S/O Weirdest marriage advice you've received?

When FH and I bought our house last August, my parents were apparently pissed. They didn't tell me that for a while, but they were upset that I had bought a house with a guy without at least "the ring on my finger."

Well, fast forward to 3 months after that and yep, I got engaged. Then suddenly my parents advice was to wait until I was 30 to get married. My mother was 23 when she was married and I was already half cooked, so I'm not sure why I needed to wait until 30. So they went from being upset that I was "setting myself up" for hurt/issues by buying a house with a guy I'm not getting married to, to telling me I needed to wait to get married.

I haven't gotten any yet but your grandparents advice is priceless! I just laughed out loud... Alone. It's actually pretty good advice

These are also the people who told me not to sleep around not because it goes against their religion, but because I could sleep with a complete tool who was amazing in bed and leave him for a nice guy who just wasn't as great. If I didn't sleep around I wouldn't know that Mr. Nice Guy wasn't a rockstar in bed and I wouldn't have to risk feeling like I'm settling sexually etc. Somehow it worked and I've been with FH. He about died laughing when he heard that story.

My aunt heard we were getting a photo booth so she said to instead hang up a bed sheet on the wall, get some hats and stuff from our house to put on a nearby table with disposable cameras to use instead of renting the photo booth. No. Just.... No.

At our bridal shower for my side of the family, one of my distant relatives I've never met told me that I should send out the wedding invites 1 week before the wedding for out of town people and a "couple days before" for people in town. I'm apparently a master at keeping a straight face with semi-smile and not reacting to things like that. But I don't have any horrible marriage advice. I like to keep away from the crazies. Lol.

I got engaged when I was 21, so still in college. When we told my family we were engaged, my grandfather, completely seriously, told me not to drop out of school. (Not that it's bad advice, it just seemed like really unnecessary advice in the 21st century).

In the beginning of planning my mom was ADAMANT that to save money we needed to cater the dinner but provide our own appetizers. She initially wanted to cook our own stuff from GFS then she wanted to ala carte from other vendors to get the "best deal".

None yet... But it will happen, I'm sure.

Double post

Marriage advice: my stepmom told me to not confide in any nonmarried ppl with any marriage related problems bc they won't understand, because they don't understand "you can't just leave." That is probably good advice the weird part was she told me specifically to "not go to my mom, instead come to me (my stepmom)" bc my mom is unmarried.

my great aunt told me the day after we got engaged "do not spoil your husband." she said my great uncle doesn't even know where they keep the salt he's so spoiled. She thought she was doing a "good job" in the beginning waiting on him hand and foot and now he won't do anything for himself around the house. I could have told her that wasn't a good idea. But they've been married over 40 years, seem happy, I am obviously not that involved w/ them but seem happy.

wedding advice: at my sister's graduation back in May, my dad told me to just have "3 small weddings" instead of one big expensive wedding, and if I could don't tell anyone. Actually really good advice, because it would be cheaper. But it was really weird. I brought up having "two wedding events" (one in my hometown, one in his and having them be more causal) but FH didn't want to. I thought the advice was weird coming from my dad esp the don't tell ppl you were already married twice part. He's not on social media and doesn't understand how everyone will know after the first one bc someone will post something and tag us.

"you should TEACH him that his paycheck goes to you"

"he has to do whatever you want"

"You wear the pants in the relationship"

I can go on and on... but seriously, this is the worst advice ever! I am NOT teaching my FH anything. HE is a grown ass man not a dog. We Both work and are joining our incomes for our family. No one is better than the other. We are both equal.

FMIL told FH not to have a joint account with me because he makes more than I do, and she'd hate for me to bleed him dry. FH then pointed out that we've had a joint account for years, we just aren't assholes about it, and that as a family both of our incomes go towards supporting the family as a whole. He doesn't get more say because his check is bigger.

Random old guy at a bowling alley last week saw us snuggling and asked if we were married. We told him we were going to get married next month. He then told us that we shouldn't have a big wedding and instead invest in a house, because he bought a house for $25K that's now worth $1M. Too bad that property values aren't what they were 30 years ago...

"Sex swing."

It was an anonymous comment left on one of my "date night Popsicle sticks" from my bridal shower.

No other explanation. And that shower was ONLY family members.

My 70 year old grandma, who had 5 children under the age of 2 and only 1 set of twins, told me to have sex with my husband at least every single day, and let him do anything I feel comfortable with. She said if you make it habit now, when things get a little harder you'll still have that to fall back on. Plus when you back his car into a pole he won't be as mad, as long as you're constantly putting out...

When my Grandpa had his hip replaced at 71, he was waking up with all his loved ones around him and immediately started asking the nurses when he could "bang" his wife again... He was a little out of it still...

@Angela I would've asked her how/when you're supposed to have make up sex if you go to bed without making up.

The weirdest advice we've gotten was "don't listen to anyone's advice, they don't know what they're talking about. You can just figuring it out yourselves"

"Keep in mind that all men are dogs and they all cheat at least one time"

Ummmm ok!

^Well that's promising...

^ yup, I have gotten that one too.

^ What?! Seriously, y'all? Wow.