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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
eternal_malaise 10
Some people are really stubborn about traditions. OP, tell your mother that she has until your wedding day to get your sister married first. :D
SGodinet 9
You should tell your mom that she's invited but she doesn't have to come to your wedding
photogodess 13
Does she play world of Warcraft? Cuz anyone single that long with a terrible hygiene record I'd say has a 80% chance she plays wow
That_Wolf_Gurl 8
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! Go on with YOUR wedding.
lwonderful 11
Just ignore her and get married anyway. She has no say
joeyl2008 29
ill take one for the team
lolita88_fml 27
Just because your sister showers once a week doesn't mean she couldn't suddenly find a guy and be very happy with him to the point of getting married. But your mom's a cow, you got engaged first, you go get married first. Do what you want, you're an adult.
marinewife01 16
Your mother does realize that this is just a fun past time, and doesn't actually mean your sister is next to be married right? Or is she really that ignorant?
AnagenisisZagus 13
Well, mother will certainly be disappointed to learn that, well, screw her demands. Congratulations, OP and good luck.
banemask 14
Tell your mom to screw off. My girlfriends mom is the same way. Except its because she is adopted so the "real child should have true love". Dont let her undermine love
missyamaha 11
your missus is the REAL child too! if she didn't want to have her then why adopt her in the first place?! what a bitch.