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To not go to this 'event'- SIL being a twat

135 replies

Amadeupname · 11/08/2014 16:47

NC.

DP's brother got married three years ago. We don't have much to do with them apart from (approximately) monthly phone calls and we'll drop in if we're in their area and vice versa. We live about 50 miles apart.

They came over at the weekend and we randomly for another reason had some old photo albums out when they turned up. So we were looking through their wedding pictures and suddenly SIL got really funny with me. She didn't say anything but went all quiet and stopped looking and was really 'off' with me when I asked her if she wanted a drink, about work etc.

Later that night BIL called to say thanks for a nice afternoon and to apologise for SIL's mood. I said 'I hope it wasn't anything I'd done'. He said 'No, no, you know just one of those things'. I heard her in the background saying 'It was not one of those things' and she took the phone off him and basically had a massive go at me about how I'd ruined her wedding because (a) I'd worn trousers and (b) I'd worn black and white.

I didn't think she was particularly Bridezilla but maybe she was actually. I didn't say a word during the phone call (she just ranted at me) because I'm a grown woman and I'm not going to have a slanging match over the phone with another grown woman over what I chose to wear one day two years ago.

Anyway, SIL has arranged a charity BBQ thing near her house which we said we'd go to ages ago for moral support even though it's massively out of our way. I've now told DP I won't be going but he can go without me if he wants. He says I'm BU. I say I'm not. Am I?

OP posts:
Rikalaily · 11/08/2014 17:33

It's not that you shouldn't wear white, it's that you shouldn't wear a white dress and the black thing is that you shouldn't go all decked out in black like you would to a funeral. Dress or trousers is up to the guest and their comfort, I've never heard that you shouldn't wear trousers to a wedding. White trousers and a black top is fine, she's a loon.

I'm getting married in Oct and totally not bothered what anyone wears, I'll just be happy that they can be there to share our special day with us.

Seeing as it was your that got the mouthful off her I think your dp should respect the fact that you don't want to attend. Family events are one thing and it's best to suck it up to keep the peace, random events are another and you're not obligated to go.

PleaseJustShootMeNow · 11/08/2014 17:33

Did you not read the rest of that post then?

PleaseJustShootMeNow · 11/08/2014 17:34

That response was to Abbie.

PureMorning · 11/08/2014 17:34

Fuck. I wore trousers to my own wedding. Im such a cunt Angry

oldgrandmama · 11/08/2014 17:35

Oh my God, I wore black and white (well, pale cream) to my daughter's wedding twelve years ago. Black skirt, black silk camisole, and cream jacket. My daughter has never shouted at me about my outfit. Do you think she's saving up for one massive row one day? Grin

Zucker · 11/08/2014 17:36

PureMorning Shock I'd check to see if you're actually officially married!

AbbieHoffmansAfro · 11/08/2014 17:36

Nope. Shoot me.

OnlyLovers · 11/08/2014 17:37

'getting clearance' about what to wear for a wedding. Hmm Confused

PleaseJustShootMeNow · 11/08/2014 17:40

I wore a purple sequined tutu to my wedding and had 2 dogs with fairy wings as bridemaids (the woofy type not the ugly sister type).

I wasn't agreeing with the SIL, for those jumping down my neck. I was mentioning that her 'complaint' does have some basis in wedding etiquette but that she's still out of her tree for making an issue of it. Obviously I failed to convey that in my post.

TooSpotty · 11/08/2014 17:41

I must be the biggest bridezilla of all as I can't really remember what anyone else wore at my wedding. Apart from my bridesmaid who turned up on the day in a BLACK shift dress and jacket because she'd got cold feet about the dress we'd picked. Somehow I didn't give a shit coped.

firesidechat · 11/08/2014 17:42

I wore off white, beige and black to one child's wedding and am seriously considering wearing trousers and tunic a la Judi Dench to the next child's one.

They must really hate me.

