Family, Weddings and Love: First!

First!

By marryinghimanyway - 29/08/2013 02:21 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, I announced my engagement. My mother's response was to freak out and demand that I postpone my wedding indefinitely. Why? My younger sister caught the bouquet at a wedding last year, so "she has to get married first!" My sister has been single for 3 years and showers once a week. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/04/2022 00:00 - United States - Morganville

Today, my sister announced that she just got engaged… right as I was in the midst of giving birth to my twin daughters. The thing is, she's not actually engaged. In fact, she's single. She just couldn't stand that I was "upstaging" her and "had to think of something fast." FML

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By Lisa - 19/08/2018 23:30

Today, at my younger sister's wedding, my hospitalised grandmother called to ask if I have a boyfriend yet, both my parents wondered if I'll ever get married, and when the 13-year-old next to me caught the bouquet, his father yelled from the back to give it to me instead. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/06/2012 19:03 - Canada - Edmonton

Today, my sister asked me if I was going to be getting married "for real" this time, because she didn't want to waste her money like she did on my previous engagement. The reason that one didn't work out in the first place is because she slept with my fiancé. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/09/2018 03:00 - United States - Anchorage

Today, my father told all of us that he eloped with his girlfriend of two months. I'm engaged to the woman's daughter, and have been engaged since before they met, but now my family is making fun of me for marrying my "sister". FML

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Good for you

By Fergie - 08/10/2024 22:00 - United Kingdom - Hull

Today, I got my first big promotion at work. Excited, I shared the news with my parents. My mom responded with, "That’s nice, dear, but your sister just got engaged," and hung up to go back to celebrating with her. FML

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The deal

By Anonymous - 25/09/2023 10:00

Today, after a day of anxiety and worry that something bad would happen, I decided to keep my two daughters home from being flower girls at my sister's wedding. Now my sister and entire family is blowing up my phone. Apparently her wedding is my important than a mother worried about her babies. FML

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By Potential Bridezilla - 10/08/2011 07:18 - United Arab Emirates

Today, a week after my fiancé and I got engaged, his mother is already complaining that she isn't involved enough in the wedding arrangements. We haven't even set a date yet. FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2015 but it's good stuff - United Kingdom - Nuneaton

Today, I found out that my fiancé's sister, who only got engaged a couple of months ago, is getting married before us. I wouldn't have a problem with this if she wasn't planning her wedding to be exactly like ours will be. FML

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Plot twist

By Anonymous - 05/11/2012 11:36 - United States

Today, I overheard my mom talking on the phone with my sister about how much they hate my fiancé. My wedding is in two weeks and my family has been pretending to like my future husband for three years. FML

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By newlyengaged - 08/01/2017 18:11 - United States - Atlanta

Today, my mother excitedly jumped up and down, announcing that one of her sweet younger coworkers got engaged. I wished she'd had the same reaction to my engagement when I announced it to her a few days earlier. FML

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vcapelo 19

Thursday 29 August 2013 11:28

Just ignore it and enjoy your relationship :)

meliadams 12

Thursday 29 August 2013 11:31

Have your wedding when you want to, OP. tell her if she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to come.

Comments

missyamaha 11

Friday 30 August 2013 9:27

and that's when you tell your mother to go and get ******. simple as that. what the hell wrong with people!!!!???

Inked0803 12

Friday 30 August 2013 16:25

Your mother is a grade A loon just so you know

king195 4

Friday 30 August 2013 20:01

damn..you better go and marry him...because from the look of it, your sister going to be single for awhile if she only showers once a week.talk about smelling.

Alitas 11

Friday 30 August 2013 21:16

It's not your fault your mother is an idiot., it is your fault if you listen to such a stupid request.

Isa_fml 20

Saturday 31 August 2013 0:27

Yeah, well, I wish her good luck with that. :P Meanwhile, just do your thing. Like someone else said, if she has a problem with it, she can stay home. I'm sorry she's making it difficult though. It sucks when families do that. I mean, I know it's your mum, but if she's already making things harder, do you really want her involved anyway?

KarenRose1323 3

Sunday 1 September 2013 5:57

Wow, your mom should see that how about when its your and your boyfriend's time to get married you do that regardless of what the spirit of catching the bouquet represents? Congratulations and hope you get married when your ready and your mother becomes happy for you. :)

circlelranch69 1

Sunday 1 September 2013 6:48

Yeah mom im gonna need you to shut th **** up. You marry the bitch.

Bludmagnus 13

Sunday 1 September 2013 10:09

That is blatantly a "spoiled favorite child" situation. Tell her: "Not 'no'... not 'oh no'... not 'oh hell no'... not 'Oh F'ing Hell No'.. but OH F'ING HELL NO!!!"