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Back With another one, this time my own mother.

DH and I had a relatively small wedding, maybe 75 guests and an even smaller rehearsal dinner, just a few out of town relatives and close friends.  IL's hosted the dinner (traditional to do so) and naturally, asked us to come up with a guest list help with guest list.  Great, simple, easy.

So, night before our wedding in tiny, quaint little restaurant, imagine my surprise when there seemed to be chaos...waiters moving tables, bringing out entire place settings and chairs.  My own mother dissolved into tears the prior night, suddenly realizing that she had a small family of origin (duh...) and that "her family" wasn't adequately represented at the rehearsal dinner , so she went ahead and invited two couples, friends of hers, to make things "more even." No checking in with my ILs, no checking with me, the bride, no call ahead to the restaurant.  Thinking about this 15 years later and it makes me angry all over again.  Thanks, Mom. [/quote]

Oh my gosh. Are you me? Same thing at my rehearsal dinner. Plus, my parents didn't seem to understand that bridesmaids/groomsmen should be at the rehearsal dinner, but not necessarily every single one of the gajillion family members that they had invited to the wedding. So WIERD since I had asked them at least 5 times about the guests they felt should be at the rehearsal dinner. Of course the night of everything changes, and MIL had been kind enough to personally calligraphy all the guests names and do all the centerpieces, so she was rushed at the end. So embarrassing. MIL still avoids my parents.  [/quote]

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