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mog - Drama Normal?

Blag, on June 19, 2019 at 1:53 AM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 11
Guys...I’m a little disappointed to sharing this but I feel I need some support. I have been dealing with MOG constant drama throughout our engagement. Recently she reached out asking if i had a few minutes to talk to her about the wedding shower and I told her I thought her and my mom were going to work out the details and plan things under my mom’s direction. My mom is the maid of honor and she knows and supports what I want for the wedding shower. when MOG takes charge she tends to cause drama and fight with things that aren’t along the lines of my vision , etc. previously before she reached out she called to complain about something and I told her afterwords that It would be best she reach out to my mom directly because she’s running it and they can work out who will do what. I also explained I did not want to be put in the middle and the messenger person of frustrations which she does a lot even to her son and things would escalate. Anyways so after I told her that I thought she would be discussing things with my mom she didn’t respond and I thought that was the end of it. At around midnight I get a call from my fiancé that she was pissed that I didn't answer her question. I told him I did answer her questions and sent him a screenshot of the texts. he didn’t understand because she told him I didn’t answer her question about our registry and she never asked about the registry. I was a bit annoyed after this because it is just way too much drama for something so silly especially. He doesn’t like that she lied to him to make a big deal about something and to cause drama for attention. This morning she sent me a text saying “I can’t do the 30th anymore so I gave the bottle paintings to him for you two to finish up” I responded and said I thought we made plans on the 30th to do that together. She then said “Not anymore”. I figured she was saying this because this is just how she is. She is a very passively aggressive person who I’ve come to see that she likes to always act like a victim, lie and manipulate people to take her side and for attention. I sent my fiancé the texts and he is really annoyed that she is acting like this. He called me after receiving my texts and told me that around 6am and 3 other times after that she raged into his room yelling at him and he finally snapped and yelled at her saying “what the hell is wrong with you”. Then she took out her anger on his dad. My fiancé doesn’t even want to sleep at his own house or be around her because he is fed up and doesn’t like what she did and how she is talking to her future daughter. Even if he tried talking to her he knows that it would get escalated into even more drama (offended & would flip out) if he told her she can’t act like this and behave in such a way. From my understanding his mom has always been this way with a lot of things. She didn’t start acting crazy like this towards me until we got engaged. Now it’s like all she wants to do is fight or something. I have talked to my mom and she reassured me that she is really only causing problems for herself and to not let her issues bother me. I’ve been bothered by it I won’t lie about that but I do feel stronger in the sense that this is her stuff she’s taking out on others. Has anyone else delt with this kind of thing? I’m not really sure I even can deal with her anymore it’s just I don’t really feel like she is a good person to be around or be involved with which is difficult because I’m marrying her son however would like to keep my guards up and a distance from her so I don’t fall into her trap so to say. My mom thinks all of this is not normal at all.

