Her big church wedding was fast approaching, and my friend was delighted to hear that her mom, emerging from a nasty divorce, had finally found the perfect mother-of-the-bride dress.

Two days later, she was shocked to learn that her new young stepmother had purchased the same dress.

My friend asked her stepmother to buy another dress since her mom had already altered her purchase.

Her new stepmother refused.

After two more weeks of frustrating¹ shopping, the bride's mom found a dress that was not as nice as the first, but would serve.

When asked by a friend what she would do with her original dress, she grinned and replied, "I'm wearing it to the rehearsal² dinner!"