Friend Holds Wedding Dress Hostage For Two Years. Is Mad When Owner Gets It Herself

There is a strange internal rage that you feel when you lend something to someone and they lose it. Now imagine that thing is an heirloom wedding dress that you promised your sister and the person that lost it hasn't even bothered to check for it for years. So OP decided it was time to rummage through the closet herself.

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It was two years ago that OP had asked her friend to hold on to her wedding dress so it wouldn't get damaged in renovations. Thinking it would be in a safe place, OP was glad to have set it aside amid the chaos.

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When the time came for the dress to be returned her friend changed tune and started making excuses.

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The dress had belonged to OP's mother and now that her sister was getting married, the time to find it was getting nearer. Two years later, however, her friend said that she could no longer find the dress.

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OP was shocked by this revelation and even turned down her friend's offer to pay for the dress. 

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It was around this time that her friend and her husband went away on vacation and asked OP to water their plants. OP decided now was the opportunity to look for herself and set her mind at ease.

As it turned out, the dress was in the closet all along amidst a chaos of clutter. 

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OP let her friend know that she found the dress only to be met with anger. 

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Her friend said that she had no right to go through her things. OP however felt like she couldn't have let it go if her sister had missed out on the chance to wear the dress. Not to mention the two years she took to even check.

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Commenters said OP should never have mentioned finding it.

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Some also felt that the situation was a little fishy considering OP had not mentioned where she had found the dress. 

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The lack of effort and accountability over two years was a definite red flag for people.

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Commenters said that in any other situation going through someone's things was wrong but in this specific case OP was in the right.

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For most even the most positive scenario was troublesome.

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