I had been so stressed planning things right up to the day of my wedding. I was mostly concerned about children (my husband's nephews) running around all night. Well, wouldn't you know, that's exactly what happened. The 3-year-old was allowed to run up to the stage in the middle of my vows, which I had to stop to correct the situation. I expressed my feelings about how inappropriate this was, and my MIL screamed in my face and threatened to leave the wedding. Then, after pictures, she pulled my husband aside AT MY WEDDING RECCEPTION and told him again that she was leaving and that she never wanted to see my husband or I again and that she wanted nothing to do with us ever again. This all happened at my wedding, in my dream day, which was basically ruined.
The night went on without any other major glitches, but I was upset. I still managed to dance and have fun. But what happened never should have never happened. I left my wedding crying that night, partly because of all the champagne I drank to assuage my hurt feelings and partly because I knew I could never get a do-over of what was supposed to be my perfect day.
I'm left feeling resentful at my now-husband because he insisted the children be there, even though I knew their parents would not watch them properly. In the end, it caused a rift between his family and I, which in turn is causing a rift between myself and my husband in our new marriage.
I need to find a way to move on. When people ask me at work, "How was the wedding? Amazing?" I get upset all over again. I'm thinking of doing a one-year vow renewal in Italy next summer just so that I can have some positive feelings associated with exchanging our vows. It's been very hard to start a marriage this way. Looking for any advice on how to move on from this.