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Latest activity by Libby, on June 19, 2019 at 9:28 PM
  • CDickman
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    CDickman ·
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    She is pretty passive aggressive. I would tell her that you appreciate her help. If she is feeling overwhelmed or not agreeing how any of the wedding plans are going you will understand if she needs to drop out. My advice would be keep out of drama. She is looking for any little thing to feed into. So if she says she can’t do a date she said she could do before. Just be like thanks for letting me know. Then she has no way to respond no drama to feed into. I know it sounds like you are letting her get her way. But she will have no drama fo feed into and you will still have everything how you want.
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    Dedicated August 2019
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    Very true. Thank you I do appreciate that. I need to come back to this later in case anything else happens. 1 concern/thought that was just brought up after reading your reply is that she is supposed to be putting together some pictures and frames working with my mom on it to align with my pictures growing up. as well as paying for the alcohol for the wedding. It’s kind of a risk now thinking about this as we are 2 1/2 months away she would cancel things she committed to. So we may not have alcohol for the wedding which I will accept. I honestly wished we didn’t involve her in anything because it’s a big risk now. but anyways should I just assume that she is backing out of those things too as she has not called my mom back about that after 3 attempts. Should we just take it upon ourselves to do the photo collage? I know as soon as she would find out we had to take care of it she would flip. So we just respond and say listen we tried reaching out and given you canceled and didn’t call my mom back we had no choice but to do it?
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  • Cheryl
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    My friend married a man with a mother like this 10 years ago. In the beginning, her husband sided with her, but now, he distanced himself from the situation and resents my friend for constantly bickering and making the drama worse. They aren't doing so great especially now that they have kids. It's always worse when you have a strong willed mother in law and a hubby that doesn't want to get involved.
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    Savvy November 2019
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    I have a sil like this. She is constantly being the victim and about every 6 months or so sends me strings of angry messages about various ways I'm horrible to her (I literally don't interact with her so these are always out of the blue). She gets all worked up about illogical things and wakes my brother up screaming at him in the middle of the night. She frequently writes vague social media posts of her various victimhoods for attention. In her case, it's some mixture of untreated mental illness and parents who enable her behavior. Your mog sounds very similar in her and I would not be surprised if she has some undiagnosed issues. Maybe after the wedding your husband can suggest to her doing family therapy to improve communication? Just getting her to a professional who can help address her passive aggressive issues might open the door to a better long term relationship. For the wedding I would try to rely on her as little as possible. Try to avoid playing into her escalation. Stick to simple answers with nothing for her to fight back with. I'd invite her to wedding related things but not give her responsibilities at them. For example, for the picture project I'd plan to do it just with your mom but maybe propose a couple dates to your mog of when to do it. If she can't make it to any of them, then of well. Try to include her but act really unfazed if she bails.
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  • MrsJohansson
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    Ugh, life is too short to be dealing with people who are constantly dramatic and causing grief. You and FH need to have a talk about how to handle her from now on and be a united front on this. Be firm that it is your day and that x, y, z is what you both want for the wedding. Stop giving her wedding related responsibilities. If you can, pay for her half of the booze bill yourself. Don't over accommodate when she is having a fit, she probably has enough people in her life who enable this behaviour.

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  • Kelly
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    I'd say for safety sakes assume she's backing out of anything she's agreed to. Some people just cannot stand something or someone else being the center of attention.
    Try to leave her out of anything else and when she cancels just say "That's too bad, but thanks for letting me know" it's polite and doesn't give much to complain about. Screen shot it and show your fiance you're trying to be nice to her but it's just not working.
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  • Nicole
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    Wow! I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. Some positives, you’re not causing any issues and your FH is standing up for you. I would say just draw some boundaries, don’t include her as much with the planning and just keep in mind that you have no control over her emotions/lashing out. You’re not doing anything wrong and this is her own problem. Maybe she will realize when she pushes her son and daughter in law away and she will change her act.

    good luck!
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  • Melissa
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    This sounds so frustrating. I would definitely not include her in any further planning of the wedding and if she starts drama, you or FH need to shut it down immediately. I would also just assume she will not be there for any other activities like photo collage or stuff like that. Good luck!
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    What do you suggest the best way to shut down future drama after she starts complaining she’s not being involved in the wedding planning when she did it to herself? How to word it?
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    Just Said Yes July 2020
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    My FMIL is the same way sometimes. Desperate for attention and control. If she says she’s backing out, believe her. Give her a date for the $$ you need for alcohol and if she doesn’t meet your deadline, move on without her. She will regret her decision one day when she doesn’t have a relationship with you or your fiancé.
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  • Libby
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    I am so sorry that this is something you are dealing with, especially with your FMIL! I'd have a serious discussion with your FH and make sure you're both on the same page about her responsibilities for the wedding. She sounds like she is trying to be completely manipulative and run the show; remind her that this is YOURS and HUBBY'S wedding, not hers.
    As awkward and hard as it may be, I would be sure to set ground rules with her that she is not to be included in planning.
    I have also found in my own experience that it is better to get this toxic behavior/relationship out of the way before getting too close to your special day, you don't need that kind of stress on top of everything else.
    Best of luck!


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