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Rachel
Super May 2018

Major vent- Fiancée keeps changing his mind

Rachel, on March 2, 2018 at 7:55 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 20
Let me begin this post by saying how much I love my fiancée, how supportive he is, how hard he has worked to help plan this wedding, and how the majority of the time we are on the same page.

But dear god, I need to vent and throw things and give him a swift kick in the a**. Backstory: we are getting married in Spain because that is where he is from and we wanted to keep our wedding small and intimate. He assured me that his family would be okay with not inviting everybody, would be okay with traveling, and that we could do a more casual affair. We had so many long talks about the pros and cons of this decision, but we made the decision and I haven’t looked back.
However, as it turns out, his parents were really disappointed, and begged and pleaded that the aunts and uncles (their siblings) be invited. As they are helping to pay for parts of the wedding, we agreed, but we also agreed to no cousins. At this time, I asked him, repeatedly, if he wanted to change his mind about how we approach the wedding, if he wanted to invite his whole family, etc. He assured me no, this is what he wanted, he didn’t think his aunts and uncles would come anyways because it wasn’t that important to his family in general. I was skeptical, but it was fine.
Fast forward to Christmas. We go to Spain, we have Christmas dinner with his family. They are all there, and are very very excited about our wedding, about coming to the wedding, and being a part of the wedding. My dearest fiancée then proceeds to tell them that not everybody is invited because of how much it costs. And then he realized his mistake and tried to backtrack and explain that weddings are so expensive, etc etc . And it made it worse. Much worse. I literally had to kick him under the table and whisper in his ear to shut the f*** up. I was so embarasssed. Luckily, they all speak Spanish, so I was able to pretend that I don’t speak it fluently (which is true), and I didn’t really understand what he was telling them. To the entire table of people. After this incident, I asked him explicitly if he wanted to invite the rest of his family, that he obviously has a closer connection to them than I realized, and that I was 100% okay with that, but we needed to decide soon so that we could change our plans. He again assured me that he was fine with our original plan.

Fast forward to today, and he tells me that his parents are INSISTING that he invite his cousins, and that he realizes that it is a good idea, and so he sent a message to all of them asking for their address and telling them to get ready to come.

We sent save the dates 5 months ago, none went to his cousins. We f-ing sent invitations to his side of the family 2 weeks ago!! We did not include the names of his cousins that live with their parents still on the invitation, we addressed them by specific names, on purpose for the express reason of not inviting them. We did not send invitations to his adult cousins and their significant others. And he fails to see why this is an issue. Yes, it is a fixable issue. Yes, in the grand scheme of life it probably doesn’t matter. Yes, I’m still fine with his family coming to celebrate. But mofo, why did you not think this through fully at each of these break points along the way. It is so embarrassing for me, and of course they are going to feel b-listed, and this will be the first/ second impression that these people will have of me. And I’m just... embarrassed and upset.

And also, we were planning on having a specific number of people, and so we picked the venue for that, we picked a weekday because of that, we decided on no dj, just instrumental music, because of that. But now he wants to go back and reconsider all of those decisions because of this new influx of people. After I have been telling my family, over and over again, sorry we are getting married with only our immediate family and a few close friends. But now that isn’t true anymore.
Oh, and the kicker, he wants us to change our RSVP date because he realizes some people won’t recieve their invitation until the rsvp date has passed. Wtf. I’m done. I just need other people to tell me I have a right to be annoyed, I think. Thank you for reading this novel.

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Latest activity by GoodMOB, on March 3, 2018 at 6:05 PM
  • O
    Master October 2017
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    😳 whoa, I would be very frustrated with this.
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  • Sally
    Expert June 2018
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    I would be frustrated with this situation. I was frustrated enough with getting my fiance to get his guest list together. After he had 7 months to get his list together he kept trying to add people at the last minute. I just had to put my foot down and tell him no he can't change it anymore.

