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AIBU to ask DP to uninvite his friend's wife from our wedding?

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Somerville · 04/11/2016 17:23

One of my fiancé's closest friends is an usher at our upcoming wedding. DP is his child's godfather.

However, his wife doesn't like me. Actually, I think it's not personal to me - I think she loved having DP single to set up with her friends and to flirt with Hmm and she's annoyed by him not being available to her.

She began by making unkind jokes at my expense. Never in DP's hearing, and so subtle I wasn't sure whether she meant well but had clumsy phrasing. But it's getting worse and I'm now in no doubt. She's very funny so it looks like a sense of humour fail to take objection to her 'hilarious' comments.

She also calls DP a cutesy nickname that no-one else calls him, often brings up friends of hers who he has previously dated, and touches him a lot. He says she's always been a bit like this but he's assumed she would stop when he was in a serious relationship and instead it has got worse.

I've been ignoring her rudeness because I think she thrives on drama and attention and frankly I don't have time or energy for all this. But DP wanted to try to get to the bottom of it to repair his friendship with them. Fair enough. She said the problem is that I'm over sensitive. But she apologised for bringing up how great his ex girlfriend is looking and for the cutesy nickname (I think he was too embarrassed to properly bring up the excessive touching) and cried, and her DH made excuses for her. DP was cautiously hopeful that she'd improve.

I saw her last night at a hen party for a mutual friend. She referred to my DP as the nickname then laughed and said 'silly me, he says you get jealous about our pet names'. I went and sat at another table.
Later on she told an amusing sex anecdote about a friend of hers who dated a friend of her DH's. I knew from the start that she would accidentally on purpose reveal it was DP and indeed she did. The pregnant bride looked upset so I again just got up and moved. No alcohol excuses as none of us were drinking.

I will be avoiding her in future. And I'd rather not have her at our small-ish wedding. I feel like asking DP to tell her she can't come. I think he will agree to this - especially with the sex anecdote thing - however it is of course then likely that his friend will pull out of being an usher and not attend, which will make him sad. AIBU and if I am, what is a better way of dealing with her? Just sucking it up on our wedding day isn't an option for me.

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FRETGNIKCUF · 09/11/2016 12:14

Uninvite

Goingtobeawesome · 09/11/2016 12:17

Not surprised by Mr Lovely seniors comments Smile.

YonicProbe · 09/11/2016 12:40

"Why do you need to ask your fiancé? It's your wedding too.

Just uninvited the bitch."

Um - because said woman's partner is an usher, selected by OP's STBH, and they are his friends rather than hers.

In any event, STBH is being Lovely about it all!

Somerville · 09/11/2016 12:46

Mr Lovely Sr has the same jawline as his son. Mrs Lovely Sr saw me notice it once (I was just NOTING IT before I'm accused of perving over my FIL to be) and winked at me.

And yeah, debsam, they might try to be cunty about us to some of the other friendship group but Mr Cunty and the sooner-wedding Groom and one other chap (still single) are Lovely's particular close mates who are/were invited to our wedding, and he's established that both those guys are fed up of her anyway. (One because of her upsetting his pregnant wife at her hen party, the other because of the sex anecdote being told. There's a code and she's broken in apparently. (Don't ask me what that means - must be a male friendship thing.)

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KnittingPearl · 09/11/2016 12:59

I'm really glad the friendship group is behaving so well over this. (And absolutely get re noting supreme genetic material!)

BerylStreep · 09/11/2016 13:37

So glad it has worked out well. Mr & Mrs Cunty have really shown their hand with regard to their attitude towards your & Lovely's relationship.

TBH, horrid as it has been, you could have been facing years of dripping underhand snidiness that just sufficiently flies under the radar not to be dealt with robustly.

I too am wondering what 'valid concerns' Cunty was addressing when she told the sex story.

Hope you have a good time at the upcoming wedding.

RandomMess · 09/11/2016 13:38

I can't imagine any bloke wanting a woman to tell his current partner that he has proposed to sordid sex anecdotes...

It's the kind of thing that leads to relationship breakdowns! I'm thinking that is the male friendship code she has broken.

PuppetInParadize · 09/11/2016 13:49

Valid concerns my foot. That pair are welcome to each other.Shock OP, I am so pleased the matter is resolved. But of course sad it had to happen at all. This really is the best solution for all the decent people involved and I hope you and Lovely can now get on with anticipating your wedding without this stressful stuff hanging over you.

LadyPeterWimsey · 09/11/2016 14:08

Now I totally have a crush on your FIL-to-be...Smile

Concerns are things you turn over in your mind, and perhaps express quietly and tentatively to your partner, and then conclude it's none of your damn business. You don't use them as a basis or an excuse to be a bitch to the parties involved.

