--- title: Mom Wears Wedding Dress to Lunch During Coronavirus description: Mom wears wedding dress to lunch during social distancing for her kids and it's the talk of Twitter. canonical: https://time.com/5809567/mom-wedding-dress-coronavirus/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-25T13:12:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:24.495Z og:title: Mom Wears Wedding Dress to Lunch While Social Distancing For the Most Adorable Reason og:description: Why not? og:url: https://time.com/5809567/mom-wedding-dress-coronavirus/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt051b1aaa4bd189af/698a0c1122fb855e30e2ac85/Wedding-Dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2037 og:image:height: 1146 og:image:alt: Wedding Dress On Table og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mom Wears Wedding Dress to Lunch While Social Distancing For the Most Adorable Reason twitter:description: Why not? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt051b1aaa4bd189af/698a0c1122fb855e30e2ac85/Wedding-Dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mom Wears Wedding Dress to Lunch While Social Distancing For the Most Adorable Reason > Sponsored content. 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And while practicing social distancing at home to help prevent the further spread of [coronavirus](https://time.com/5801956/events-canceled-coronavirus/), Curtis Sittenfeld, the author of _Prep_, happily obliged. “[Social distancing](https://time.com/5802700/lockdown-song/) Day 12: Today my kids wanted me to wear my wedding dress at lunch and I couldn’t think of a reason not to,” she captioned the picture she shared to Twitter. There she sits having polished off her dish, knocking back what appears to be a cup of espresso with her full veil draped over her shoulders. The cream-colored strapless dress was from her 2008 nuptials. It may not have been practical, but it did thrill people no end. The photo has been liked nearly 157,000 times since it was posted on Tuesday. > [](https://twitter.com/csittenfeld/status/1242554050656296967) Not only has the move earned plenty of admiration from Twitter, it has inspired. > [](https://twitter.com/petersagal/status/1242808406307733512) It seems she wasn’t alone. > [](https://twitter.com/redding%5Fsue/status/1242746441220620290) > [](https://twitter.com/DianacBiggs/status/1242607107075190785) > [](https://twitter.com/EileenBillinson/status/1242592250988806144) “Maybe we should do a wear your wedding dress to work Wednesdays!” user Bethan Carr proposed in response. 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