Confessions/Vents

emarston1

Let's hear 'em!

zulamay

More of a disappointment than a confession or vent, but my bridesmaids have decided not to throw me a bach party.  I understand because they would all have to travel, but still a bit of a let down.

Vent: My boss has signed me up for two after-hour work projects.  One is every week for 11 weeks from 6:30 - 8, and the other is a pro-bono project that will require a lot of after hours time because I can't bill the hours.  He volunteered me without asking in either case.  I've already been working overtime and with a lot of DIY for the wedding in front of me (invites, STDs, decor), I think I'm going to be pushed over the edge. ugh.

rcj2rcd

Confession: I gave up between meal snacks for lent, but I'm hungry all the time!! So I drink water or tea when I want a snack, but I kinda think that's like cheating.

July032011

Vent: Sick of being sick!!! 

mybestfriendsfuturemrs

Vent: My FMIL drives me crazy! She came over the other night and started asking about dresses for her and my mom.  I showed her a picture of the dress that my mom bought, it's short/knee length. She ordered it off Sears.com to try on so we're not sure if she'll keep it.  FMIL started saying but I've been looking at long dresses so now I have to look at short dresses and we're supposed to match, blah blah blah. I told her you don't have to match, buy what you feel comfortable in, I don't care if it's long or short. The next day I get an email from one of my FSIL's saying that FMIL was asking if I cared what kind of dress she bought.  REALLY?! How many times do I have to tell you? IDC?!? Ugh!  On another note, she is still trying to convince FI and I to invite FI's lil sis, we are not inviting her for personal reasons and for the sake of other family members.  We were both told that if she was invited they would not come to the wedding. She then tells me that she's brining her to my bridal shower in a couple of weeks.  Ummm, she's NOT invited? How does she not get that through her head?  It really peeves me that she is not listening to us and will just do whatever she wants to do and no matter what she sticks up for her daughter and not her 3 sons. i don't understand why she can't respect our wishes. Yesterday she sent me an email asking for me the invite list to the RD and says only the bridal party is supposed to come and then says she's not paying for drinks. One of us is going to be locked up in the loony bin here soon if she doesn't settle down.

Confession: I heart my FI.  Yesterday when I got home from work he had all of our favors assembled. He did them on his lunch.  **swoon**

rubyred0100

Confession: I am a bad bridemaid. A friend got married over a year ago and I couldn't make it either one of her bridal showers. I didn't try all that hard though... My friend is getting married in June and I can't make it to the rehersal. I am a ballet dancer and I am closing a show the night before her wedding (so the rehersal night). Then, she invitied everyone over to help her write out the invatations in a few weeks and I am going on mini road trip. I accidently said yes I could help her. So now I am booking it back from my trip as fast as I can. (Just a road trip with my mom to Illinos from Michigan) I have one irrated bride on my hands, but I can't help being annoyed too because I live and hour and half away.

MrsBarstool2011

Vent:  I am starving and I think it is making me crabby.
Confession:  I haven't gone grocery shopping in over 2 weeks hence the reason I am starving. 

awroblewski

Vent:  Kinda of wedding related...My in laws are driving me insane! I'm from Michigan and met my FI when he was doing residency at the hospital I worked at. He's originally from Minnesota and always wanted to move closer to his family when he finished. Well we ended up in small town Iowa which is 2 1/2 hours from his family (and civilization for that matter!) He signed at 2 year contract with the hospital in Iowa and  since our two years is up in July we were looking at going elsewhere. He received 2 contracts; one at our hospital we worked at in Michigan and one in Toledo. We did not take either of the contracts, instead he decided to go back for a year as a resident in his specialty which means we will be here for another year.  Now don't get me wrong; Michigan isn't the dream state to live in but I miss it because all my family is there. And I miss big cities!  

My future in laws constantly give me so much flack for wanting to live in MIchigan. They constantly tell me how awful it is and how depressing it is and how great it is in Iowa. ( which by the way in the two years we've been here his whole family has made the road trip twice to see us while we go up there almost once a month) I get upset because his dad actually told me I've come up with a solution for your homesickness. You go home 3 times a year "to get it out of your system"! Now maybe its just me being sensitive but I love my FI and he's my family; but just because I moved and we are getting married doesn't mean I wrote my family off. I find it so offensive some of the things that they say to me. I don't feel so welcome at times. 

So I thought maybe I should try harder with them. I've emailed his mom twice just to let her know how we are doing and what's going on or thank you for a book recommendation and she won't ever respond back. I just sent her an email Monday and yesterday she wrote my FI an email and never even mentioned my email. I just can't stand the firing squad from them. His own sister got married in December and had a meltdown on her wedding night and was crying to me in her wedding suite for 2 hours...telling me how sad she would be if we moved away and she could never move away from her family in a million years. I was dumbfounded! I was thinking I guess you would try to understand how I feel! ----> And why are you crying on your wedding night?!

I lost my mom when I was 9, my dad when I was 18 and I always thought of in laws to be another set of parents with all the good and bad; but welcoming. My family is always so understanding to my FI and always says we understand that this is your life and you have to live it, it would be nice to live close but everything is a plane ride away. UGH!!!! Sorry for the long story!

Confession: I'm making pulled pork in the crockpot and my mouth has been watering all day!

Meg1036

Angela- where in Iowa?  We lived in Clear Lake for about 1.5 years when I was growing up, and since it was about 2 hours from Minneapolis, I'm wondering if you are around there!

My family was not big fans of Iowa either.

pbinghamsgirl

VENT: (NWR) My FI's Aunt had a baby today. She is 2 months early and I got a phone call at 1:30 am saying that she had the baby. So this morning I go onto FB to do my normal look thru and I see that all of FI's little cousins all posted about there aunt having the baby. So I get my oldest son on the bus for school and then I go back on FB and say "My aunt in law went into early labor I am praying that all is well with her and the baby." Well I get a comment from someone in the family saying " Crystal wants to know who put on FB that she had the baby. She wanted to tell everyone herself when she was ready."

Well I am sorry that I was just trying to express my feelings. And don't come at me with that BS because I was not the first person to put anything on there. It really pissed me off. And furthermore none of her friends would have been able to see my post seeing that I am not friends with any of them!!!!!!! GRRRRRRR.......

lcsnowflake

Ok its technically AW-thursday now. but I have a vent

Vent: My shower is this weekend.  My sister (MOH) sent an email to the BMs in January to ask them which weekend would be best for them to plan the shower.  They were all ok with this weekend.  Well last week, one of my BM called me to say that she couldnt come.  I didnt get much of a reason other than she was coming home the weekend before to see her family.  I understand that she lives in Saulte Saint Marie and its a 5 hour drive, but she acts like its another world away. She rarely comes home and her family is upset that they never see her.  She came home for one day for Christmas.  Also, she called almost a week after the deadline to call for regrets, so my sister had already paid for her plate.  Then she dropped off a gift this past weekend while she was home.  It turned out to be the leftovers from her bathroom basket from her wedding.  It was some travel toothpaste, a water bottle, a sewing kit and an open bottle of nail polish.  I understand that she doesn't have alot of extra money, but this was clearly a gift with no thought (also no card).  Ugh... this is the same BM that asked me to ask my mom to pay for her dress... what?!?! 

klreese0213

i'm also a day late... but here's mine...
Confession- i'm SUPER crabby, and have been for like 2 days just because! i don't think there's a good reason... i just am. i feel bad because i've snapped at Fi more then he deserves (sometimes he deserves it lol)...

Vent- i'm TIRED of bad allergies, stuffy nose, constant sniffles even with all the allergy meds i've been taking.. SO over it!