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Just Said Yes July 2018

Not supportive family

Vanessa, on April 27, 2018 at 3:20 PM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 5
I dont even know where to begin this is going to be long. Throughout my wedding planning process Ive been so happy to see the outpouring of love and support from all of my/our friends and my fiancees family but for some reason very recently my mom has just been so hurtful. To start hasnt really been involved in the whole process. When i went to try on dresses and pick one out all of my friends came from all over california (my MOH drove 16 hours total just for it!!!) and re arranged their schedules to be there. My mom and sister came from an hour away and showed up late, and then said she had to leave early to meet someone for dinner (even though it was only like 2 pm at this point). I said fine not a big deal go ahead then found THE dress at the last store! Everyone was so excited! After I leave I tell my mom and sister and send them a picture and they call me screaming at me for deciding on a dress when they werent there. I had 4 girls in my car and it was on speakerphone and it just was dead silent after, they completely ruined the mood and excitement i had for this special moment. Also I want to note that Im paying for everything myself if it makes a difference for these issues. I invite only my mom and brother to come to the caterers tasting and cake tasting and she comes... then proceeds to get in an argument with me at my caterers house over how im not helping her enough with moving houses. From january through march I spent the majority of my weekends (im a nurse and work every other weekend) helping her move and she has once again not helped me at all with any planning needs, yet this move argument comes up on a regular basis. After that my fiancees sister and mom (who live in Arizona and Im in California) want to throw me a very small bridal shower just for Arizona people because for one these girls wouldnt be able to come to a California shower but for two my fiancees sister is due to give birth around the time of my big California shower and wouldnt be able to make it and felt bad. I thought it was a great idea to have two showers and was really grateful. My mom and sister though flipped out and said how rude it was for them to do this (even though its nice for me and no one from California was coming and they were invited of course). I didnt have to do a thing and they set up a beautiful shower for me and I had an amazing time. Then for the California shower which my mom agreed to host around December, already rearranged my weird schedule around, save the dates are out and everyones excited- every time i try to talk to her about progress on planning there is none. My MOH and another bridesmaid check in with her regularly and agree to do theme and decorations but she just wont plan anything. Im at the point where im going to just have to do it all myself because its about a month and a half away! Finally I take her shoe shopping with me just us and she decides to push this new idea of a prenup at me at every store. I absolutely do not want a prenup, it says to me that youre going into marriage not believing its going to work, and its not like were super wealthy or have a bad distribution of wealth anyway. My fiancees an accountant im a nurse we have the same income currently and should remain around equal through our careers. She pushed it so hard non stop I snapped and told her to stop. I told her all of this and why it was hurtful and she just complained about her move and said I was “trying to take away the honor of being mother of the bride” from her. We’ve always been close but Im currently not speaking to her. I dont know why shes being like this its not her usual behavior and Im nervous that as of right now I dont have a shower either. Its just ruining the entire experience right now.

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Latest activity by Jeleebeenz, on April 28, 2018 at 2:48 PM
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    OK, so this isn't how she normally acts? You say you are normally close and I don't know you could be close if your relationship has always been what you posted.

    If this is a big change for her do you think she thinks she is losing you?

    Whatever is going on, I am sorry you are dealing with it.

    I have always said don't go to a dry well looking for water. You will always be thirsty. Your mom sounds like a dry well.

    Next time she says you are taking the honor of being the mother of the bride away, how about you ask why she hasn't acted like an interested mother of the bride and has had a hand in ruining some events leading up to this so far. (holy run on sentence)

    If she wants the honor of being the mother of the bride she needs to act like one.

    Is this really out of the norm for her?

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    Yes it really is out of the norm. And I said exactly what you suggested! I explained everything in my message and said Ive given you all these opportunities to be a part of this and you didnt act interested. She just brought up how her moving was such a big deal... again. I ended the conversation after that and havent talked to her since. Im worried this will continue onto my wedding day, and Im worried about the shower.
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    So do you think she is lashing out at losing you because she is moving and you are getting married?
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    Thats a valid idea but I dont know what to do about that! Shes only an hour away still and i still spend so much time with my family, a lot more time than my friends and fiancee can. These things shes doing to lash out are really affecting my planning and im getting worried. She promised to host the shower on a certain date at her house and now its going to be a major issue if it falls through after we already planned on everyone being there which it seems like it will and I let her invite whoever to the wedding so she invited a lot of distant relatives that I dont have contact information for and now RSVPs are late and they havent sent theirs and she wont follow up with them or give me their information. Not to mention the emotional toll shes caused at every other pre wedding point. I included her in these things because she made a huge deal about wanting to be involved! I dont know what to do now my wedding date is coming up fast.
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    Can you just bluntly call her out on everything? Ask her what has happened for her to change to much and to treat you like this. Tell her that if she lets everything fall apart with the shower and doesn't reach out the people who haven't RSVP'd, SHE is going to change your relationship going forward and it is going to be far more distant. Tell her you love her, you understand she is going through a lot with having a daughter get married and moving, BUT she is the one who volunteered for the shower and SHE is the one who wanted all these people invited and SHE needs to step up to the mother of the bride plate here and help you out.

    I am so sorry you are dealing with this.

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