I Promised My Niece I’d Pay for Her Wedding Dress but Immediately Changed My Mind after Overhearing Her Phone Call
“You Promised Me a Dress” — How One Wedding Shattered a Lifelong Bond Some promises stay in our hearts forever. They mean love, loyalty, and hope—especially when they’re made during life’s darkest moments. I made a promise like that to my niece, Megan, when she was just a little girl. I told her I’d buy her wedding dress one day. At the time, I had no idea how much that moment would mean—or how much it would hurt us both years later. It all started when Megan was only 10.