Mother in Law 2B

[Louise]

My MIL2B has a nasty habit of saying that she will organise things and then not only does she not get it done, but denies she ever said it!! Not just with wedding stuff but stuff in general.

She has said that she would organise loads of little bits and bobs - for example she said "I will get the helium for your balloons" the following week the balloons were mentioned and she said "don't forget you need to get helium for those, I think so 'n' so sells it" not sure if she does remember saying it and then tries to back out of it or whether she is just stoopid!!

She wen't trotting off and purchased some white paper table covers!
a) I dont want paper covers
b) I dont want white
c) they are not big enough to use as a hanky
d) nobody asked her to do such a thing

Now H2B says we better use the covers or she might get upset, well I am upset that she has bought cheap and nasty rubbish that I don't want!!

She is totally doing my head in - but theres no way that I could say anything to her as she is the sort of woman that would never speak to me again

rant over!!

[Andi]

Can u tell her that the venue have alrady made arrangements to supply table cloths (get your own and let the peeps at the venue know the score) and tell her to save the ones she has already got for something like a BBQ or whatever?

You have to be as sly as the MIL2B's

[lisa]

Yeah it is very easy to let yourself get wound up by them. If it was your own mum you would feel comfortable enough to say "I dont want your rubbish table cloths" but MIL2B's are a different breed. Mine only has sons and I don't think she feels comfortable with females that are not in her generation. Sometimes when I go round she is really lovely, other times she almost blanks me. It makes me very nervous to go round their. So I understand where you are coming from. I would probably let her go ahead with the tablecloth thing, and just make sure you get some really lovely other decorations to take the eye away from them

[Louise]

Yes I have decided that in the great scheme of things the poxy table cloths are not too important. however, I am worried that she might take it apon herself to go and buy other poxy stuff that I don't want.

[Abbie]

I am quite fortunate that I get on quite well with mine - although I don't see her very often which could account for it