOL!!!

sethsgran

what a lovely daughter you are. I agree with taking her out for lunch etc. You could also sit her down at lunch and tell her all the things you admire about her and what she has done for you, waiting up when you were a teenager etc. Then tell her this is your way of saying thank you. Also how about a visit to hairdressers for a dummy run on hair nails etc, could be your special day as mum and daughter.
Do you know why the length is important to her, does she feel she needs to cover up?

I'm sure you will find an answer to this as you clearly love her.

deborahmcgeachy

sethsgran wrote: »

what a lovely daughter you are. I agree with taking her out for lunch etc. You could also sit her down at lunch and tell her all the things you admire about her and what she has done for you, waiting up when you were a teenager etc. Then tell her this is your way of saying thank you. Also how about a visit to hairdressers for a dummy run on hair nails etc, could be your special day as mum and daughter.
Do you know why the length is important to her, does she feel she needs to cover up?

I'm sure you will find an answer to this as you clearly love her.

Mum??? Is that you??? LOL!!!! Only kidding.

Shes conscious of her knees she thinks their a bit on the fat side, id best take some tissues with me coz i know ill start blubbering, i dont think ive ever thanked her properly for all shes done for me and id def want to do that not only on the wedding day but before it so she def knows how much i love her!!! Im getting started now!!! LOL!!!

shellsuit

If she's conscious of her knees, she could wear a trouser suit, or a calf length/ankle length dress or skirt.

She doesn't have to flash her knees or legs if she doesn't want to.

You're lucky to have such a lovely Mum and she is lucky to have such a caring daughter!

Hope you get her sorted with something she loves xx

deborahmcgeachy

shellsuit wrote: »

If she's conscious of her knees, she could wear a trouser suit, or a calf length/ankle length dress or skirt.

She doesn't have to flash her knees or legs if she doesn't want to.

You're lucky to have such a lovely Mum and she is lucky to have such a caring daughter!

Hope you get her sorted with something she loves xx

Thank you, but i do have a lot to thank her for!!! She'd like a nice dress just past her knee, (that much iv gathered) shes tall like me so has to watch with length!!!