Future mother in law paid for ring but fiancé allegedly paid her back...weird or no?

Hi Brittany, Welcome to WeddingWire!

Sometimes guys have to " get the $$$ together", you know what I mean?

The fact that he had it on lay away and borrowed from his mom for so long means 3 things:

1) He's wanted to marry for at least that long

2) He knew that ring was perfect for you

3) His mother supported him getting you this ring.

Now that he has paid it off with his own $$, your FMIL is out of the equation- you can look down at it again and look forward to October!

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This didn't happen in my case but as long as your fiancé paid her back, I wouldn't worry about it at all. Technically your fiancé paid for the ring, not her!

Agree with people, it's was his money going to the ring!

I would not worry about it - he paid for the ring. I would soften your stance on you future MIL - she was gracious to buy the ring and allow him to pay her back. If she could not stand you, she would have told him no way buy your own ring.

View Quoted Comment You don’t think it’s strange it took him almost 4 years to pay his mom back for the ring? Apparently she wasn’t even asking for payments until I pissed her off. The ring wasn’t even that expensive, he could’ve bought it himself but his parents can’t ever tell him no.

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OK, Brittany, this is sounding different than the original post. This sounds like there are issues going on, that have nothing to do with the ring per se. And some of those issues might need to be worked through with counseling before entering into this marriage.

1. If fiance could have bought it himself, why didn't he? (weird dynamic with parents)

2. If you "piss off" mother-in-law, and then there is a financial cost, that is an unhealthy sign, too.

3. Why would it take him 4 years to pay back his mom, if he could have afforded it himself in the first place?

These issues send up red flags for me about potential conflicts for this marriage.

View Quoted Comment It’s a weird situation. Also I pissed her off by standing up for what I wanted for my wedding. She’s toxic and has a poor me attitude. When I ask my fiancé why he couldn’t come up with the deposit he just says his credit wasn’t good enough. The deposit for the ring was $400 which he could’ve easily saved.

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I would let it go. He paid her back. Clearly she wanted to help out. There's clearly more going on with your FIL dynamic that maybe you should talk to FH about.

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Yes, there are more details being shared now that sound like nothing to do with your ring. Now she is toxic. To be blunt: I am in my early 50's and I have seen up close up and personal way too many stories that sound like yours: adversarial relationship between DIL and MIL when clear communication is key. It sets up early and can last for years. Get some professional help to get stuff cleared up now.....as one PP said: Lots of red flags here. The poor credit rating would worry me too