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

"This wasn’t just a betrayal; it was a violation of trust."

"She has a fit, demands to bring him, going as far to tell my friends at my bachelorette she was just going to show up with him regardless..."

Are you for allowing kids at your wedding or against?

MIL didn't realize she wasn't the one getting married!

"I feel like it's my dress and my decision."

When the rules apply to everyone but you

"I don’t think we should have to endure that kind of disrespect just to keep the peace."

DO NOT TIP

"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."

Uninvited over a technicality

From Maid-of-Honor for the bride, to somebody that you used to know.

When chasing the impossibility of a ‘perfect wedding’, brides will often lose sight of what actually matters at the end of the day

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

The wedding process is every couple’s first real trial in their marriage. Some would argue that the assembly of one’s first piece of IKEA furniture is what tests everyone’s patience, but truthfully, it’s the budget-juggling, decision-making, and all-out drama of the wedding planning process that truly puts a relationship to the test.

"She starts going off about how perfect it would be to have a ‘big moment’ where everyone finds out the gender during my reception, and how I should ‘totally do a balloon release or confetti pop for her.’"