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Beginner July 2022 Shropshire

Mother of the groom causing trouble with other family members

Claire, 27 May, 2022 at 04:36 Posted on Etiquette and Advice 0 11
My Fiancé mum has been interfering since I first met my fiancé she’s been passing little sly comments here and there ,she’s been causing trouble with her daughter who I haven’t met because she lives far away and hasn’t visited when I’ve been down at his mothers . My fiancés mother passed comment on my colour of my coat on the first day she met me she sniggered and we wouldn’t need a torch because my coat was bright enough to guide us , when we told her we’d got engaged she comment would it be a long engagement, when we got the engagement rings she was interfering about how much they cost and which one she thought best to chose. When we went to pick up the engagement rings she passed comment to my fiancé who was scared of high windy weather because he had a car accident where a tree fell on part of his car abs this day was windy and she tried to convince him not to go and she made a point of calling his name before he left and saying to his face with a smirk watch out for falling trees , We had a fall out last year because of the appalling way she was treating my fiancé and I told her I wasn’t having it and I told her the things she’d done that I didn’t like in a nice polite but to the point way she told my fiancé’s dad and he was under the wrong impression and had a go at me but later said sorry because he’d realised she was wrong how she spoke to me , she also got on to her daughter who lives away and caused trouble missing out all the bits she did and saying I had a go at her for nothing her daughter is reactive to situations and she was texting me and pulling me apart to which I said you don’t know the situation and blocked her . My fiancé mother played the victim and wanted me to apologise to her and I wouldn’t because I said everything that was true , I over heard her on a conversation saying she was going to apologised to me because she didn’t have the strength to keep the row up and could my fiance tell madam to get in touch for an apology of her . This made my blood boil and I didn’t get in touch with her she tried to jump on to my fiancés FaceTime call to apologise and I told my fiance I was cutting him off because I wasn’t having it in the end her Husband said to me how we going to deal with this and I said let’s just go back to where we were before and forget about it because I didn’t want a fake apology of her and I wasn’t giving her an apology and I did this to take the stress off my fiancé because it was his mum . This made the wedding plans awkward because she’s so false and I didn’t really forgive her or want to be around her but I did it for my fiancé. His mother got wind of we were going cake tasting and invited herself because my mum was coming.his mother took over the cake testing and her voice was louder then mine and my fiancé’s .Then we were discussing venues for the evening do and she wanted us to have a run down sports and social club and even her husband said that it was a dumb somewhere more classy would be suitable. Myself and my fiancé are paying mostly for this wedding with a few things bought as gift of my mum and my fiancé parents are paying for the dj . Me and my fiancé are having my dog as our ring bearer and his nana on his mums side has recently told us she doesn’t like dogs even though she had dogs in the past and has recently look after her neighbours dog , I asked my fiancé what his thoughts were on the nana and grandads invite and what should we do he said invite them to the evening because my nana will make a scene and we’d had a telephone conversation with them to confirm this with them before they received there invite . The day the invites were sent to my fiancé mother to dish out her mother asked my fiancé mother to open the invite and they weren’t happy , my mother in law took over and said that they would be fine and she could vouch for them both on the day and my and my fiancé insisted that we rather them to come to the evening so that his Nana would be more comfortable and to make it up to her she could see me and my fiancé in the break between the day do and the evening to have one on one time with me and my fiancé . We said we didn’t mind his nana coming to the church and sit at the back because of the dog , my fiancé mother broke this to the nana and grandad and they have now refused to come to the whole thing and they never want to speak to me and my fiancé again , my fiancé mother has got on to her eldest daughter again and caused trouble by crying to her and telling her her version of events. My fiancé sister has been having a go at him and threatening to come and ruin the wedding so my fiancé has had to block her ,she wasn’t going to be my bridesmaids anymore because of the first row so she wasn’t invited anyway but it upset us both that she felt the need to say she was going to come and ruin it . My fiancé nana on his mums side got in touch with her other daughter my fiancé aunt and told her about the evening invite and what my fiancé mother had said we’d said and now there not coming and her children. My fiancé and I are really upset we’ve got seven weeks till the wedding and neither of us want to talk to his mum his mother has been bombarding us both with text and calls and has asked us question about the dj and said if we don’t respond to her she’ll cancel ,his other sister is siding with his mum and saying she doesn’t want every falling out because this is a very important time for her with exams and all her mum wants is the songs we want for the first dance which we’ve already told her a week ago and she wrote it down . My fiancé dad is upset at my fiancé mum for threatening us with no dj and to be honest me and my fiancé are really upset with the build up being ruined to our wedding my question is has anyone else had mother of the heron or bride problem and what did they do about it


