Today, I announced my engagement. My mother's response was to freak out and demand that I postpone my wedding indefinitely. Why? My younger sister caught the bouquet at a wedding last year, so "she has to get married first!" My sister has been single for 3 years and showers once a week. FML
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Today, my sister announced that she just got engaged… right as I was in the midst of giving birth to my twin daughters. The thing is, she's not actually engaged. In fact, she's single. She just couldn't stand that I was "upstaging" her and "had to think of something fast." FML
Today, at my younger sister's wedding, my hospitalised grandmother called to ask if I have a boyfriend yet, both my parents wondered if I'll ever get married, and when the 13-year-old next to me caught the bouquet, his father yelled from the back to give it to me instead. FML
Today, my sister asked me if I was going to be getting married "for real" this time, because she didn't want to waste her money like she did on my previous engagement. The reason that one didn't work out in the first place is because she slept with my fiancé. FML
Today, my father told all of us that he eloped with his girlfriend of two months. I'm engaged to the woman's daughter, and have been engaged since before they met, but now my family is making fun of me for marrying my "sister". FML
Today, I got my first big promotion at work. Excited, I shared the news with my parents. My mom responded with, "That’s nice, dear, but your sister just got engaged," and hung up to go back to celebrating with her. FML
Today, after a day of anxiety and worry that something bad would happen, I decided to keep my two daughters home from being flower girls at my sister's wedding. Now my sister and entire family is blowing up my phone. Apparently her wedding is my important than a mother worried about her babies. 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, I found out that my fiancé's sister, who only got engaged a couple of months ago, is getting married before us. I wouldn't have a problem with this if she wasn't planning her wedding to be exactly like ours will be. 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, my mother excitedly jumped up and down, announcing that one of her sweet younger coworkers got engaged. I wished she'd had the same reaction to my engagement when I announced it to her a few days earlier. FML
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vcapelo 19
Just ignore it and enjoy your relationship :)
meliadams 12
Have your wedding when you want to, OP. tell her if she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to come.
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Comments (89)
slooby_fml 25
How does one only shower once a week? That can't be comfortable
jjmiller1001 17
throw a bar of soap, instead of flowers, at your wedding, and hopefully your sister will catch it.
FeatherTips 10
I don't know, maybe if her sister touches it she'll get burned, retract her hand, and retreat into the shadows, all while hissing menacingly.
azwethinkweiz87 11
Your mother is a little nutty ;) Congrats on your engagement anyways OP :)
Keystonematt 9
your mother sounds unstable, and very controlling.
Jseldi 10
Just don't listen to her
CanadiAnM8 24
Go up to your sister, tell her all her flaws, help stop her bad habits. And oh yea, don't listen to your mom. Mothers have to let there children be independent at a certain age. That's what's wrong with the socioty, (mind my spelling I'm on my IPod) too many kids depending on there parents so much. They should learn to be independant.
Octwo 16
The time you spent writing out an apology for your spelling could easily have been spent simply fixing the spelling mistake.
CanadiAnM8 24
Yea that's true but I thought I'd make more so I said that.
bacon_lover100 11
Or you could learn how to spell CanadiAnM8...
whoracle_fml 12
**** that. Get married when you please. However, you should talk to your sister. Give her the push she needs, I know I could always use a little lift. Spread the love
aLiYaaH_fml 17
Eww that's nasty! But don't let your mum kill ur relationship, of u love her get married simple ^-^
uniannonymous 5
Talk about favouritism
perdix 29
Explain to your mom that if you have a bridal shower, your sister can go and become one shower closer to getting a man. OP, I know it's stupid, but the rest of your family doesn't sound too bright.