So because that kind of wedding is unoriginal, ridiculously expensive and materialistically oriented, it's ok for the mother-in-law to forbid it? Didn't think so, mate.

#46, I admire your attempt at using big words, but I'm guessing you meant "insipid" instead of "intrepid." Someone's gotta help you along.

It could have been autocorrect. Also, since when is having a vocabulary a bad thing? "Insipid" isn't even a big (or complicated) word... But besides that, I totally agree. Even if OP "can't" have a traditional wedding, she's not really limited. There are plenty of other options...

#90, you've got me wrong. I'm all for big vocabularies and for people using them well. "Insipid" is not a big word, but it is an unusual one, and one that is not in typical use.

By contrast, I'm not for big vocabularies; I almost always prefer simplicity. However, English is not my first language, so I don't always know what words are common in everyday usage. Thanks for pointing out my mistake!

I'm sorry but if OP wants that kind of wedding u shouldn't be putting an opinion that goes against what she wants. it's just rude. if bitch slap a hoe if they told me they wished I'd do something different for my wedding.

Nobody's saying she can forbid it. I'm saying that the OP should really think up of something more original, something that will be memorable for its originality instead of just the fact that it's a wedding.

But why should OP really think up of something more original if her dream is the unoriginal one?

I am guessing 46 is single

and probably will be for quite some time

Because she didn't even decide on that dream herself... She's probably not going with a traditional wedding because she just so happens to like roses, churches, and the color white. She most likely chose those things because she thinks that's what a wedding is supposed to look like. Now, she can go and have her wedding like that if she wants, and no one should be able to tell her not to, but others DO have a right to point out that it's uncreative and dull (although not in the way the mother-in-law did here.) Also, slapping someone for having an opinion? I'm an outspoken person, and if you ask me what I think of your wedding, I'm not afraid to tell you I think it's boring. It's nice to see that some brides are petty enough to resort to violence over that... If OP just considers all of the options she has other than a traditional wedding, she shouldn't be upset at all. Is it really such a big deal just because it's not an exact copy of Queen Victoria's (or whoever started the "traditional" wedding) wedding? Of course not.

170 - I see your point, but that is not why this is a FML.

184, no, of course not. The FML is still valid because OP's mother-in-law shouldn't be telling her what to do. I'm just saying that WHAT the mother-in-law said isn't really a big deal. She kind of has a point, regardless of what reasoning she used to make it.