Today, marks the sixth day in a row that my mum has called me to discuss my upcoming wedding. She's obsessed and has intimidated the actual planner I hired into going along with her plans. She's slipped up twice already and accidentally referred to it as her own wedding. Just great. FML
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Today, I called my mom to make sure she could attend on the wedding day my fiancé and I had discussed. She started off with criticizing the venue we considered, then went on to criticize my fiancé, and then stated she would under no circumstances help out, but demanded to pick my wedding dress. FML
Today, a week after my fiancé and I got engaged, his mother is already complaining that she isn't involved enough in the wedding arrangements. We haven't even set a date yet. FML
Today, six weeks before my wedding, my mother decided to claim that she never agreed on paying for it and that she doesn't think she will. Now I have six weeks to scavenge enough cash for the wedding she planned in the first place. FML
Today, my future mother-in-law informed me that since she is putting money into our wedding, that all the planning and arrangements are under her authority. FML
Today, I overheard my mom talking on the phone with my sister about how much they hate my fiancé. My wedding is in two weeks and my family has been pretending to like my future husband for three years. FML
Today, I was busy going over wedding plans with my fiancé, when my mother called. Apparently, she wants me to "drop the joke" about this "fake engagement", because she was under the impression I was only dating a white guy to piss her and dad off, and was now getting carried away with it. FML
Today, my soon-to-be mother-in-law decided that she is going to be in charge of planning my wedding. All decisions must be approved by her, and anything she doesn't like will be thrown out. She also wants to go on our honeymoon with us to make sure I don't "defile" her son. FML
Today, my wedding is scheduled for next week. Today is also the day my whole family had an epic falling out, resulting in my mother disowning my brother. Apart from having them taking turns sobbing at me through the phone, they're also not coming to the wedding. I paid the hotel rooms in advance. FML
Today, I overheard my mother telling my sister that she expects my marriage to fall apart any day now. Apparently, I have no concept of what "marriage" really means. My husband and I just celebrated our 7th anniversary, while my mother is planning her 5th wedding. FML
Today, I called my mother to tell her that I got engaged. In the 15 minute conversation that followed, 13 were spent listening to how this is going to affect her. FML
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mk58 31
Reminds me a lot of my mom... Are you sure you aren't my long-lost sister or something?
lilhellian 26
Uninvited her.. Fire the planner.. And intimidate her rat so she gets lonely..
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mk58 31
Reminds me a lot of my mom... Are you sure you aren't my long-lost sister or something?
tjv3 10
Well if the planner is just going along with her fire the planner
oj101 33
The whole thing reminds me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Oppa! Plus, the mom sounds like a total Bundt.
AssTard 15
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1- And you remind me of my sister who is reminded of her mom. Wait, what?
CheckMyProfile 17
Has she tried your dress yet?
ZombieSnoopy 9
OPs gotta stand her ground and be like ITS MY ******* WEDDING
MuseFan1991 14
my mum keeps trying to influence what my wedding dress will look like. I'm having a Catholic wedding so she thinks having a strapless dress would be 'inappropriate'
chell1894 13
Yeah, seriously tell her how it is or just elope. My mil is like that as well. She wanted to plan my rehearsal party aka plan HER party and I just flat out told her no. She hasn't bothered me about it since. The longer you wait the worse she'll get and the harder it'll be to get her to stop
lkhardin 13
#38, my thoughts exactly! Oppa!(;
PapaMoti 21
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Try talking to her.
BlowinChronic 18
I'd recommend yelling instead. Sounds like OP may need a little more than a nice little "Please let the professional do his job."
Catkam623 27
That or threaten her saying your scaring the shit out of my husband and if you keep going on like this, you can't come to the wedding.
Alleged_Cranium 7
Elope.
N3766 20
Bitchslap will do.
SillyGirl4602 23
Op needs to tell her mother that this isn't her wedding and she needs to stop planning it for her. Op deserves the wedding that she wants. Not one that the mother wants.
Pix3lJunk 12
to me sound like the kind of OCD mom that you talk about it and will break crying then keep her plan going.
firegirl1993 21
OP needs to do much more than talk, it's her wedding, not her mother's. She deserves the big day she's been dreaming of. OP needs to slap (metaphorically) her mother into reality.
radmuffin 12
*literally
needleinmypants_fml 3
Maybe she never got the chance to have her dream wedding. However, she shouldn't force upon you. Confront her and tell her that she has to back off or you can't invite her to your wedding. From what I read it seems you have been avoiding doing so.
Krajjan 9
And perhaps tell your planner that they need to do their job and comply with your wishes or they'll be out on their ass for failing to meet their employer's expectations. If I painted a room red that the homeowner wanted blue because their crazy mother said so, I'd be repainting that shit for free and buying the paint.
SillyGirl4602 23
I completely agree. It's very annoying when the mothers try to plan a wedding that they've always wanted for their daughter's wedding.
yelz 16
'**** you, mum, ' Bridezilla alert.
MidnaLink 33
More like Crazy Bitch Mom alert!
lilhellian 26
Uninvited her.. Fire the planner.. And intimidate her rat so she gets lonely..
Stardew 19
I agree with #4. If you're paying the planner, your mom has no say unless you ask for an opinion. If it were my mom, she would be removed from any sort of wedding planning. This will be your day, not hers.
DrunkButterfly 17
Easier said than done! When my sister got married my mom basically took over all the planning and even tried on my sister's wedding dress.
XxDevilxXGt 26
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Just make sure she doesn't take your spot with a dress and you're golden. Probably. I'm sure she only wants you to have a perfect wedding.
BlowinChronic 18
I'm sure she just wants OP to have the wedding that the mom never had.
XxDevilxXGt 26
Which is what I meant, but apparently everyone hated it coming from me. I'll go ahead and thumbs myself down anyways :(
Mioko_fml 6
53 I think the difference between what you said and what 39 said was, the way you said it was like saying mom want OP to have a perfect wedding for OP. What 39 said was, mom was planning the wedding indirectly, for herself, not really for OP. At least that's what I thought when I read the two comments.
ant1078 7
better your mom than your mother in law
BostonBear 33
My mother in law was the same way. It's your day so keep her from ruining it
asherm 15
Thumbs up for Boston Bruins pic
Rainbow_dumpster 28
Ban her from planning any further. It's YOUR wedding after all.
Jessiegirl122 7
I have a feeling she already tried that...
lilhellian 26
That is when you throw the ban hammer out the window and get a ban shotgun...
naya_bingi 11
My aunt was like that about my pregnancy :/ Poor kid had his life planned out before he even came into the world. She went so far as to try to get in the room while I was pushing him out lol
happle 21
My mom has my kid's life planned out and s/he hasn't even been conceived. ._.
kurodansei 16
Congratulations on your new green mushroom, you've just been 1-Uped.
MexicanTexasQtt 9
You're poor husband. Talk about a monster-in-law.
mistercrow 9
Your*
spazz666 18
Not really. The guy usually doesn't get very involved with the wedding planning because (and I'm assuming here) they realize the only thing that matters is that they're actually marrying the woman they love, or they really just don't care, or they just want their lady to be happy. And he's not her husband yet, just saying... And may never be if the wedding is for mom after all (;