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Is ot okay to feel this way???

Miriam, on October 9, 2019 at 10:25 PM Posted in Planning 0 4
Hello wedding wire community sorry in advance for the long post but i need to vent a little...so i got 5 days till i marry the love of my life,(we have been living together for about 9yrs now) and even though im happy,i cant help but feel a little upset with my mom,i love my mom,and i know for a fact she loves me and we have a good relationship,,reason im upset is nearly 12yrs ago my cousin got married to her now husband (they had lived together for about 8yrs) and i remember my mom trowing her a bridal shower,and a bach party and whatnot...and now for me she never organized me a shower,or a bach party...(im not having a bridal party) and it didnt seem appropiate to organize my own and to be honest i though my mom and sister would but they wont....
im just hate feeling this way..

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Latest activity by Melle, on October 10, 2019 at 3:36 PM
  • Cher Horowitz
    Master December 2019
    Cher Horowitz ·
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    Never feel like your feelings aren't justified! I'm sorry you're feeling down about this. It would make me sad if my mom went all out for a cousin but not for me, her own daughter

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  • Pirate & 60s Bride
    Legend March 2017
    Pirate & 60s Bride ·
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    I’d be sad too but your mom might just be in a different place right not and probably totally consumed with being the mother-of-the-bride. It’s a very exciting & kinda stressful role. Maybe look at it that way?
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  • MOB So Cal
    January 2019
    MOB So Cal ·
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    I'm generally against a bride asking others about hosting a party for her, but I kind of think asking a mom about it is the one exception to that (based on my relationships with both my own mom and with my daughter). If I were you, I'd talk with your mom about it to see what her thought process was. With the wedding in 5-days, it's too late now, but at least you'll understand where she was coming from. One thing that could possibly have been a factor is that it used to be HIGHLY inappropriate for the bride's mom to host a shower for her own daughter. It was seen as pretty much the same etiquette breach as a bride hosting her own (i.e., very "gift grabby"). I got married more than 30 years ago, but my own mom would never have been the person to host my shower; one of my aunts hosted it. Is it possible that your mom has been working under an expectation like that?

    When daughter got engaged, I quickly realized that because her BMs were spread all over the country it was highly unlikely that they'd host a shower for her. My closest sister, daughter's aunt, would normally have been the first to offer, but she was preparing to move cross country and was living more than 90 minutes away from us at the time, so if she'd offered to host a shower it would have been super inconvenient to 95% of the guests who are local to us/bride. I knew it was only going to happen if I hosted, but I did some research to see if it would be still be considered rude to do so. Obviously, that's something that the etiquette has shifted on, but I didn't know until I looked into it. I hope you have an awesome wedding! Smiley heart

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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    Ah I see how you could be upset by that. Feels as if she doesn't care as much for yours right? Im sure she does. I feel like parents just don't express their thoughts to us or have reasons we don't understand
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