Well rid, I say.

Stripeyblanket · 09/11/2016 14:14

Wow it's scary the situation you are in. Myself and my DH have had a very similar issue with a partner of a friend of ours, acting inappropriately with my DH. Innuendo, touchy feely etc... except they came to our wedding. We no longer have them in our lives as we decided it was to unhealthy a friendship and we are both much better off. The one thing I wish? We'd done it before our wedding because now our pics are a permanent reminder of the trouble she tried to cause.
Do what is right for your relationship. It's your wedding day, not hers.
Your husband sounds very understanding about it all which is good.

Somerville · 09/11/2016 14:16

Ah yes that makes sense Random.

Lovely wasn't as bothered by the sex anecdote as the stuff that we later (through the mutual friends) found out she was saying about me and my kids behind my back. That stuff was all given the 'well they're valid concerns and she meant well, she cares about you soooo much and wants you to be happy and genuinely worries about you' shite.
The excuse for the sex anecdote was 'it was a hen party - girls talk about that kind of thing. The fact that it was about you just slipped out and she did apologise immediately.'
Same excuse for using his pet name. And he denied she said I was jealous afterwards.

Basically, he believes her over me and another witness. Fair enough - she's his wife and the mother of his child.

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Somerville · 09/11/2016 14:25

Yes, well rid, indeed LadyPeter. BTW I read Outlander and I still can't decide what I think. I mean, I wouldn't kick Jamie out of bed on a cold night (literary crushes are allowed in my relationship before anyone accuses me of cheating) but the whole thing is also addictively ridiculous.

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ViewBasket · 09/11/2016 14:27

she was expressing concerns that some people might consider to be valid.

That's clearly bitching and gossiping! If you have genuine concerns about someone, you say it to their face in a kind way, without an audience.

LadyPeterWimsey · 09/11/2016 14:35

Completely ridiculous! I couldn't put it down. And don't read any further on, because anything that's appealing in the first book is completely out balanced by the ridiculousness that follows. My wee crush on Jamie scarcely survived the second book, I must say. The only similarity between Gabaldon and Dunnett is that they both enjoy putting their characters completely through the mill - and sometimes RL is tricky enough without having to read about hideousness happening to other wonderful but fictional people.

Mummyme1987 · 09/11/2016 14:44

😮 at valid concerns! The bitch. He's enabling her. They deserve each other. Even if it's clear to everyone she secretly prefers Mr Lovely.

IamtheZombie · 09/11/2016 14:56

Somerville, Zombie apologises but she's joining the queue of those with a HUGE crush on Lovely (and his dad as well as his mum). You have just found Lovely, you've found a lovely new family and some lovely new friends.

That's just LOVELY!

YonicProbe · 09/11/2016 14:57

Mmm Jamie!

Underchipsandpeas · 09/11/2016 15:01

Lurked for the entire thread! Valid concerns! Off ya fuck, Mrs Cunty!

chewingawasp · 09/11/2016 15:03

I do hope Lovely tells them that he has 'valid concerns' that they may ruin his wedding when he disinvites them. All the best to you and your family Somerville. I 'chatted' to you on the other thread under a different name.
Is there a link to the wedding dress thread at all?

Atenco · 09/11/2016 15:08

Zombie, Lovely is well and truly taken and this looks like a relationship that will definitely last!

I do feel sorry for Mr. Cunty though. His wife has put him in an impossible situation.

Memoires · 09/11/2016 16:19

AngryAngryAngryGrin As ViewBasketsaid, if you actually have valid concerns then you talk to the person face to face.

It is splendid and lovely that they've shot themselves in the feet and the group are behind you both, and that they've done it all by themselves with no help.

Glad you're starting to feel better.

rainbowstardrops · 09/11/2016 16:34

I've just spent the afternoon reading this post and your previous one and just WOW!!!!!

I don't think I've ever read anything lovelier on MN than how you fell in love with Lovely Smile

Wishing you all the best Flowers

EverySongbirdSays · 09/11/2016 16:45

Finally caught up.

So glad Cunty is out on her ear.

Wondering if she'll do something batshit though, as she does seem to be in love with Lovely.

Wasn't there someone on here once who had had someone impersonate them to try and cancel their reception?

(Or did that turn out to be trollery?)

Somerville · 09/11/2016 16:46
Shock
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RaspberryOverloadTheFirst · 09/11/2016 16:48

I do feel sorry for Mr. Cunty though. His wife has put him in an impossible situation.

Actually, I feel he's enabled her behaviour.

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