Lauryn Lawrence from Newcastle in New South Wales has a Maggie Sottero wedding dress (in “excellent condition, unlike my marriage”) that she wants to “remove from my life”.
The ad she posted on Facebook has gone viral and, now, she’s told Mamamia she’s willing to trade the $3,100 dress for a “good camping fridge”.
“My ex told me one more lie, and that’s why I posted the ad,” Lawrence said. “He told me my camping fridge was broken, then I saw it for sale on a ‘buy and swap’ website. I couldn’t believe it. I’m even willing to trade the dress for a good camping fridge.”
Lawrence was married in 2012. The marriage lasted three-and-a-half years and today, after nearly two years of negotiations, she’s at the Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages in Parramatta filing for divorce.
“Today is a good day. It’s definitely cause for celebration,” she told Mamamia. “I’m not a sentimental person, I wanted to sell the dress straight after we were married. I’ve tried to sell it a few different ways. But this ad has gotten the biggest reaction.”
You can see why. This is not a straight-forward measurements-and-value-and-details ad. This is the ad of a woman who has had enough.
She’s over it. She wants her marriage ended. She has found herself a new partner. And she’s run out of patience being nice to her ex.
Here's a run down of the gown, "worn once by mistake":
The dress is beautiful: "It looks stunning on, enough to distract you from the fact you are entering into a marriage with a compulsive liar."
It's authentic: "Comes with a certificate of authenticity (unlike the wedding vows)."
It's clean: "Bad luck has been removed through expensive dry cleaning. I know this for sure, because when I got it dry cleaned post-separation I became happier, more confident and discovered what it feels like to be genuinely loved and treated well in a relationship."
