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    • MrsSaraParry!
      CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
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    Sorry ladies, this is going to be a long one, I REALLY need to vent!
    As many of you know I was going for my Hen party yesterday - was really excited, train down to London, shopping, dinner out, show and drinks - sounds great right?
    Well it WOULD have been great if it hadn't been for my older sister! Just a bit of background, we used to be really close but as we got older we grew apart and are now completely different, the result of which is that she drives me round the bend. Her heart is in the right place, she is desperate to please people, but the way she goes about it is SO annoying and everything has to be done at 100mph. Anyway, I wanted a nice chilled hen party and that is most certainly not what I got.
    She moaned about practically everything, told us all what we should be doing rather than asking what we thought, insisted on doing all the tube navigation and would not listen to anyone else, walked off without us and then moaned that we were all going too slow, completely embarrassed us all in the restaurant and in the end I got so stressed with it all that I felt sick and couldn't eat anything anyway. So because of her I spent all last night feeling poorly, I couldn't eat my dinner, felt rubbish through the show and then simply couldn't face drinking so we went back to the hotel for a pyjama 'party'.
    Today was better, I still felt quite ill but we went to the London Aquarium which we all enjoyed (she threw a strop at breakfast but apologised later) but by the time we got home she'd managed to irritate all of us to the point where my best friend snapped at her. The thing is she's not trying to annoy people and in fact more often than not, she doesn't even realise that she is annoying them!
    Am now really worried what she's going to be like on the morning of the wedding, as is my best friend. I honestly won't be able to cope if she's like she was last night - like I said, she stressed me out to the point where I felt physically sick, it was so bad I couldn't eat anything until this evening. My best friend says she's going to try and pin her down and keep her away from me, but I don't think it'll work!
    What do I do?!?!
    HELP ME!!!! lol
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    • Joci "The Currypot"
      CommentAuthorJoci "The Currypot"
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    Sweetie, Take her aside and have a quiet but brief word about how she's making you feel. I don't have any sisters so
    don't really know what it's like, however I do have 3 daughters and yes it can get irate. You need to sort this out before
    your Wedding and remind her it's YOUR Wedding NOT hers.
    Hope u get things cleared up x

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    • higginszajac
      CommentAuthorhigginszajac
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    Is she one of your bm if not then tell everyone you only want your bms around you when your getting ready, but im sure you can sort it out before then xx




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    • ocean
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    i've a younger sister who has been married before me and she is one massive ruddy mard!!!

    She's wound me up recently that much that i don't even want her involved in my wedding at all because she's that spiteful and spineless.

    You need to tell your sister straight and say listen, it's my big day - you totally ruined my hen do which is a day i will never get back and i most certainly don't want you rubbing all the immediate family up the wrong way before the morning of the wedding and ruining that too! I'd ask her if she would feel less stressed herself to get ready at her own place and meet at the church or something, or if she was a bm, get her to only turn up half an hour before the cars just so she can get dressed into her bm outfit and into the bm car

    Saves alot of stress for everyone, she might not like it but hey, she's the one that's gotta cool it!

    ARGH - to bloody sister! i hope to the good lord himself, when i have kids i have more boys than girls - i couldn't cope if my kids turned out like my bloody sister!!!!
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    • MrsSaraParry!
      CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
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    haha, I completely agree Ocean! She is my maid of honour, but may I point out that this is only because she assumed the position and pulled rank on my best friend, and mum specifically asked me not to rock the boat by saying anything. So she now thinks that she gets to help organise everyone and everything on the wedding morning. She's going to drive me round the bloody bend!

    Anyway, to top all this off, I've decided I officially have the worst luck in the world! After having a spoiled hen party from feeling ill, I was really looking forward to going for our pre-wedding photo shoot this morning and....I woke up in the middle of the night with excruciating abdominal pains, sickness etc. so Adam took me straight to A&E. Long story short, we had to cancel the photoshoot, and after sending me straight to surgery to be checked out for appendicitis (which it turns out I didn't have), multiple doctors prodding and poking, blood tests and an x-ray later I was allowed home. How BLOODY ANNOYING!!!!!!

