Quote From: cynkcorI think the bride could be more gracious, however, in matters dealing with the m-i-l, it is the SON's place to do so. I married a man while living in Europe. His mother came to visit him at that time. To her knowledge, I was merely 'the girlfriend.' I did not feel it was place to tell her we were getting married the week after she left. She was furious that she 'missed the wedding.' Firstly, not my place to tell her. His. Secondly, she didn't miss a 'wedding.' We went to another country, just the two of us. Not like she was excluded. Nobody was included other than the two of us. I made efforts to please this woman, nothing worked. Gradually, I just backed off and stopped doing things like buying the exact same Mother's Day card for her that I got my own mother. Getting her son to write one line on the card and sign it himself got nothing but three weeks of arguing between the two of us until I'd usually sign it myself and it often got there late! HIS fault, not mine. There are two sides to every story and between the two lies the truth!
I think the young lady Michelle is a brat and has no respect for her MIL. I am not saying that the MIL is
innocent, she added fuel to the fire also but Michelle acts like she is the goddess and you will do as I
say or I'll take my dolls and go home. What Son would bar his own Mother from the wedding? Shame on him, he is a wuss and did not stand up for his Mother at all. I'd like to be able to see aboout 10 years
from now and see if this marriage survives. I have been a MIL for 16 years and have never had a harsh
word with my DIL. My son picked a gem and I couldn't have picked out a better one.
