Hello Everyone,
I have been bumping heads with my MIL who is stuck in her old ways or something else, not sure. I am looking for advice on how to handle the situation or to let me know if I am in the worng. My MIL is excited for the marriage and everything and is a nice person, but she is stubborn. For the rehearsal dinner she wants it to be at Old Country Buffet. I in no way want to eat there the night before our wedding. My fiance agrees. When I mentioned we were not a fan she said thats where I took my other son for his so thats where you are having yours. Her other son got married 15 years ago. I am flexible on where I would be happy with Buffalo Wild Wings. Am I right on this that OCB is no way ok for a rehearsal dinner?
Another issue we have been having is she keeps adding people to the guest list. My family only has 29 people invited, 10 more than likely not coming. She has the list ramped up to 104 people. I wanted a small wedding becuase we cant afford it. I have point blank (nicely) said if she wants all those extra people she has to pay for the extra. She is not helping at all with the wedding money wise. We only wanted about 75 people. I even tried to compromise with well we can do no children (Hate to admit I prefer) and that would take down the number. She said that won't fly with the family. What am I going to do?
Thank you to anyone who gives advice.