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Terri
Savvy April 2019

Difficult mother

Terri, on November 2, 2018 at 3:52 PM

Posted in Family and Relationships 42

Hi guys! I think I just need to vent and I figured maybe I could borrow someone’s ears (or eyes in this case) and just have a little support. i got engaged last September to my long term bf of 6 years! I was so excited and thrilled beyond words, he is everything I could have hoped for. Anyway my...
Hi guys!
I think I just need to vent and I figured maybe I could borrow someone’s ears (or eyes in this case) and just have a little support.
i got engaged last September to my long term bf of 6 years! I was so excited and thrilled beyond words, he is everything I could have hoped for. Anyway my parents were going through a divorce so my fiancé didn’t talk with them before proposing, I am not sure if that’s what caused all the problems that have happened since.

Everything with the wedding planning is great, we found a great location and all the vendors we have wanted have been available and wonderful but when it comes to me having any support whatsoever from my family I come up short. My parents show very little interest. I have asked them to come to the tasting for the venue, dinner to meet the wedding party, asked my mom to help me host a bridesmaid brunch and nothing. I have tried sharing wedding updates and details and get very little to no acknowledgement.
The only time my mom gets somewhat involved is when she demands that i invite a friend of hers who then turned around and invited about 10 extra guests. So friend plus 10= 11! We have 110 guests we can have at the venue, so I get half that’s 55 people. So to have 11 guests I don’t want there just to please my mom seems unfair. Especially since my fiancé and I are footing the bill.
It really is crushing my soul that I don’t have my moms support. We have never had the best of relationships but I wanted to at least leave my home with a last good memory before I got married. Am I being a jerk? I think part of me feels like after the wedding we just aren’t going to keep in touch and that makes me sad.
I know maybe this is too much to unload but I have been diagnosed with depression in the past and even though I have so much to be happy about now I feel myself going down a bad spiral.

If you made it through the end thank you for reading through this!

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  • Terri
    Savvy April 2019
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    Hi Rachel! I am honestly so heartbroken that there are so many girls in the same situation. I wish I had found all you guys sooner, you are all seriously giving me strength! I was getting to the point where I was so sad and so depressed that it was getting harder for me to enjoy not just wedding planning but life overall. I agree so much with the jealousy thing, I had a friend that I had to exclude from my wedding party because of the back handed compliments and just meanness. You know when we first got engaged one of my closest friends told me to be prepared because not everyone was going to be happy for us. I never in a million years thought it would be my own mom. But you’re right, it’s my time. My wedding and as selfish as it is I am going to continue making this day about my fiancé and I. All that matters is that he and I are happy, if people want to share in that joy then.. awesome and if not? We have each other! So I just have to keep that in mind. If I can ever be of any comfort to you please reach out, I can hype people up like you don’t even know! 🤗🙌🏼
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  • Rachel
    Just Said Yes June 2021
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    Hi Terri,

    Yes girl! I love your enthusiasm! I agree these discussion groups are great! Yeah sometimes I need to talk and if you do hit me up girl! I know were on the same boat and I like to vent! Positive side with your wedding is 04-2019 and mine is 06-2020. People are like you got 2 years, but little do they know so much stuff happens in that two years. I only have been engaged for 6 months and lost a lot of friends because of jealousy. I know its hard, but why does it have to be! Right?

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