How to be Gracious

>  Jennifer's wedding day was fast approaching. Nothing could dampen her
> excitement - not even her parent's nasty divorce.
>
>  Her mother had found the PERFECT dress to wear, and would be the
> best-dressed mother-of-the-bride ever!  A week later, Jennifer was horrified
> to learn that her father's new, young wife had bought the exact same dress
> as her mother!
>  Jennifer asked her father's new young wife to exchange it, but she
> refused. "Absolutely not! I look like a million bucks in this dress, and I'm
> wearing it," she replied.
>
>  Jennifer told her mother who graciously said, ''Never mind sweetheart.
> I'll get another dress. After all, it's your special day.''
>  A few days later, they went shopping, and did find another gorgeous dress
> for her mother.  When they stopped for lunch, Jennifer asked her mother,
> ''Aren't you going to return the other dress? You really don't have another
> occasion where you could wear it."
>
>  Her mother just smiled and replied, ''Of course I do, dear.....I'm wearing
> it to the rehearsal dinner the night BEFORE the wedding.''