Today, I was talking to my future mother-in-law about my upcoming wedding. She told me that I wasn't allowed to have the wedding at a church, nor wear a white dress, nor have roses for flowers, because that would mean I'd be "copying" her. FML
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Today, my grandmother tried to upstage me at my wedding by wearing an actual wedding dress because she "never had a real wedding". 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 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, my ex-fiancé married the woman he cheated on me with. Their wedding was an exact replica of how I had planned mine to be, decorations, colors, cake, etc. Oh, and she also copied the dress I'd said yes to. 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 best friend informed me that I could not be her maid of honour because I "wasn't as pretty as the other bridesmaids" and she wanted her wedding photos to have "consistency". FML
Today, I congratulated a bride standing in front of a church in a white dress. Turns out she'd been stood up at the altar. She thrashed me with her bouquet. 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, my mother beamingly asked for my opinion on her wedding dress. She is engaged to her cousin. Conveniently, they already have the same last name. FML
Today, I met my future mother-in-law. All went well; she complimented my dress, and I complimented her haircut. Then she and her son had a screaming match over how our children will be fat because of their mother. FML
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s0m3guy2010 21
She also forgot to mention that you're not allowed to invite your future mother-in-law to the wedding. That'd be copying her too.
avaloncode 8
wow. sheesh. something tells me she might not approve of you marrying her son. not your fault though, OP. FYL!
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Virginia6810 16
Mmmmm. This wedding sounds familiar...If I remember correctly she walked down the aisle too. Better avoid that.
youllnvrkno 8
bitch please. its my day not yours! i hope that was your response
bellatrix0805 2
So all the other women who had weddings at churches wore a white wedding dress and had roses are copying her as well??? What a bitch
Shadow_Phantom 26
Cause that's -so- original. *cough* Have your wedding the way you want it, disregard her, and don't invite her if she can't handle it like a grown woman.
timanddavelive 4
Time for you to stand up for yourself and let them know you're not a pushover or a welcome mat. Your wedding day is about YOU. Not them.
Rainbow_dumpster 28
This is YOUR wedding day. **** what she thinks. Most weddings have white dresses, rose bouquets, and are located mostly in churches. This woman-Hitler needs to back the **** off and mind her own business.
kAPISH 29
Watch out... apple might sue you
ideasrule 13
I have to agree with your future mother-in-law. You'd be copying not only her, but hundreds of millions of other unoriginal, ridiculously expensive, materialistically oriented weddings around the world. That kind of wedding is as intrepid as the brainwashing institution they're held in.
DjeePee 25
So because that kind of wedding is unoriginal, ridiculously expensive and materialistically oriented, it's ok for the mother-in-law to forbid it? Didn't think so, mate.
perdix 31
#46, I admire your attempt at using big words, but I'm guessing you meant "insipid" instead of "intrepid." Someone's gotta help you along.
saksxalmo 20
It could have been autocorrect. Also, since when is having a vocabulary a bad thing? "Insipid" isn't even a big (or complicated) word... But besides that, I totally agree. Even if OP "can't" have a traditional wedding, she's not really limited. There are plenty of other options...
perdix 31
#90, you've got me wrong. I'm all for big vocabularies and for people using them well. "Insipid" is not a big word, but it is an unusual one, and one that is not in typical use.
ideasrule 13
By contrast, I'm not for big vocabularies; I almost always prefer simplicity. However, English is not my first language, so I don't always know what words are common in everyday usage. Thanks for pointing out my mistake!
dolphins_penny 5
I'm sorry but if OP wants that kind of wedding u shouldn't be putting an opinion that goes against what she wants. it's just rude. if bitch slap a hoe if they told me they wished I'd do something different for my wedding.
ideasrule 13
Nobody's saying she can forbid it. I'm saying that the OP should really think up of something more original, something that will be memorable for its originality instead of just the fact that it's a wedding.
DjeePee 25
But why should OP really think up of something more original if her dream is the unoriginal one?
devore504 7
I am guessing 46 is single
Llamacod 11
and probably will be for quite some time
saksxalmo 20
Because she didn't even decide on that dream herself... She's probably not going with a traditional wedding because she just so happens to like roses, churches, and the color white. She most likely chose those things because she thinks that's what a wedding is supposed to look like. Now, she can go and have her wedding like that if she wants, and no one should be able to tell her not to, but others DO have a right to point out that it's uncreative and dull (although not in the way the mother-in-law did here.) Also, slapping someone for having an opinion? I'm an outspoken person, and if you ask me what I think of your wedding, I'm not afraid to tell you I think it's boring. It's nice to see that some brides are petty enough to resort to violence over that... If OP just considers all of the options she has other than a traditional wedding, she shouldn't be upset at all. Is it really such a big deal just because it's not an exact copy of Queen Victoria's (or whoever started the "traditional" wedding) wedding? Of course not.
thrAsHeRr9081 16
170 - I see your point, but that is not why this is a FML.
saksxalmo 20
184, no, of course not. The FML is still valid because OP's mother-in-law shouldn't be telling her what to do. I'm just saying that WHAT the mother-in-law said isn't really a big deal. She kind of has a point, regardless of what reasoning she used to make it.
Ajwc101 24
Don't let her ruin your wedding. Do as you please.
robsic66 14
She won't fight you