My friend's parents had to hire security at her wedding in case the grooms mom showed up

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love crazy MiL stories. I remember an sold thread where the two posts that stood out to me were:

1) MIL called 911 to report child abuse because her DIL was trying to choke thE baby with a pacifier

2) after an argument, the MIl pitched a tent outside and slept there for the rest of the viisit.

Get a life PP. And remember, someday your kids may get married.

Geez, why are people getting so upset? Crazy MIL stories are fun! I enjoy reading them, so rock on, OP!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love crazy MiL stories. I remember an sold thread where the two posts that stood out to me were:

1) MIL called 911 to report child abuse because her DIL was trying to choke thE baby with a pacifier

2) after an argument, the MIl pitched a tent outside and slept there for the rest of the viisit.

Get a life PP. And remember, someday your kids may get married.

NP here- no sh1t. I hope my kids find people they truly love and respect and want to spend their life with. I also know that I would never in a million years do either one of those things as a MIL- thus, they are amusing.

Anonymous wrote:It's tradition for the two mothers to coordinate so they DON'T look identical. OP's story is hilarious. Either MIL is confused about tradition, or she's insanely competitive.

OP here. I suspect it was a little bit of both.

It's tradition for the two mothers to coordinate so they DON'T look identical. OP's story is hilarious. Either MIL is confused about tradition, or she's insanely competitive.

Anonymous wrote:Get over it OP

+1 You're exaggerating. As a wedding guest, I couldn't have cared less.

My mil wore the same exact style as three of my bridesmaids but in a different color. They all chose their dresses and a few of them picked the same style. She later admitted to someone else that she thought it would be fun to match "the other girls" as she said.

Anonymous wrote: I read the title and thought, oh maybe this will make me feel better about my wretch of a MIL. But my MIL did something similar. She asked my mother what she was wearing on my wedding day then wore the same. damn. thing. She is a truly horrible person who nobody can stand. But I have personally seen karma bite her in the ass so...

Wow, my mother in law showed up in the exact same thing, too. Except she's a nice person. I think she may have been embarrased...

That is INSANE, OP! Thanks for posting!

Anonymous wrote:Do you think these MILs think they are SUPPOSED to dress like the Mothers of the Brides? Is there some book somewhere that suggests it?

I think so -- I think they are misguided but trying to do the right thing (what they imagine the right thing to be).

But then, you would expect that reason to have come up during the weeks and weeks of begging for a picture, right? At some point MIL would say, "But Bride, how will I match your mom if I can't see photos of the dress?" So, still weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think these MILs think they are SUPPOSED to dress like the Mothers of the Brides? Is there some book somewhere that suggests it?

Well, why not? Their kid is getting married too. What make the Mother of the Bride so special? Reverse sexism!

As long as she did not copy the bride's dress!

But can't she get her OWN special dress?? I mean, why would anyone think this is an occasion to wear an identical dress to someone else? They are not supposed to be elderly bridesmaids!! What are they thinking in their crazy heads?

Anonymous wrote: I read the title and thought, oh maybe this will make me feel better about my wretch of a MIL. But my MIL did something similar. She asked my mother what she was wearing on my wedding day then wore the same. damn. thing. She is a truly horrible person who nobody can stand. But I have personally seen karma bite her in the ass so...

I want to hear more about karma biting her in the ass. *props head on both hands*

You should post this story on the crazy weddings thread. I think it's pretty funny

Won't it be great if there was a wedding where the bride requested all the married females to attend their wedding dresses?

Anonymous wrote:Do you think these MILs think they are SUPPOSED to dress like the Mothers of the Brides? Is there some book somewhere that suggests it?

Well, why not? Their kid is getting married too. What make the Mother of the Bride so special? Reverse sexism!

As long as she did not copy the bride's dress!