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Latest activity by Jnhk, 30 November, 2025 at 21:24
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    Beginner July 2022 Shropshire
    Claire ·
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    My question was has anyone else had problems with their mother in law too be and how did they deal with it


    Thanks
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  • Michelle
    VIP July 2026 Cheshire
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    Claire just read this post i cant imagine how hard it is being so close to the wedding if you dont want to talk until she actually apologies send her the songs and leave it at that or you could send them to dj yourself for her to say its all you and make lies and not put the full conversation i cant imagine how you h2b must be feeling with how she is behaving i think the best thing to do is get on with your planning that you have left and just remember its your special day to say i do with h2b xx here anyrime x💗
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    Beginner July 2022 Shropshire
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    Aw thank you so much for your message . It is a difficult time for me and my hb2 , one of the things I said to my h2b was that I wanted our wedding to be real and I didn’t want any fake people there sadly were having his mother even though when she’s been kicking off my h2b has said let’s just have your family and our friends and tell my family to not bother coming but I said to my h2b I wanted him to have her there for him because she is his mother but she is so difficult and I’ve tried my best from the start to show them how lovely and friendly I am , I bought them all birthday day gifts that I’d really thought about what they liked , I bought them Easter eggs and Christmas presents I even bought their pets Christmas presents. The sad part is I’ve tried so hard to be the best person I can be to them all and it’s all been in vain because they don’t really appreciate how I’ve been . When me and my h2b said we were going to try for baby his mother started pestering his dad for another baby and she’s got 5 children and is in her 50s he told her what do we another child for we’re in our 50s, I can’t understand how childish she is . Since this all last night my h2b’s dad has spoke to my H2b’s mother and has said to her how she is ruining her relationship with her son so hopefully this makes a difference because I’ve said to my h2b I don’t want to bother with his mother after the wedding I don’t think I can take anymore rubbish from her , we’ve sent the songs to my h2b’s dad and he said that he can assure us the dj is not cancelled as he’s paying for it . I agree with what you’ve said Michelle it is mine and my h2b’s special day and we both are just going to ignore anymore drama and enjoy our special day thank you so much for commenting x
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    Genius July 2020 Monmouthshire
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    I'm so sorry you're going through this.

    I think the most important thing, going forward, is that you and your fiance agree on boundaries to be set with his family and stick to them.

    You would have had much less hassle with the wedding if his family had not been told anything about the plans - for example, if you and your fiance had arranged the cake tasting without telling anyone else, there is no way your future MIL could have 'got wind of it' and turned up. Same with many of the other situations.

    So in future, keep any information you give them to the bare minimum. They can't argue abour something if they don't know about it.

    Regarding the DJ, it might be best if your fiance contacted him/her direct with the songs you want - otherwise, I wouldn't trust MIL not to deliberately request the wrong ones - or cancel the DJ without telling you.

    I would also suggest that your fiance is the one who communicates with MIL - it's sad that she doesn't like you, but you can't change that. And if you are the one contacting her about stuff, she's already going to be working up to be difficult before she even hears what you're talking about, just because she doesn't like you. Same thing with her treating your fiance badly - if the behaviour is bad enough to speak out about, then he needs to be the one to do it. It's only going to make her worse if it comes from you.

    Going forward, set some ground rules. E.g.if she starts badmouthing either of you over the phone, then just say 'I'm sorry, but I'm not prepared to listen to this. Goodbye' and hang up. Same thing if she does it in person - just get up and leave. You'll never 100% stop people creating drama, but you can seriously limit how much they create by reducing their opportunities.

    And stop trying to get them to like you - gifts etc aren't going to do anything. If they were kind people, you wouldn't need to buy them stuff to make them like you (although obviously it would be a nice thing to do) because they would want to be welcoming and accepting. And if they're not, all the things you are doing to try to befriend them are just giving them more opportunities to be nasty to you.

