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    • MrsMaherToBe
      CommentAuthorMrsMaherToBe
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    Hiyah,

    I'm so stuck trying to figure out who to or not to invite and everytime I sort it my mum sticks her nose in and ruins it.
    Basically mum and dad are recently divorced so mum didn't want any of dads family invited. I explained this was unfair and left it at that, since we can't afford to invite everyone we decided aunts and uncles in day time and everyone else in the evening. Also one of my nieces has basically gone off the rails, my sister kicked her out (she's 19) so she went and stayed with another sister but shaved her hair off and ran away to stay with my nan and then my cousin and since then she's been back and forth between a cousin and a mental hospital because she keeps getting drunk, overdosing and no one can keep tabs on her. I really don't want her at my wedding because she will get drunk and create a scene. But mum says I have to because she's my niece and all my other nieces and nephews are invited in the day. I explained I don't mind her coming in the evening provided she's with my cousin and they keep tabs on her, but my mum has gone around to everyone in my family saying she's not invited, almost all of them have kicked off at me and said there not going and the rest of my aunties and uncles have kicked off because my cousins are not invited in the day. I'm trying to keep it as less dramatic as I can as I have 2 small children so don't need the drama.
    To top it all of now my mum doesn't think my dad should go because we haven't invited my partners real dad, he walked out on him from a young age so my partner no longer wants to know him. And Iv tried to tell her that's my partners problem not mine or hers and she's having none of it.
    I'm at my wits end and feel like giving up on everything.
    Bloody family! Haha sorry rant over
    Xxx

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    • Mrs M Wade
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    It's your day not anyone else's so YOU invite who you want. No one can tell you who should or shouldn't be at your wedding x

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    • lala "mod" bunni
      CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
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    we only had cousins in the evening ..... place just wasnt big enough to have everyone to the day

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    • MrsMaherToBe
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    Thanks guys, the problem is I'm used to being the laid back one who does what I'm
    Told, h2b is going to ring around my family. Its just so expensive and we're already over budget without making all cousins daytime and even h2b doesn't want my niece to make a fool infront of his family. Xx

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    • CommentAuthorMrsRobson2Be
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    Have you booked anything?
    If not I would be tempted to book a nice holiday & get married whilst away :)
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    • Teresa
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    dont forget its your day, no one else should be telling you who you can and cant invite, they gonna pay for it are they? no! didnt think so, dont let them treat you like it xx hugs xx
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    • VictoriaL46
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    Okay. Firstly, unless your mum is paying for most/all the wedding she does not get to dictate who you can or cannot invite at all and going around family members stating your plans is also unfair. You have the right to invite who you want there on YOUR day.

    Secondly, your family need to understand that they are getting the privilige of being invited to your day and so if they want to be

    My sister and brother tried pressuring me to invite our dad and have him walk me down the aisle. He and I haven't spoken in over 5 and a half years and due to my mother walking out of our lives when I was a teen obviously she won't be there so I will essentially have no parents on the day. This does make me sad sometimes however I refuse to have my dad there simply to fill a role.

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    • MrsMaherToBe
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    We did look at going abroad however my h2bs family wanted to be there hence having it at home. And my mum was going to pay a proportion of the wedding but on our last phone call I basically said we don't need her help as I'd rather be able to do what I want and that's horrible Victoria I hope it all works out for you xx

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    • VictoriaL46
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    It will. I have my best friend walking me down the aisle who is more like a sister to me. My friends are essentially my family the the OHs family have never treated me any different than him so I will have who I need there. What I don't need and you don't need is people being negative over unrelated issues on the day they should be happy for you.

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    • MrsMaherToBe
      CommentAuthorMrsMaherToBe
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    Bless you that sounds lovely! Especially your in laws. I think half the time people just like an excuse for a winge. I'm lucky to have my little sister she has more sense than most people. Xx

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    • KirstyR386
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    That sounds awful. You and your h2b should have who you want there. I would sit down together and make the list of who you genuinely want there and then send out the invites without any further discussion with other people. If they turn round and say they are not coming because so and so is (or isn't) then that is their choice and they will have lost out on seeing your wonderful day. X
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    • clairenina
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    I know you said you're the laid back one, but this will only get sorted if you are strong and assertive, don't put up with your Mum being controlling if you don't want her to. Be strong, it's your day. If she wants to sulk over it, she may do, but people do that (it happened to me), but the emotional blackmail soon wears off when they realise it has no effect. You may be lucky, and she may just back down, but my Mum went moody for a bit, but soon realised she needed to fall in line with OUR plans. Within hours of us getting engaged, my Mum was nagging me about who was coming, and kept on going on about my Dad. I had only got engaged, not even considered a date, venue or anything. I knew at that point I needed to nip her controlling comments in the bud, or it was going to spoil my 2 years of planning.
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    • MrsMaherToBe
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    Thanks guys, I feel a lot better today, my oh rang her last night and basically said if she carries on she won't be invited. Which i think is the problem because she's not invited to my sisters wedding this year for the same reason. Also my sister told me to ring around everyone this morning, which I have done and no one knows anything about my wedding as they haven't seen my mum! So think I'm gonna have to keep her at arms length with a pinch of salt. And Clairenina that happened to me too, we put off booking for over a year because she kept going on.

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    • InDreamland
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    Goodness me she sounds like a nightmare.

    Stick to your plans, have who you want there and your mum needs to learn its your wedding not hers.

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    • thefuture:Mrs_Hurren
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    You have to go with what you want it is your day after all. I couldn't afford to invite all cousins to the day because that then includes sheer partners and children. I have however said that I can pay for my cousins but if there partners and children want to go they will have to pay for themselves. They have all taken it really well to which is good.
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    • Velcro
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    god she sounds like a nightmare! good to know you havent stewed on it and actually rang round to find that your mum is the sole source of the drama, that must be a weight off :)

    Ive been put off weddings for life lol, never ever again after the drama we had with ours and his mental mother and sister lol

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    • MrsMaherToBe
      CommentAuthorMrsMaherToBe
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    Cheers everyone, I am more determined now just to do what I want. Family's are just mad! Bless you Velcro, there's always someone. Luckily my in laws are fine, it's just my family! Haha xx

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