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Controlling Sister and Mother in Law. Should I be the one to tell them we booked our wedding, or him?

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dublinderby34 · 03/11/2024 16:40

My fiancés sister and mother are very controlling. They often tell me how my fiancé should be spending his time, most recently we went out of town to view our wedding venue and when texting her about it she was telling me how my fiancé “should be spending the weekend with his mum as it’s her bday” wasn’t a special bday or anything and we took her out for a meal before hand….

it’s a constant power battle and she’s very passive aggressive towards me. The mum is very possessive over my fiancé and often relies on him for emotional support.

we have just booked our wedding and we haven’t told them a date yet. My fiancé told his younger sister who lives in a different country and I’m pretty sure she’s told the mum and other sister. My question is, do I play the game and make communication go through me, eg be the one to text and say we booked our wedding it’s the xxx xx 2026 or do I just let my fiancé handle it. Honestly, I kind of want to annoy them and in similar situations my brothers fiancé was the one to tell me about the date etc etc. or, if I don’t bother telling them and they just hear about it I wonder if that will make them get the picture that I don’t want them involved.

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99OrangeBalloons · 07/11/2024 19:42

RedToothBrush · 07/11/2024 16:29

You have a DP problem.

Don't marry him.

I'd argue her DP has a fiancé problem actually - she sounds awful.

Katkins17 · 07/11/2024 19:58

Being a wedding supplier I hear this all the time....never from the groom, but always from the bride. I have conversations with all the family due to different needs...and sometimes a brides idea of 'controlling' or 'interfering' is just the Grooms mum wanting to have the bare minimum of inclusion in the wedding planning.....not to actually take over...but just to be included in a tiny way.

Brides have their mums, sisters, granny's, aunts.... the grooms family sometimes are left in the dark...because lets face it....the wedding planning isn't always as exciting for the groom as it is for the bride.

Being a mum of 3 boys, I can commiserate!!!

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 07/11/2024 22:09

You sound just as bitchy as them here

Don't engage with any mind games and just let him take the lead on communication with his family. Don't respond to any silly messages from either of them.

Lurkingonmn · 08/11/2024 18:08

I would limit communication from you to them and let him handle telling them. He's already told younger sister why hasn't he told his mum and other sister?

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