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A bride shared on Reddit that her soon-to-be mother-in-law made soaps for her wedding favors, but they smell like “absolute trash”
Now, the bride is unsure if she should “power through,” hide the soaps so guests can’t take them home or tell the groom’s mother the truth about the stinky scent
Most Redditors advised the bride to not risk hurting the groom’s mother’s feelings, and instead label the soaps as being made by her future in-law and hope that guests will forget to take them home
A bride-to-be is in a stinky situation.
In a post shared to Reddit’s “Advice,” “Wedding,” and “Wedding Drama” forums, a bride pleaded to users on the platform to give their opinion on how to handle a sensitive — and smelly — scenario with her soon-to-be mother-in-law. The groom’s mother created wedding favors with good intentions, but the results were less than desirable.
“My MIL (mother-in-law) sweetly handmade soaps as wedding favors for our wedding — which was the kindest gesture… except they smell like ‘plastic turd,’ ” the bride wrote.
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Mother with her son and his bride (stock photo)
Because the groom’s mother lives in a different state than the couple, neither of them were actually able to see or smell the soaps “until it was way too late to pivot.”
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Now, the bride feels “stuck” between hurting her future mother-in-law’s feelings by telling her the truth about the soaps smelling like “absolute trash,” or letting her be happy at the expense of wedding guests’ nostrils.
“On one hand, I don’t want to hurt her feelings because she put in so much time and love,” she said. “On the other hand, they smell so bad I’m genuinely embarrassed to give them to guests.”
She gave Reddit users three options to choose from: “Do I: A) Power through B) Hide them after some point so that people don’t/can’t actually take them home C) Tell her gently and risk hurt feelings.”
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Bars of handmade soap (stock photo)
In the comments sections across the three subreddits, the majority of Redditors voted on option A with a few adjustments.
“You could attach a little tag to the soaps or a little sign ‘lovingly hand made by MIL (mother-in-law)’ and so when people take them and they’re stinky, they know it’s not you,” the top comment on the “Advice” forum reads.
Many individuals said that wedding guests often forget to take home wedding favors anyway, so if the soaps are placed in a basket or on tables then they may be naturally left at the celebration. A few people argued that this should be the groom’s problem to handle because it’s his mother.
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