12/22/2025
🌸 I Was Ashamed To Go To My Son's Wedding Because My Clothes Were Old But When My Daughter-In-Law Saw The Green Dress On Me, Her Reaction Made The Whole Hall Cry
I am Aling Teresa, 58 years old. A simple mother, a market vegetable seller, and the single parent of my son Marco, who was preparing to marry the woman he deeply loved — Lara, a professional raised in a wealthy home.
Three months before the wedding, it felt like I was anxious every single day.
Not because of the celebration or the costs, but because of one simple thing: I had nothing decent to wear.
When I was young, I always used one dress for special moments — green, with plain stitching on the chest, and its worn material that, from age, carried many memories. This was what I wore when I delivered Marco, and it was also what I wore when he first finished college.
So when his wedding day came,I wasn’t sure if wearing it again was right. It was very old, slightly faded, but it was all I truly owned.
I tried to borrow clothing, but I couldn’t pretend.
All I could do was stay true — be a mother.
The wedding day came. Filled with guests, bright lights, music, and joy. Everyone wore beautiful clothes. I looked like the only one out of place.
As I stepped inside the church, I sensed eyes on me — some smiling; others whispering.
“Maybe that’s the groom’s mother.”
“Such a pity, she should have dressed nicer. Her son is getting married.”
I forced a soft smile. I didn’t want my son to notice my discomfort.
But as I moved toward the back pew,a woman approached me — Lara, my soon-to-be daughter-in-law.
She wore a white gown, like a fairy.
She came closer, a smile on her face, but tears gathering in her eyes.
She held my hand —my hand used to soil, hard work, and selling.
“Mom,” she whispered,
“Is that the dress you wore when .......”
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