I had my wedding last Saturday. It was absolutely gorgeous and I'm happy to be married, but the problem is it has been marred by some bratty behaviour on the part of my new Mother-in-Law and sister in law. To cut a lengthy story short, sister in law who was part of the bridal party arrived four and a half hours late to the getting ready (due to last-minute getting her bridesmaids dress hemmed). She was too late to get her hair and makeup done as the stylists had to make it to another commitment. This led to her leaving in a huff to get her makeup done at the mall, and then arriving at the church twenty minutes late while I waited with the other bridesmaids. To make it worse, my mother in law (her mother) went on to arrive almost one hour late to the ceremony without an apology all night but this is another issue! Makeup and delays aside, the rest of the day went smoothly, we had a wonderful reception and I put this all behind me until - to my shock - on Monday I get panicked calls from the makeup artists and messages because my sister in law has left a nasty review on their page, blaming them for not doing her makeup and so-called "ruining the entire day". To make it worse, my MIL added to trashing their pages and leaving generally awful comments. I was so flabbergasted and angered by this on top of the stress of MIL and SIL being late on the day that things blew over into a complete storm, I told my MIL I've never been so angry (all happened over a family dinner), and my new husband and I walked out. We're now a week out from the wedding and MIL and SIL are refusing to talk to me. I still feel angry and completely offended about the lateness and the selfishness, and I feel like if anything they should really have owned up to such uncaring behaviour. Instead, MIL has claimed I'm not 'welcome at her house' and etc etc all over this issue that I feel she was wrong about. Any advice on what to do with this? Anyone else had a fallout with MIL after their wedding? I feel like I really should not be the one apologising but also can't see getting anything from their side. I can't very well decide to never set eyes on them again :/ should I just apologise for being angry at them and get on with it. Just such a frustrating issue.
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