Am I not being stubborn enough?

Madison

For a little background my Fiancé and I are getting married in June of 2019. And we’re getting a little of backlash from his parents. They feel like we aren’t telling them anything and letting them help with any when there hasn’t been any big wedding planning happening. I partially don’t even want them at the wedding because they don’t like anything we’ve chosen or have already paid for. They have said multiple times they don’t want the wedding to happen anymore because no one is telling them anything. They didn’t like our venue because they weren’t able to come and look at when I think it should just be my fiancé and mine decision (and my parents since they’re paying). My parents paid for 150 people to be there and to up the amount to 225 it’ll be an extra like 2,000. They don’t like the caterer I chose. It’s something I’ve had at work, its literally just bbq steak and chicken and other fixings. They want to do a pig roast which I think is tacky. Now we still haven’t gotten the save the dates out because his mom thinks she’s getting 75 people to invite and she isn’t listening to anything we say. If we let her have 75 people, after the wedding party, that’ll leave 2 people for my parents to invite and we don’t get anyone. Her reasoning for them getting 75 invites is because they won’t know anyone there and they don’t like how they’re being told how many everyone is getting.

I don’t know how to be strong enough to tell her to back down and just suck it up and let us plan our wedding when she’s acting like this. She’s a very stubborn and hard headed woman and very brash.

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Ac

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Can you give her something to do? Like make centerpieces? Keep her busy and distracted and then do all of the planning while her back is turned 🤷🏼‍♀️ as for her portion of the guest list, talk with his siblings about who to invite and try to keep it to family. She doesn't need the ladies from her book club (and their partners) at YOUR wedding.

Ac

Ac • Nov 20, 2018
If she's choosing not to communicate with you, then don't bother. It's not worth the stress, trust me. If your future husband wants family members there, he can draft up the list for you. No matter what you do, you won't invite someone who feels like they should have been invited and they'll be butthurt, but if they want to be a part of your life they'll get over it.

Ma

Madison • Nov 19, 2018
And for the subject of the guests from them she hasn’t given us a list of anyone she wanted to invite so I have no idea truly how many people she wanted to invite. His sister isn’t a great asset to us because of how much of outcast they’ve made her.

Ma

Madison • Nov 19, 2018
I messaged her today and because it’s a whole long with no communication and her not wanting to cooperate she has pretty much given back what we gave her to do. We gave her the tasks of alcohol and finding a officiant. I mentioned to her that my fiancé wanted someone from his workout group to officiate for us and she flipped a lid on me.

Te

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Yes, you need to hold your ground because they are being completely ridiculous. I was going to say they giving them something you don't care about that they can do (the bridal shower was this for me, I didnt even want one so I let my MIL have at it) but you definitely can't let them tell you who to invite and do things that you find tacky - IT'S YOUR DAY. You and your fiance should plan it so it's everything you like best.My friend is marrying an indian man and his family was upset they wouldnt be able to invite everyone because in India that's how it's done. They compromised by having a smallish wedding and the indian parents will hold a separate reception (they are paying for it) and invite anyone they want, planned however they want. Seemed to work well for them!Good luck! Sorry for all the stress :/ It should just be fun planning for your big day!