charbie
Ideal_Rock
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I''m sure this comes up frequently, but I''m about to strangle my mother (over the phone of course). FI and I are a paying for the wedding with our own savings (which is fine, and I can''t bring that up as fighting words with my mom...she''d cry) but she''s driving me nuts. We can agree on so many concepts of the wedding- but then she has to put her opinion in on all the little details!
Ex 1: I''m using photo stamps for the invites and response cards. I said I wanted pictures of our dogs on the outside, and a picture of us on the RSVP. She thought it should be the opposite. NOT A BIG DEAL AT ALL!!!!! But when I said no, I wanted to keep it how I wanted it, she just goes, "Ok, whatever."
Ex 2: I''m using a stamped return address (that way we can use it after the wedding and saved us about $300 on envelopes)- I didn''t want one with our last name (it''s not my name yet) and she said that it really should have the last name if its a return address stamp. And she gave me crap when I said I was going with a different one!
Ex 3: Over the line today. I had found a flowergirl dress a few months ago that I liked, but didn''t order bc I wanted to make sure it would fit our growing FG. Of course now I can''t find it, but found another one I really really like, (double tied with flower petals) and she keeps saying how she likes the other one so much better. So I told her to let me know if she finds it online so I can order it, since I looked last night for an hour and didn''t see it. She then says "Well, you can order another one and then just have someone alter it to look like the original." Umm- HELLO?! I''m not paying someone to alter a dress worn by the FG once. And I wouldn''t expect anyone to, either! So I told her that if she finds the original I''ll get it, but I''m not spending days and days on the FG project, bc frankly it isn''t that huge of a deal and I just want it to be over with. Well then she goes "I''ll look, but its not like you take my advice or use my opinions anyway." SERIOUSLY?!?!?!
Sorry- just REALLY needed to vent for a second. It''s about to get worse.
Ex 1: I''m using photo stamps for the invites and response cards. I said I wanted pictures of our dogs on the outside, and a picture of us on the RSVP. She thought it should be the opposite. NOT A BIG DEAL AT ALL!!!!! But when I said no, I wanted to keep it how I wanted it, she just goes, "Ok, whatever."
Ex 2: I''m using a stamped return address (that way we can use it after the wedding and saved us about $300 on envelopes)- I didn''t want one with our last name (it''s not my name yet) and she said that it really should have the last name if its a return address stamp. And she gave me crap when I said I was going with a different one!
Ex 3: Over the line today. I had found a flowergirl dress a few months ago that I liked, but didn''t order bc I wanted to make sure it would fit our growing FG. Of course now I can''t find it, but found another one I really really like, (double tied with flower petals) and she keeps saying how she likes the other one so much better. So I told her to let me know if she finds it online so I can order it, since I looked last night for an hour and didn''t see it. She then says "Well, you can order another one and then just have someone alter it to look like the original." Umm- HELLO?! I''m not paying someone to alter a dress worn by the FG once. And I wouldn''t expect anyone to, either! So I told her that if she finds the original I''ll get it, but I''m not spending days and days on the FG project, bc frankly it isn''t that huge of a deal and I just want it to be over with. Well then she goes "I''ll look, but its not like you take my advice or use my opinions anyway." SERIOUSLY?!?!?!
Sorry- just REALLY needed to vent for a second. It''s about to get worse.
Maybe even pretend you are thinking about her suggestions even when you KNOW you are going to do it your way. 
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