However they don't because they are nice people with no weird hangups (and I let them vet the outfits).

Behaviour like this is best ignored op.

HaroldLloyd · 11/08/2014 17:42

She is being a massive knob.

If you wearing trousers was enough to ruin her wedding then it doesn't say a lot about the rest of the day.

Tinpin · 11/08/2014 17:43

I had an aunt who chose idiotic reasons to take the hump. The rest of the family soon realised this was to cause a major rift so that her husband rarely if ever saw his siblings.(He saw my dad twice in 30 years once when he met him by accident on a bus.) It was very sad and it was only after her death that those siblings who were still alive were reunited with their brother. ( Yes I know he was daft to let it happen but he was well and truly under her thumb!). Go to the bbq just in case she is trying the same game.

MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 11/08/2014 17:45

Go to the event but wear black and white trousers... or the exact outfit you wore to the wedding ...

Or actually don't go, she sounds most odd ...

diddl · 11/08/2014 17:48

I wouldn't bother going to the BBQ unless she apologises for the ranty phone call.

Your support obviously isn't important if that's how she treats you.

Lottiedoubtie · 11/08/2014 17:54

I'd go to the BBQ and continue to be icily polite to her.

She's spoiling for a fight, and she'll be far, far, more annoyed about not getting one.

If asked directly, 'shrug' and say you're not going to get worked up over such a non issue.

Cocolepew · 11/08/2014 17:54

My mum wore trousers to my wedding , I'm going to cut her out of all the photos now.

I wouldn't go after being shouted at. But I do like the idea of going in the same outfit Grin

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 11/08/2014 18:00

Your outfit sounds lovely.

She's a tit.

Go to the event looking amazing and be cold yet polite, smile but show your disdain through your eyes.

She'll bitch about something regardless.

VodkaJelly · 11/08/2014 18:11

I wore white trousers and a pink top to my SIL's wedding. No wonder she hates me*

*She does truly hate me, for other reasons, not for what i wore to her wedding!

AlpacaPicnic · 11/08/2014 18:22

I also wore trousers to my own wedding - and every other wedding I've ever been to.
My trousers were even black Shock

AlpacaPicnic · 11/08/2014 18:24

Ooooh, I think I know why she's mad!
Op - did you forget to wear pants under your white trousers, therefore revealing a bit too much bush? Another mumsnetter's mum did that and it was quite the scandal on that thread...

FunLovinBunster · 11/08/2014 18:45

SiL is clearly on glue...

  1. Go to BBQ.
  2. Wear the outfit you wore to wedding (and a huge passive aggressive smile too)
  3. Failing this, hire a brides dress.
(AIBU to call my SiL and have a rant about the nasty bridesmaid dress she made my DD wear at her wedding 2 years ago? Is there a statutory time limit on wedding related whines?)
borisgudanov · 11/08/2014 18:53

She's obviously on glue.

I'd avoid any event she hosted but wouldn't let her stop me turning up to someone else's gig.

And I'd send this by way of my apologies.

"You're not still going on about that?
It was ages ago, you great twat.
Your barbecue night
Will surely be shite.
I'm not coming; you'd critique my hat."

CrapBag · 11/08/2014 18:55

YANBU. You were very restrained to her ridiculous rant at you. I certainly wouldn't be going to the BBQ now.

If you were wearing a white dress, she may have a point. If you were wearing an all black dress, she may have a point (although I think ruining her wedding is completely OTT unless someone actually turned up in a wedding dress) but white trousers and black top? Nah, shes an idiot. I did privately think SIL and some others in DH's family were quite dressed down for our wedding but it was a private thought, I have never mentioned it and ultimately, I don't give a shit as long as I looked nice. Grin

She should have seen what my 2 cousins wore to another cousins wedding! That may have ruined the photos a bit. Grin

RonaldMcDonald · 11/08/2014 19:01

Wish I was on glue

Sadly eyes Pritt Stick

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