Need Family Advice!

Caitlyn

This is going to be long so, my apologies ahead of time.

So when I found out I was pregnant, my stepmom and father were a bit surprised to say the least. My stepmom feels too young to be a grandmother, my father always thought I'd graduate college before I'd even start thinking about kids. One of the first things they told me not to do was rush into marriage with my now husband and to not, under any circumstances, buy a house.

Well, my DH and I had already discussed marriage and buying a house before we found out I was pregnant, which I communicated to my parents. So when DH proposed I reiterated to them that we did plan on getting married before the baby, and we're planning a ceremony for after the baby. We were also still looking into buying a house. Everyone was a little concerned, understandably, but I got everyone's blessing.

Fast forward to last week, and I'm letting my stepmom know that we are getting married the following Tuesday and she lost it! She wanted me to find something nice to wear, book a place for a ceremony, and plan an impromptu wedding in three days while I was dealing with severe morning sickness! I didn't really feel up to it but I told her I would consider it since clearly that was going to be the only way to make her happy.

The next day I took a two hour long drive to see my best friend so I could clear my head and make a decision. I decided the wedding I want to have is the one my DH and I are planning for in June 2017. I knew my step mom would be disappointed but I figured she'd understand since I haven't been feeling well, and we wanted to get married to start applying for a mortgage. I told my Mom and my stepfather that I was not going to plan any further and to please not mention this to my dad or stepmom because I didn't want to deal with unnecessary stress. I sent that text to my stepmom instead!

I immediately apologized and felt extremely terrible and she seemed to take it well, agreeing that it was indeed my decision. I thanked her for understanding, and out of nowhere she turns a complete 180!

Suddenly she's decided she's not attending because I "uninvited" her and implied that she'd rather be at work anyway! I'm completely blindsided! All I can do is apologize yet again and tell her that I really would like her to attend!

Then she posts on Facebook that she's "walking away," and "thanks" me for making it easy for her to do so. I'm a little annoyed at this point because she's acting so childish but I understand she might be hurt by that text message, even if I don't quite understand why. Now it's almost a week later, she hasn't responded to any text messages, phone calls or anything. I posted a status on Facebook last night asking people to please not offer any unsolicited advice because I'm a grown woman who can make her own decisions (completely unrelated to my stepmom by the way! You know how people are with pregnant women, everyone thinks they know best!) And my stepmom's sister comments and tells me I'm being immature by posting this on Facebook. So I respectfully disagree, but it's pretty clear she thought that status was about my stepmom.

I'm already so tired of the passive aggressive behavior on social media and I really just want this to go away, but what else can I do if my stepmom refuses to talk to me? How do I fix this?