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    Hi all you can do is be true to what you both want the good thing is his dad is trying to keep the peace xx i dont have my mil with us anymore but my mum is the one who causes the problems for us xx Just remember you are getting married soon not her just try enjoy the weeks you have left get the wedding over and just be polite when you see her once the wedding is over its upto you if you stiil want a relationship but there will always be drama from the sound of it from this woman here to listen anytime x💗
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    Aw thank you for replying I agree with in the boundaries being set I think that’s a good idea, yes sadly we did book the cake testing in private but when we pulled up outside my h2b’s mother to pick up h2b his mother came out the house and my mum innocently said that we were going cake testing and his mum was like oh hang on ill just get my coat I’ll come with you but definitely over the trying for a baby situation we shouldn’t have told her I agree now looking back . After that occasion with the cake testing we have made the plans for when she’s in work so she can’t interfere and since my h2b’s moved in with me since October she’s been out of a lot of plans and I think the lack of control on us both has wound her up more sadly. Thank you for that suggestion over the dj my fiancé texted his dad to tell him the dj songs he’s just as upset as we are with her behaviour so he assured us he’d personally give them to the dj himself . Yes we both agree with you over my h2b handling how she treats him too and we’re both going to not take it off her in the future I think we both held back me for my h2b’s sake and h2b for the dj and relationship with the rest of his families sake but now they can see her hat she’s like more clearly especially her husband I think they won’t definitely he won’t side with her anymore. We only give Christmas gifts now to them we’ve done away with birthdays and Easter we put it down to saving for the wedding but it was a good cover for the fact that they don’t really appreciate it only h2b’s dad . It’s sad really the whole situation it’s not what I envisioned but what can you do thank you so much for your advice we both appreciated it x
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    Aw thank you for replying I agree with in the boundaries being set I think that’s a good idea, yes sadly we did book the cake testing in private but when we pulled up outside my h2b’s mother to pick up h2b his mother came out the house and my mum innocently said that we were going cake testing and his mum was like oh hang on ill just get my coat I’ll come with you but definitely over the trying for a baby situation we shouldn’t have told her I agree now looking back . After that occasion with the cake testing we have made the plans for when she’s in work so she can’t interfere and since my h2b’s moved in with me since October she’s been out of a lot of plans and I think the lack of control on us both has wound her up more sadly. Thank you for that suggestion over the dj my fiancé texted his dad to tell him the dj songs he’s just as upset as we are with her behaviour so he assured us he’d personally give them to the dj himself . Yes we both agree with you over my h2b handling how she treats him too and we’re both going to not take it off her in the future I think we both held back me for my h2b’s sake and h2b for the dj and relationship with the rest of his families sake but now they can see her hat she’s like more clearly especially her husband I think they won’t definitely he won’t side with her anymore. We only give Christmas gifts now to them we’ve done away with birthdays and Easter we put it down to saving for the wedding but it was a good cover for the fact that they don’t really appreciate it only h2b’s dad . It’s sad really the whole situation it’s not what I envisioned but what can you do thank you so much for your advice we both appreciated it x
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    Just glad you know its about you at least with your partner living with you now it is easier to do things with out her just grabbing her coat and dont put the baby on hold if this is what you both want for your future stick to it xx💗
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    Don't beat yourself up for telling her about the baby - it's easy to be wise after the event! And in normal situations, it wouldn't have mattered that she knew anyway.

    Hang on to the positives - it's great that you and your OH are on the same page about this, because it would be so much more stressful if you were wanting to set boundaries and he was wanting to keep appeasing her. That you are united on this is the most important thing. And the second good thing is that your FIL is supportive - I feel sorry for the poor man having a wife like that, but it's good that he has your back over this.

    Keep focusing on the good people around you and the good things about your wedding day. They are far more worth thinking about than your MIL who sounds like a very messed up and unhappy lady to be taking so much pleasure in trying to hurt others. I hope you are able to 'look past her' and have an amazing wedding x

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    Curious July 2020 Maryland
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    That sounds really stressful. Family drama can definitely take the joy out of wedding planning. Like with an Easy Grade Calculator , sometimes you just need clear boundaries to simplify thingsfocus on you and your fiancé, not the interference.

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