Today, my future mother-in-law sent a nasty email to my mother, an angry phone call to my fiancé, and threatened to boycott his graduation and the wedding. Why? I didn't respond immediately to her emails about card boxes for the wedding. Card boxes. FML
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OP here... thanks for the comments! My fiancé did essentially tell her to shove it. She did apologize (after missing his masters graduation), and he still hasn’t quite forgiven her. As for what this means for the future... luckily, my fiancé is NOT a mamas boy in the least, and is happy seeing her once or twice a year. He, my mother, and I have a bet going on what sets her off next. Personally, my money is on the day she realizes we aren’t giving her grandkids.
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Leeono 26
Just remind her it’s YOUR wedding and if need be she doesn’t need to attend. Someone tried to dictate a colour scheme of the bridesmaid dresses at my wedding. My wife and I said said no, she gave an ultimatum. We told her not to come. You do not have to please anyone else but you and your partner. Sure it’s nice for people to enjoy the day, but not at your expense.
interesting33 37
what an overreaction! Now had it been polystyrene boxes, that would have been a different matter entirely!
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interesting33 37
what an overreaction! Now had it been polystyrene boxes, that would have been a different matter entirely!
Leeono 26
Just remind her it’s YOUR wedding and if need be she doesn’t need to attend. Someone tried to dictate a colour scheme of the bridesmaid dresses at my wedding. My wife and I said said no, she gave an ultimatum. We told her not to come. You do not have to please anyone else but you and your partner. Sure it’s nice for people to enjoy the day, but not at your expense.
Mr_Mole 24
That’s why I went to Vegas and left all that nonsense behind. So simple and stress free.
DMA 11
Maybe you two can still make amends. You probably didn’t INTENTIONALLY forget to respond to the c__d b_x email (I censored the term in case reading it causes you too much pain). Boy, I still remember the first time somebody forgot to respond to ME about c__d b_xes… I spent nearly half a decade in jail for what I did to them. if anything, you got off easy.
RichardPencil 32
What’s a card box?
Charlie Given 28
it's just decorated cardboard box that you place cards into,then the newlyweds take home
RichardPencil 32
That’s crazy! Hope her insanity isn’t hereditary.
Charlie Given 28
O yaaa crazy mother inlaw what fun😒😕
real life problems 26
Who still uses emails, what is this 1990?
TyrionLannister 17
What do you prefer for long-form communication? Carrier pigeon?
real life problems 26
A note tied to a pigeons leg
lexos 16
Whatsapp or telegram I rarely use my email nowadays.
blondie45 21
WhatsApp...
saffy66 34
I suspect you’re going to have many more happy moments like this with your future mother in law.
skippydoda 32
Are you sure you want to marry into that.
mekiswrite 21
Just put up with it for 20 years and then O.O can get revenge by putting their MIL in the worst possible nursing home.
samomaha 17
That's what my husband and I have planned!
Stephanie Seguin 10
More like Monster in law.. 🤦♀️
Kitiara521 24
My sister's mil was like that. If it were me, and my fiance were unwilling to set boundaries and go low/no contact as consequence, I'd rethink the marriage. You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life enduring a ****.