I have never gotten on with my husband’s family, and since meeting his only other sibling, a younger sister, have thought she is a spoiled, lazy person. Time after time I witnessed my husband’s family — namely his mother — put my husband’s needs far behind his sister.
When my husband and I got married, his parents gave us only $500 and had little to do with the planning and preparation for our special day. Yet, when my sister-in-law announced her wedding plans, my in-laws decreed they would pay for everything, and my mother-in-law proceeded to plan every detail of her wedding.
My resentment for my sister-in-law reached a peak when she told my husband he was not included in any way at their wedding (despite her having been in our bridal party at the begging of my mother-in-law). My husband was devastated, so I vowed that I would make her pay.
I waited until eight days before the wedding, after my mother-in-law had contacted the venue for the last time before the ‘big day’, then I rang the venue pretending to be my mother-in-law and gave them a sob story about the wedding being on hold because the groom had come down with mumps and was unable to travel for two weeks (they lived in a different town to where the wedding was being held). Being so close to the date of the wedding, the venue kept the deposit my in-laws had put down, and by the time they sent the letter of cancellation out to my in-laws, it was only four days before the wedding.
When my mother-in-law rang the venue to say there had been some mistake, she was informed that they had already rebooked the venue for another function, so there was nothing they could do.
My mother-in law was in tears, my sister-in-law was furious at her mother for ruining her wedding, and they ended up having their reception at the local RSL with the ‘all you can eat’ buffet. My in-laws were busy ringing around all the guests up to two days before the wedding to advise of the change of venue.
Whilst my sister-in-law has forgiven her mother for the cancellation, the ‘all you can eat’ buffet was horrible and she even to this day continues to moan about how her wedding was ruined. They never figured out what really happened, and continue to blame the venue for mixing up the cancellation.
I make sure I leave the room before breaking into a smile whenever they complain.
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