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Sarah, on January 27, 2016 at 7:45 PM

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Our wedding is less than 6 weeks away and my mother is taking it all away from us. She uninvited our own family, telling them that it was actually cancelled. ONE silver lining was that my favorite aunt, my mother's sister, was still technically invited because my mom purposefully excluded her from the Family guest list. Well, that bubble was bursted quickly; she scared my aunt into not coming, and threatened to literally burn the wedding to the ground if she see her there. I am sure that she intends on leaving us with the remainder of the bill as well, which is quite a bit of money to scrounge up in one pay period... My future Mother-in-Law, who has a Master's Degree in Counseling and Social Work tried to help and could not even get through to her. My Mother instead pulled the race card on her and insisted that she has no hope of understanding her "relationship" with me. Have I mentioned that all of this has happened over the span of 3 days? I am in an bottomless pit of despair...

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Master August 2015
Jeanne · on January 28, 2016 at 2:14 PM
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Do not use gofundme. This sounds like prime time to elope if she doesn't chill out.
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Kactus Kat · on January 28, 2016 at 2:30 PM
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Honestly, it seems like you are going to hate your whole wedding, so at this point I would invite the people that I really care about, have an intimate ceremony somewhere else, and take everyone out to dinner. Let her have whatever she wants at that venue, but I wouldn't want to remember my entire wedding day as miserable. I would rather have it be different and smaller than I pictured it, as long as the people that I wanted were there.

eta: I'm so sorry that you are going through this and my thoughts probably aren't exactly what you wanted to hear, but that's just what I would do. I would hate to have to do it, after all of the work that you've put into how you picture this day, but with 6 weeks you could really probably plan something smaller that is quite lovely.
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SoonToBeStoddie · on January 28, 2016 at 2:37 PM
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I kinda agree with Katie on this one. I am so sorry that you have had to deal with this!! Just try and appreciate the support you do have (it sounds like MOG is being helpful), and do what you can to enjoy your day!
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MrsA · on January 28, 2016 at 2:45 PM
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I'd let her cancel it. Take what money you do have and go have a nice small wedding and go out to dinner...without her.
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