'It's a wedding, not a strip club': Angry bride gets revenge on mother-in-law for sabotaging her big day
We have heard of the term monster-in-law only in movies or fiction, but a Reddit user seems to have provided proof that a person like that exists. The woman, 26, posted her ordeal on the popular 'AITA' forum. The post has garnered over 4,000 upvotes and over 400 comments.
In the Reddit post, 'AITA for uninviting my MIL from my wedding after she tried to sabotage my wedding dress?' the woman wrote that after four years of dating, she and her boyfriend decided to get married. However, his mother was not her fan and was often cold to her. She and her fiance tried to bridge their differences on several occasions and failed. The user wrote, "She couldn't give two s***s about me up until the wedding planning started a few months ago... My fiance and I are paying for the majority of the wedding ourselves, while my dad and stepmom are financially contributing as well. MIL and FIL have not contributed at all, but MIL is giving her opinion on things as if she's footing the bill."
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'This is a wedding, not a strip club'
The bride-to-be wrote that her mother-in-law started making her own suggestions such as "You should make the themes this color", "make sure you have this dish on the menu to be served", "don't do an open bar you don't want people being too rowdy", "make sure me, my sister and cousin are sitting front row at the wedding ceremony." She wrote, "My fiancé and I are absolutely sick of this. Every time she tries to give an opinion we politely shut it down and tell her we have it under control, but she just never gets the hint!"
Things took a turn for the worse when she invited her mother-in-law to go dress shopping with her. The user wrote, "While a few weeks ago we went dress shopping (my mom and close friends came too) and I found my DREAM wedding dress. I have a curvy hourglass figure, and I found a dress that shows off my figure perfectly and makes me feel gorgeous. The dress is kind of revealing (low cut on the chest, and mermaid style) but it's nothing I'd be ashamed of my family and friends seeing me in."
She continued, "My MIL on the other have HATED the dress I chose. She made sure to express that to me multiple times. She even went as far as to say "this is a wedding, not a strip club I don't like it". Well I bought the dress anyway since I'm the one paying for it after all."
Speaking about the drama that took place later, the woman wrote, "Last night my fiancé and I are cleaning up after dinner and I received a call from the shop I ordered my dress from. They were calling me concerned because apparently a lady (my MIL) called then pretending to be me and wanted to switch the dress I chose to a more appropriate dress. The sales associate realized that It wasn't my phone number that called to make the change, and called me immediately to confirm before they changed the order."
This was the final straw for the woman. She wrote, "I was LIVID. My fiancé heard the entire conversation and was LIVID as well. He called his mom to confront her and she fessed up, after denying it a few times. I told her if she's so bothered by my dress to consider herself uninvited from the wedding and hung up on her."
That was not the end. The user concluded, "Safe to say she is NOT happy. She's been calling both my husband and I non stop trying to defend herself but I've had enough. I feel bad for my fiancé because he won't get to have his planned dance with her. Did I take it too far AITA?"
'This is the easiest NTA ever'
Support poured in for woman as one person wrote, "NTA- I would have done the same thing. But you and your fiancé need to be in lockstep on this. So if he is/starts hedging- don’t go through with the wedding until you are both on the same page. You need to get these boundaries in place now because MIL will be a nightmare if you have kids if you don’t."
"This, making this decision without unilateral support of the fiancé is a recipe for disaster. This is his mom and his wedding too. He needs to be the one to make the final call with you or you will start this marriage off with a resentment from him. NTA though - would totally be my reaction as well," another wrote.
Another added, "NTA. nope nope nope. If she's doing this before the wedding, what will she do AT the wedding?"
Another reddit user wrote, "This is the easiest NTA ever. This isn't her wedding. She isn't paying for ANYTHING let alone the dress. She seems like a confrontational person to began with. Time to have fun at your wedding without having to worry about her ruining it NY being there."
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