Planning a wedding...and dealing with In-laws

OUCH!!!! She does'nt walk around little people all the time screaming "I'll get you my pretty!!!" does she?

 

Haha no but I'm pretty sure she travels by way of a broom.

 

That likely will NOT be the best part.

 

I'm lucky - I get along great with my in-laws. The wedding planning was pretty easy for us; we all paid equal amounts us, my fam and her fam. Then the decisions were left to us...

The biggest issue the guest list... 400+....

 

Yes - fletch you are correct! at least I hope you are.

 

Same lol

 

My wedding was relatively painless -

We set a budget, a location and got it done. It took a few trips to department stores for clothes, and a few calls to the planner at the resort.

We paid for part of the wedding, and my FIL was happy to pay for the rest. We went to Playa Del Carmen to get married on the beach. As far as weddings go, it was really cheap. Only about 12 folks came down for the show. WE had a BBQ reception a couple of weeks after we got back over at my folks' place.

My MIL is out of her freakin gourd (religious zealot, basically a cult, no foundation in reality). My FIL and his wife are pretty great. My folks were just excited to be getting my wife as part of the family so they went along with whatever.

My MIL comes into town about 1-2 times a year. She is always pleasant for the first couple of days, then it turns into a whine fest. She is the perpetual victim, and doesn't have an assertive cell in her body so she is constantly being run over by the loons in her church and community. She gets offended when I tell her that we are all responsible for creating our own happiness. I'm not sure that it is completely fair to come down on her like that though, she has been indoctrinated with her beliefs and behavior for her entire life as a part of the church philosophy. I just get tired of hearing it though. For the record, I've been labeled as 'insensitive' more than once.

 

I am getting married in a little over 2 weeks. We are paying for most of the wedding ourselves, but since my sister has been married twice, my parents insist that they contribute. I have included my mom when discussing the wedding and she gives her opinion but also insists this is our wedding and our decision. My future inlaws are great. Besides giving us a list of LOTS of guests, they have really stayed out of it, but they have not offered to contribute in any way...which is totally fine with us! We originally wanted to keep the guest list around 200 and by the time we got all the invites out it was 350. It was a bit of a shock, but we figured since it is a Friday wedding, we would lose some people. We did! We are just under 200!

My best advice is listen to their ideas and let them know you will take them in to consideration. But, ultimately, this is your wedding...don't let it turn out to be theirs. THey will get over it! Good Luck!...and Congrats!

 

She would have had to knock my MIL off and take it from her if she is riding a broom

 

Screw the wedding and go to Vegas get married at the Elvis chapel. Then take the money you save and drop the entire amount on the roulette wheel 1 color. If you win then it was meant to be if you loose then get it annulled and going hunting and fishing the rest of your life.

 

You are cracking me up. I am fairly certain that your MIL and mine are sisters.

I have had to call all of our vendors (cake flowers dj caterer etc) and make sure that she doesn't change plans.

She is constantly calling places and trying to change things. I just can't wait for it to be over and be on a plane headed to the Dominican Republic!