By Anonymous - 13/10/2012 23:42 - United Kingdom - Hemel Hempstead

Today, I was talking to my future mother-in-law about my upcoming wedding. She told me that I wasn't allowed to have the wedding at a church, nor wear a white dress, nor have roses for flowers, because that would mean I'd be "copying" her. FML
I agree, your life sucks 32 859
You deserved it 1 870

Same thing different taste

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She also forgot to mention that you're not allowed to invite your future mother-in-law to the wedding. That'd be copying her too.

wow. sheesh. something tells me she might not approve of you marrying her son. not your fault though, OP. FYL!

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dancer4life143 13

Well shit, someone's a bit selfish and psycho... Just ignore her. It's you're day and you should be able to have it however you want(: try not to let her ruin it for you, and hopefully your fiancé is on your side. Good luck dealing with your monster-in-law

metaphoristic 8
Llamacod 11

* your day. c'mon you got the rest right, how hard is it?

iseyixes 18

Did you tell her she could t attend because she would be stalking you?

HooHooHa 6

Who's she to tell her what she can and can't do at her own wedding?

Llamacod 11

well, first of all I think she could tell herself what she could or couldn't do. problem here is it isn't her own wedding, I presume she got married years ago. this is op's wedding not hers

SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18

And I Presume that number 13 was referring to the OP and her future in-law indirectly, rather than directly speaking to the OP.

her mother in law you know the one shes stuck woth for the rest of her life

Then you'd be "copying" the majority of weddings. Her logic makes no sense. The world doesn't revolve around her. Do whatever YOU want to do on your special day.

"You also can't have music. Or bridesmaids. Or cake at the reception."

I would do all that stuff just to spite her

...aaaaand the other forty-two trillion brides.

foreverboredZ 4

There aren't even 42 trillion people in the world. There's only 7 billion.

Hiimhaileypotter 52

#84: I think 16 is talking about all the brides throughout history.

The white wedding dress didn't actually become a thing until a few hundred years ago (1800s iirc?) and I doubt there have been that many brides since then... Also, why are people so uncreative with their weddings? OP should be able to wear what she wants, so why not deviate from the norm?

Slender_Man 6

89- a white dress is traditional. That's why most women do it

Llamacod 11

uhh, because op does not want to deviate from the norm

I'm pretty sure 16 was just exaggerating.

Ooh, tradition. Is it really that important? She could do ANYTHING for her "special day" and she just chooses to do what millions of other women have done? She could go scuba diving or wear a colorful dress or use carnivorous plants for a bouquet, and the only thing she can think of is plain old tradition? How dull. I don't even care that people are going to thumb this down. It's so true. People should actually think for themselves with these things, especially since it's supposed to be a day to remember. Who's going to remember it if it's the same as everyone else's?

Mister_Triangle 21

Marriages have been happening for thousands of years all over the globe, they were not invented yesterday. Besides, it was hyperbole

Marriages have been happening all over the globe for quite some time, but technically #16 and the FML are referring to a specific kind of marriage with roses, a white dress, and a church. The white dress "tradition" is actually fairly new. Yes, it was hyperbole. That doesn't mean we can't also state the facts.

catharsis5 9

next time there's a wedding scene in a movie, say to her "White dress and a church? Look, she's copying you." Make it so that every wedding that pops up is an opportunity to mock her.

"Oh look. Prince William and Kate Middleton copied you too."

Tell her to get ******. You're marrying her son, not her.

Llamacod 11

well I'd hope not, that's called incest (if they were to consummate) and that's not ok except in the southern united states and a large swath of the uk

QueenShmoobie 6

110: I'm sure you are very clever, but your past few comments don't come off as witty at all. As I read through the comments, most just seemed patronizing and insulting in how they were stated, and many were taking the piss out of a perfectly acceptable comment. Of course this is just my opinion, your humor might be going right over my head, but maybe you should save your wit for a really priceless comment and knock everyone flat with it. I really look forward to witnessing your particular brand of sarcasm when it is deserved. :)

saffy66 34

Sadly, you don't marry a person but a whole family. Looks like you're going to have dramas with this woman. Better make sure your fiancé is aware of her pettiness and is prepared to back you up.

What a dumb bitch. I hope shes contributing to your ceremony for her selfish input