If the bride and groom don't care, why should she?

"Mind you - she just sent me a Christmas list for her kids last week. Everything is already bought and wrapped."

If you're being mistreated by someone, you have no obligation to help them.

When the rules apply to everyone but you

"My fiancé then starts laughing and goes ‘that's why I've been dragging my feet on marriage’ and the guys just laughed and said ‘don't do it man, it's a trap’ etc etc."

Maybe she should start giving her MIL some unwanted names, too.

"Since then she’s sent a flurry of messages saying she just wanted him to know who he was really marrying and that she was always honest with him."

"Let’s learn to put aside our entitlement."

It doesn't quite work like that...

This friend denied claims that she was pregnant. Now, she's using it as an excuse to get out of the girls' trip expense-free.

"I almost feel like they should have reimbursed you for the tickets you cancelled."

"I’m tired of it. I feel like I’m enabling him to live irresponsibly, and it's starting to feel more like I'm being taken advantage of than helping family."

"Why would you want your ex-girlfriend/ex- best friend, the girl you cheated on, to be part of your wedding party?"

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