Because I am a troublemaker and bored....

Once again - I missed what happened. Darn tax season!!!!!

However, do I need to address this dress thing with them or do they just take care of it on their own?

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Posted by barbtony

Once again - I missed what happened. Darn tax season!!!!!

However, do I need to address this dress thing with them or do they just take care of it on their own?

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the etiquette goes that the mother of the bride picks her dress first. usually a compliment color to the bridesmaid dresses. then the mother of the groom picks her dress as a compliment color to the bridesmaids & the mother of the the bride.

its up to you. if you have a good relationship with your FMIL maybe you should just mention to her that your mom will be picking her dress first.

o trust me girls, if that woman shows up in any shade of white she will be escorted out and can only return in something more approriate!

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Posted by Jna2010

i wouldnt have a problem about the color thing but then again im very close with my fmil, i dont mind if both my mom and her wear the same color, but i could def see how someone would especially if the 2 families are not as close.......

BUT i WOULD have a problem if she wore WHITE!!!!!! umm hellloooooo is she kidding with that??!!! that is seriously wrong 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Totally agree, it would so bother me if someone else wore white!!

Man that stinks that your FMIL would even contemplate doing such a thing. I am telling you sometimes people can try to be so mean its disgusting.

I am glad that my FMIL is way cool. She gets along with my mom, so I don't think she would ever do something like that.

Hope your FMIL doesn't wear white, coz that would be the ultimate insult.

ETA: I got *****

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Posted by stinenandy2010

o trust me girls, if that woman shows up in any shade of white she will be escorted out and can only return in something more approriate!

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<------- bouncer! lol.

OP- I am still

Like I told you on FM, tell her that you both can wear matching dresses.

my mom told FMIL colors she would never wear so FMIL could go get her dress now. My mom doesn't need to worry about money the way FMIL does so she wasn't mad about her getting her dress first... my mom would never wear the colors fmil would wear. If they wanted the same color or color family i'd insist FMIL waited, but they don't and I cant stop her from wanting to get a good price


what made me more angry was she tried to wear the exact color of the BM dresses, im like are you kidding me? Your not a bridesmaid!!!

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Posted by RadiantBride

OP- I am still

Like I told you on FM, tell her that you both can wear matching dresses.

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i was gonna write this back, but i might as well share w/ every1.....so fmil has not offered to pay for a thing and that's totally fine. she threw a FIT when we got engaged and it really ruined her relationship with her son (not like there was a good one there anyway) So months later she calls and says she wants to contribute...she wanted to buy me a Vera Wang wedding dress and me and her can do all the shopping together. Now, if I didn't have the amazing relationship I do have with my mother, I might consider it. But my mom was kind of insulted. The dress is the biggest bonding experience between mother and daughter and she wants to intrude. Even if I had a great realtionship with FMIL, I might invte her to a fitting but we don't! It was so weird. I appreciate her offer but she wasn't doing it to be nice, she was doing it to control the situation. Anyway, I told her very nicely, I appreciated it but my mother and I would prefer to do this part alone HOWEVER if she wanted to do something else together like flowers, she is more than welcome......well she doesn't want to be involved anymore.....which is fine with me!

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Posted by Goldie39

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Posted by stinenandy2010

o trust me girls, if that woman shows up in any shade of white she will be escorted out and can only return in something more approriate!

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<------- bouncer! lol.

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that's right! i will have to show you a pic, but you will certainly know when she enters the room....don't be surprised if she objects during the mass either

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Posted by stinenandy2010

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Posted by RadiantBride

OP- I am still

Like I told you on FM, tell her that you both can wear matching dresses.

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i was gonna write this back, but i might as well share w/ every1.....so fmil has not offered to pay for a thing and that's totally fine. she threw a FIT when we got engaged and it really ruined her relationship with her son (not like there was a good one there anyway) So months later she calls and says she wants to contribute...she wanted to buy me a Vera Wang wedding dress and me and her can do all the shopping together. Now, if I didn't have the amazing relationship I do have with my mother, I might consider it. But my mom was kind of insulted. The dress is the biggest bonding experience between mother and daughter and she wants to intrude. Even if I had a great realtionship with FMIL, I might invte her to a fitting but we don't! It was so weird. I appreciate her offer but she wasn't doing it to be nice, she was doing it to control the situation. Anyway, I told her very nicely, I appreciated it but my mother and I would prefer to do this part alone HOWEVER if she wanted to do something else together like flowers, she is more than welcome......well she doesn't want to be involved anymore.....which is fine with me!

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Wow.
At least you were polite about it. So she would have been willing to spend $$$ on the dress but cant help you guys out with flowers or any other vendor payments? Def doing it for the wrong reasons.
Sorry to tell you but the closer you get to your wedding things will get much more stressful so brace yourself.

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Posted by RadiantBride

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Posted by stinenandy2010

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Posted by RadiantBride

OP- I am still

Like I told you on FM, tell her that you both can wear matching dresses.

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i was gonna write this back, but i might as well share w/ every1.....so fmil has not offered to pay for a thing and that's totally fine. she threw a FIT when we got engaged and it really ruined her relationship with her son (not like there was a good one there anyway) So months later she calls and says she wants to contribute...she wanted to buy me a Vera Wang wedding dress and me and her can do all the shopping together. Now, if I didn't have the amazing relationship I do have with my mother, I might consider it. But my mom was kind of insulted. The dress is the biggest bonding experience between mother and daughter and she wants to intrude. Even if I had a great realtionship with FMIL, I might invte her to a fitting but we don't! It was so weird. I appreciate her offer but she wasn't doing it to be nice, she was doing it to control the situation. Anyway, I told her very nicely, I appreciated it but my mother and I would prefer to do this part alone HOWEVER if she wanted to do something else together like flowers, she is more than welcome......well she doesn't want to be involved anymore.....which is fine with me!

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Wow.
At least you were polite about it. So she would have been willing to spend $$$ on the dress but cant help you guys out with flowers or any other vendor payments? Def doing it for the wrong reasons.
Sorry to tell you but the closer you get to your wedding things will get much more stressful so brace yourself.

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I know it will get more stressful but I try to have a positive outlook...no one and i mean NO ONE will ruin this day for me. She definitely did it for all the wrong reasons. So whatever....like I said you have to learn to laugh at things!