Bit of sensitive advice needed. I'm planning my hen for the last weekend of June. I've got a list of invitees- obviously my mum, sisters and friends. I would invite my fiance's mum but she's a bit...odd...about things like this (she freaks out if she has go out for dinner, so a weekend of camping probably isn't her thing! He's told me not to bother asking).
The sticking point is this: do I invite my fiance's sister- my soon-to-be sister in law? We're not massively close- really only see each other at family occasions (Xmas, etc.) and we're VERY different- she's super girly whereas I'm a massive tomboy- althought we get on OK when we do meet. We don't really have much in common but I feel like I should invite her out of tradition?
You might say that it would be a great opportunity to bond, but...well, we went on holiday with her, her family and my fiance's mum and dad a couple of years back, and she was a NIGHTMARE. Spent the week acting like a bit of a brat, being over-sensitive, moany, making digs at her husband / kids / parents, etc. I'd never seen that side of her before. She also tends to fly off the hook at the tiniest little things and is a bit of a drama queen, to be honest- totally different to my friends / family and I. My only concern is that, if I invite her, she might have a few drinks and kick off at something / someone and cause tension for the whole weekend...alternatively if I DON'T invite her then she might take umbridge at that....I just don't know what to do. If I'm honest, I don't really want her there because I don't think I'll be able to relax and enjoy myself properly, but I don't know if it's worth the aggro of not inviting her if I'm 'supposed' to!
What do you think?
