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Missa
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Emotionless Mother

Missa, on October 22, 2019 at 12:34 PM

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Hi everyone, I'm new here! I'll be honest, I don't necessarily turn to discussion forums when I am struggling with something in my life. I usually find a way to work it out on my own. However, I thought there might be someone here who could relate to me and make me not feel so alone. I got engaged...
Hi everyone, I'm new here! I'll be honest, I don't necessarily turn to discussion forums when I am struggling with something in my life. I usually find a way to work it out on my own. However, I thought there might be someone here who could relate to me and make me not feel so alone. I got engaged over the weekend, and was absolutely thrilled. I've found a great guy who my parents love and we all get along with his family, it's really great!

When I told my parents we were engaged, they seemed really excited! When my mother asked what date we were thinking of, I was so excited to tell her we were thinking October of next year on my grandpa's birthday. It worked out perfectly because it was a Friday. Her response was, "That's when your Aunt and Uncle got married." That Aunt and Uncle no longer get along, and are thinking of divorcing. She further went on to say, "That's really soon, we were thinking you two would wait until 2021. That's just really quick, it's less than a year away." So that kind of spoiled the moment of telling them I was engaged. I ended up feeling really upset, and she then was backtracking telling me that it was fine, she was just processing. She then told me she's "just not an emotional person." Only a few minutes later she told us she was going to bed while my dad helped look at venues with my fiancé and myself. The following day, she sent me a few ideas of venues and was asking what kind of theme I would like, and wanted to tell her friends I got engaged, etc. Once I got out of work, my parents and I were talking and my mom was saying how she wanted us to have specific things at our wedding, such as a sit down dinner instead of a buffet. Her reasons for it were understandable, and I'm happy to look into it, but it can be quite more expensive than a buffet. My fiancé and I are planning on paying for pretty much everything ourselves, so it was a bit irking to hear that she "required" it. After that, we started looking at venues again and she looked at one with my father and me, but after that she turned the TV on. Today, I tried to have another conversation with her about a venue and she basically shut the conversation down. I'm dreading dress shopping with her because when I showed her the dress I liked, she only had negative things to say about it first before she finally said, "It is very beautiful." Maybe I'm being a bit sensitive, but has anyone else had to go through something like this? I would just like a bit more support and excitement from her instead of her saying, "I'm not a very emotional person." She's very excited to make her move to Florida, but not about our wedding...


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  • Missa
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    Missa ·
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    That is not a bad idea, thank you very much for your advice. It's nice to have "the other side" in the discussion!

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  • Missa
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    Haha, I suppose you're right! I think my mother would be very hurt if I didn't take her dress shopping with me because she did tell me she wanted to make a special day out of it. I did text my cousin who I would like to come with us, and told her she needs to back me up if my mom starts becoming too much. We have found a venue we really love that is catered so they only offer a buffet option, and my mom has not at all been excited about it, and keeps mentioning other venues that do offer a sit down dinner. I would never expect my parents to pay for anything for our wedding, but when she wants something that can be at least $1,000 extra, it'd be a nice offer to pay the difference. I'm definitely in that mindset of not wanting other people sway decisions my fiancé and I have already made between the two of us. We are the ones who remember it the most out of anyone else there, and the ones who will pay the most for it all so it should be what we want (of course with some compromise here and there). Thank you so much for your advice and taking the time to answer me!

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