This isn't a vent or a rant, or anything like that. I'm just so confused at the moment that I need to talk about it and maybe get someone else's opinion on the situation.
I'm extremley close w/ my FI's step mother and father, but I don't really have a relationship to speak of w/ his mother. For that matter, he has never had that much of a relationship w/ her, either. And the few times that I have been able to be around her, she always seemed more resentful of me and the relationship I have my FI and rebuffed my attempts at conversation. And when we got engaged, she told him he was throwing his life away if he married me. So last I heard, MIL-to be and my FI weren't really getting along.
Then out of the blue yesterday, I got a friend request from her on FB and an invite to go along w/ her and her step mother (whom I don't know at all) to go to Hawaii in May and visit my FI. There are all these other considerations like can we afford it, and leaving my job, and it's only six weeks before the wedding, but I can't decide if she is genuinely trying to extend the olive branch or if there's an ulterior motive. I am the type of girl that always looks for the best in people, so it isn't necessarily like me to be suspicious, but...up until now it's been pretty negative. But that being said, I think it's really important to try and build a bridge there not just for myself but for my FI, as well.
Has anyone else ever had any similar situations, or MIL experiences?