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  • Rachel
    Super May 2018
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    Literally, thank you. I just took a deep breath, and I am okay again.
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  • J
    Expert May 2018
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    Yes, you have a right to be upset. He needs to learn to man up, and make decisions and stand by them! And I think it’s okay to tell him that because honestly he’s being inconsiderate to you by making a decision with you but then changing it later. You two are supposed to be a team!
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  • Rachel
    Super May 2018
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    If he had said at any point (other than now, after we sent invites) that he had changed his mind, the rest could have been fairly easily dealt with. It’s just... really poor thinking ahead, and it makes me feel like all the time we spent on those earlier conversations didn’t matter.
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  • Rachel
    Super May 2018
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    I agree... but he literally is not comprehending why this is an issue in the first place. Like he doesn’t even see it as “backing down” or “giving in” or anything. He just changed his mind, and everybody else will understand. He usually isn’t this dense. But ugh.
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  • Sally
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    It's been my experience that men live in the now and thinking ahead about all those details doesn't come natural to most of them. That's why we're better at planning then them lol

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  • Victorian Bride
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    Oh my goodness!! You DEFINITELY have the right to be annoyed. Wow!! Your FH just wasn't thinking OR listening to you. I'm so sorry. I know it will all work out, they usually do, but what a mess! God bless you.
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  • Victorian Bride
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    I agree! 💍❤
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  • The Nuptials
    VIP July 2018
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    I would be HOTTTT! This is not ok. Other than everything you mentioned what about your side? You told them small and now it’s not. Is there money to pay for all these people and the DJ and what not?
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  • The Nuptials
    VIP July 2018
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    And everyone is kind of in he same point so don’t be too embarrassed. People have questions? He can explain. My fiancé has not gotten his sisters address and we sent STDs back one December. I have asked both him and his parents about it and everyone is like 🤷🏽‍♀️. So I’m dropping it but told him a few times when it all comes to a head he better back me up and man up and say he just couldn’t be bothered to get her address. She’s a little estranged from the family and they all often go a month or two without talking but I have no clue why our wedding is being used as a pawn. And I stopped caring!
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  • Chariece & Sterling
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    Sorry that you are going thur the back n forth with your wedding. When your FH can't make up his mind and take a stand against guest that wasn't originally invited.How is your family suppose to feel?
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  • C
    Master July 2018
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    That's must be super hard, esp planning a wedding long distance and internationally. If it makes you feel better, I had asked my fiance, who works in a hotel, to ask them about a deal on a hotel block months ago. He never did so i arranged 2 blocks at other hotels. We sent out our STDs in early Jan with hotel info, people booked rooms, etc. LAST WEEK he tells me he has a block of rooms for way cheaper so now I get to inform our guests they can change their hotels.... ugh. Boys!
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  • Sarah
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    I'd sit him down and we'd have a chat. You are not communicating well, how can you have a good marriage like this?

    What he is is doing is not fair to you or your family. You both decided to have a small wedding. He needs to uphold that deal.
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  • Stephanie
    Super March 2018
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    Oh wow.. I can't imagine the stress of planning a long distance wedding in itself, much less having this all piled on. I would totally feel the same way!

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  • Allison
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    I think this is the best advice given here.
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  • Danielle K
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    Holy crud its like you have to entirely re-plan your wedding! ah I would go crazy! hopefully this doesn't obliterate your budget but i'm sure it will all work out and you can look back laughing while you give him a hard time about this for years to come

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  • Cassandra7
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    How will you ever be able to buy a house, have a child, pay your tax bill, or ever know what you're doing with someone who can't make a firm decision or keep an agreement? And who acts on his changes of mind without telling you?

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  • S
    Just Said Yes October 2018
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    Hellz yes you can be annoyed.

    It sounds like you had little rest areas in your road trip, where you sat and asked him if he wanted to change. You're right, everything is totally going to be fine, and it will all be wonderful, but you can totally be annoyed.

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  • GoodMOB
    April 2018
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    Wow. Sympathetic. Take a deep breath, and move forward as best you can.

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