    ...and breathe!
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    • lows
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    aww hun sorry to hear about your hen, and your health! did the docs find out what was causing the pain? if not might I suggest it's down to stress. If this is the case then I would simply tell your sister that you want it to just be you and your mum on the morning getting ready to ensure that you can be relaxed enough to enjoy your day.
    as for the photoshoot can you rearrange this? most companys will be flexible as it was a medical emergancy that stopped you from attending.
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    • MrsSaraParry!
      CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
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    Thanks :o) Yeah they just said that it was a particularly nasty bug that was causing inflammation - apparently it showed up on the x-ray but that I was right to go in because initially everything was pointing towards appendicitis which would have required immediate surgery.
    Thankfully our photographers are very understanding and have offered to rearrange for us, but with only 2 free weekends left until the wedding I'm not even sure if we'll be able to get in! At least they've offered though :o)
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    • CommentAuthorXbox widow
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    I know how you feel hun, my older sister is the same and a control freak. Its so hard because you want to really let fly at her and tell her shes driving you nuts but on the other hand you dont want to cause any bad feeling because it might spoil your wedding. Its really hard I dont really know what to advise but I'm not getting ready anywhere near mine so she cant interfere and find fault. Hope things get better for you x
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    • MrsSaraParry!
      CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
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    xbox widow you have completely hit the nail on the head - i know i'm going to want to smack her on the wedding morning, she's going to get under my feet, annoy the hell out of me and just generally stress me out. Unfortunately she's getting ready in the same room as me, is insisting on lacing me into my dress and 'taking charge of everything' so I don't have to. I don't WANT her to, its MY wedding! aaargh!!! lol
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    • CommentAuthorXbox widow
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    My sister wanted to come to the wedding dress shop with me so she could take over and bore the poor woman to death about what she had at her blessing 6 years ago, she would'nt of helped me in the slightest so I took my daughter who is much more sensible. She has already taken over my poor mothers outfit and rubbished what my mum picked for herself. She went off and ordered something and told my mum she was wearing it. Just the mention of her name sends my blood pressure soaring, so I know exactly what you mean when you say she means well but the way she goes about it drives you mad. But worst of all she seems to revel in every set back I have and loves it when things go wrong.
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    • MrsSaraParry!
      CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
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    yeah she just sticks her oar in all the time, esepcially when its not wanted. When my mum bought her outfit I went with her, and amy threw a strop because she wasn't invited (mum and I are teachers so we went in half term, amy was working) and then when mum showed her what she'd chosen she said it was 'ok, but not what I'd have chosen' - I happen to love what mum is wearing, and when I challenged amy and said what would she have picked instead she responded with, 'i don't know, but not THAT'. How rude! Then it was my dress fitting, and she wanted to book the day off work - why?! I said no, I didn't need her to go and she's not invited when I got for the final one either. Although she's insisting that she has to learn how to lace me into my dress as its her job on the wedding morning. I'm tempted to send her off to do something and get my mum to do it to be honest!
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    • SaraC1
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    wow your sis sounds like a nightmare!
    ive got 2 friends that are like this they seemed to think they were going to be my bridesmaids but ive only known them since the summer lol so im actually having my 2 best friends this caused big arguements but i dont care im having who i want for our big day
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    • MrsSaraParry!
      CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
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    she is! she does this thing where she raises her eyebrows and purses her lips - that's when you need to prepare for the onslaught! haha!
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    • SaraC1
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    omg i woudl have to slap her lol ive just noticed u and i have the same name!! lol
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    • lows
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    Im sorry I know she is your sister but this is YOUR wedding!!!! Tell her straight that she is not helping you get ready and if she has any issues with her just raise your eyebrows and say " I'm the bride!! what I say goes!"
    Dont give her the opportunity to spoil this day for you.
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    • kirstyless
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    Aww I'm sorry to hear this. I agree with lows, cos if you dont say anything she'll carry on the way shes going.
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    • becky -mrs firth
      CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
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    am sorry but no 1 wud assume they are moh at my weddin adn i wudnt of listended to my mum, its up 2 u to choose! and to spoil ur ehen do i wud of already had words, u shud of done ti straight away so u cud of enjoyed rets of ure nite x

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    • MrsSaraParry!
      CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
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    I respect my mums opinion, and that is why I did as she asked. I am not a 'my day, my way' person and my mum has done everything for me since my dad died - if letting my sister be maid of honour is all she asks of me in return, who am I to refuse her?
    I mean this in the nicest possible way, but I think you've sort of got the wrong end of the stick - my sister frustrates the hell out of me because of the way she is, but as I said, she doesn't mean annoy people and genuinely doesn't realise she's doing it. No I'm not happy she ruined my hen party but will I say anything to her about it? No, of course I wont - that's part of what the forum is for, to provide a place where we can vent our frustrations without hurting or offending the people around you.
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    • ~feebee~
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    She doesn't mean to annoy people? But she is and she's ruined your hen night!

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    • lows
      CommentAuthorlows
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    Sara, I didnt mean to offend you, and yes this is a forum where you can come on and vent but its also a place to get honest advise from people who are removed from the situation. It is up to you if you listen to or follow any of that advise and your relationship with your sister is only for you to truely understand.
    I hope that you sort out this situation in the best way for everyone involved and that you have a truely amazing wedding day that you can totally enjoy.
    x
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    • MrsSaraParry!
      CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
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    sorry lows, that wasn't aimed at you! :o) My apologies for being snappy with my response yesterday, I really wasn't feeling well and certain blunt comments annoyed me. I appreciate the advice you ladies have given me, I really do :o)
    I know she ruined it, but there's not much I can do about it now so that's why I won't mention it to her - trust me, I'd like to, but I know what'll happen. I love my sister because she is my sister, but I don't like her much - but that doesn't mean that I don't want to have a relationship with her and I think if I said something she'd probably take her bat and ball home and that'd be the end of us.
    I think I've decided to say something to her before the wedding day, I really don't think I can cope with her getting stressed and stressing everyone else out too. Adam has already warned me to keep her away from him, he says its the last thing he's going to want or need on such an important, already stressful day!!
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    • RachelMarie
      CommentAuthorRachelMarie
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    ur sister sounds a lot like mine i'm not having her as my bridesmaid though she was for my other sis and she was a complete nightmare from not liking any of the bridesmaid dresses even when we choose one she moaned because me and my other sis who was also bridesmaid was a dress size smaller than her and she was telling us we needed the same size as her as we looked too fat in ours,complaing to my sis that she hated her dress and wud b wearing another straight after the ceremony!! making my sis late for her own wedding as she didn't like her hair when we were at the hairdressers and took 3 attempts to get it looking ok in her mind!!nightmare wiv the phtographer !! she is my sis and i do love her but god she is so bossy and nasty sometimes i know she means well but i couldn't cope wiv out lashing out or saying something which wud in the end spoil my day!! maybe if u gave her a task on the morning like help with flowers or favours so she is out of ur way while ur getting ready? all i can offer is good luck hun and hopefully everything will go smoothly on ur day xx
 

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