HER 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. She asked her stepmother to buy another dress, since her mom had already altered her purchase. Her stepmother refused. After two more weeks of frustrating 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 rehearsal dinner!" -- Contributed to Reader's Digest "Life In These United States" by Mary C. Rahmel

-- Anonymous, March 05, 2002