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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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Top comments
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)
chuka81 27
If you marry him, you won't get anything but your Dad's old sock in the will.
simsgirlgem 25
tell your mother you are not postponing for your sister who is single and if she doesn't like it you can give her spot to someone else
DestinysChampion 17
I'm sorry, some people just don't know how to let others be happy
lotusenta 14
good. marry the bastard anyways, and tell your mom to eff off.
Enslaved 38
That's some crazy demand. Yet, the opposite, I know parents (mine included) that believe their children should get married-- in eldest to youngest order. I'm the baby of the family. :P
KitchenWitch1994 17
Sounds like the reverse Taming of the Shrew...glad you're going ahead anyway! And congratulations!!
hntandjlt 8
What? That's just stupid. Your mom needs to support and be happy for you. But just get married and congratulations!
yeongji 31
Who cares about what she thinks? It is not like she can stop you.. though ruining it may be possible.
judea95 16
Tell her to sod off. If she doesn't like that you're getting married, she doesn't have to go to the ceremony
Christala 8
Came in to say the exact same thing. Literally, my first thought was "Tell her to sod off."
Wiz_Of_Oz 17
Does she eat crayons too?
hordriss 14
That comment caused me to spit out my drink from laughing!