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UGH!!! Just need to vent! Kinda long

So my FI and i are getting married in March, and we picked a beautiful venue that we both loved that is about 1 1/2 hours away from where we live and at the farthest 2 hours for most of our guests. My sister lives in the same town with me so its about 1 1/2 hour drive. (i dont think that is far at all, if i cared for someone i would definately not see it a big deal to drive to that wedding) i have driven 5 for a wedding. Anyway, the other day my sister tells me that it was very inconsiderate of me to pick a wedding spot SO FAR away. She proceded to tell me that she just may not be able to make that trip. :S  This hurt my feelings but i said "i wll be sad if you cant come, but if you dont want to then it is your choice"   She has been this way since i got engaged. when i first told her of our engagement she ran off to my younger sister and said "oh great, now flea (my nickname) will just rub it in our faces how wonderful her life is compared to mine) i have never done such a thing.  Then i asked if she wanted to go look at dresses. she said no, but then threw a fit when she found out i bought a dress without her there!! Its driving me crazy!! She has always been the type to try to "one up" everyone and if you do something she has to do it bigger and better. She was mad at me that i would not wear her old wedding dress, she never got to wear it becuase she ended up  getting married in the courthouse, but its 2 sizes to small, and not my type os style, but thank you for the offer.  i tell her this and she is still mad!  What do i say to her, or do i just ignore it all, cause she is being ridiculous. 

Re: UGH!!! Just need to vent! Kinda long

  • Based on the information and examples provided, your sister sounds like an immature brat. Let her know that while it will hurt your feelings if she chooses to not attend your wedding, you still plan to hold it at the venue that is 2 hours away and leave it at that. If you feed the dragon and give her the attention that she is seeking, you've given her exactly what she wants.
  • She's being absurd. I flew across the country for my sister's wedding, and she is doing the same for me. I've driven 1.5 for a coworker's wedding without complaining. She sounds like she's very self absorbed.tell her you'll miss her if she can't make it, and just don't talk wedding with her anymore.
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  • edited September 2012
    Thanks girls. Its just so frustrating... Very immature for a 31 year old woman! I think you are right about just not even mentioning the wedding to her anymore. 

  • I have relatives who are the same way. At the end of the day (and I'm sure you know this), if it isn't one thing to complain and demand attention about, it's another. Hang in there, girl. Keep wedding talk and her in two seperate catagories, and you'll be fine. Congrats!
    Praying for a miracle!


  • For what it's worth...1.5 hours is not bad at all.  My commute to work takes about an hour and a lot of my friends are an hour to 1.5 hours for their commute/bus ride to DC.  No one around here would bat an eye at that for a wedding.

    Good luck and just keep her seperate like PPs said.
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    [QUOTE]Thanks girls. Its just so frustrating... Very immature for a 31 year old woman! Posted by fleab2oo3[/QUOTE]

    A 31 year old is acting like that?? I thought she was like 18 or something!

  • yeah.. she is 31!  Well, 31 next month. I'm 27 and im just tired of it. She has always acted this way! I feel bad that she didnt get the wedding that she wanted,(they ended up doing a courthouse quick wedding because she was pregnant and didnt wanna wait) and i think she is somewhat taking it out on me. Its not my fault. But i just let her do it and make me feel bad because she's my sister and even tho she is immature i still love her and dont want to make HER feel bad even tho she does it to me all the time.  
  • I think that your sister is being a brat.

    That said, I've flow across country for both my brothers' weddings.  I've flown to Austria for a wedding.   I still would find a wedding 1-1/2 hours away because of pretty venue to be quite annoying.  

     Sorry, I would.  All the other OOT weddings were for good reason.  Both my SIL are from AZ, that made sense.  Our other friend is from Austria, so that made sense.  A 1-1/2 hour wedding solely because it's a pretty venue is an inconvenience.    Not that I would complain to you or act like a brat like your sister.  But I would complain to others about it.






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  • Hmmm...

    I didn't go to my sister's wedding, but I suspect the circumstances were different.

    My sister planned her wedding a 7 hour drive from all of our family (but close to two of her husband's relatives, even most of his family had to make the trip). At that time, I had an infant and a preschooler, I was breastfeeding and couldn't imagine making that trip in a car without air conditioning with two small kids. Also, there were no hotels in the area. When I told her these things, she told me that someone in town would let me stay with them. I didn't know any of them, and certainly wasn't going to stay in a stranger's house with my two little kids!

    But I didn't make it about me, it was her choice to get married there. I didn't go, but I didn't cause any drama either, because that's not me.

    Sounds like the other pps are right; she's looking for attention. Keep her and the wedding separate, don't let it upset you, and enjoy the wedding. It's about what you and your FI are celebrating, not what she missed in her own life.

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  • here is my thoughts, if anyone thinks its an inconvinence for us to get married where we want, just dont come. But there is not reason to tell me i was "inconsiderate" for choosing that place. We love that area and so thats where we chose to be married

  • She can't be "inconvenienced" for one flippin' day?  I mean come on.  If she really ends up not going she will look back later and regret it.  I wouldn't push her to go.  I think you said it perfectly that you'd be sad but it's her choice.  I think she's looking for you to beg her to go.  She's the one who will be missing out.  
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  • I personally don't think 1 1/2 hr drive is that bad for a wedding because you could still turn it into a weekend away. I think the B/G have every right to choose where they want to get married because the location(venue/town) could hold special meaning to the couple, even if it is 1 1/2 hr away from where they live. I live in an area, where, if there is a baseball game(spring/summer/fall) or a football game(even though the game is played in a different town), traffic in our area can get backed up so bad, that the 45 min drive to my sister's is now 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hrs. My FH plays semi pro football(I know not the same as a wedding) but we would(as would his family) drive sometime 2 to 3 hrs one way to attend one of his games.

    OP, I think your sister is jealous that you are having your dream wedding but also is just AW. I wouldn't include her in any wedding planning and if she really thinks driving 1 1/2 hrs is really that big of an issue, you might be better off without her there. Tell her, that you will miss her and that you wish she would reconsider but ultimately it is her decision and you can't force her to come. I sympathize with you about the dress issue, I haven't even started to look at dresses but I have my mom telling me that I shouldn't buy a new dress and should just wear my brother's exwife's dress(from her 2nd marriage--ended in divorce). It is a nice dress but not my style and I might be slightly superstitious but it seems like bad karma wearing a dress from a failed marriage.

    You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. - Barbara DeAngelis
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    [QUOTE]For what it's worth...1.5 hours is not bad at all.  My commute to work takes about an hour and a lot of my friends are an hour to 1.5 hours for their commute/bus ride to DC.  No one around here would bat an eye at that for a wedding. Good luck and just keep her seperate like PPs said.
    Posted by munchkinmiss[/QUOTE]

    1.5 hours isn't bad at all... for you. Just because something isn't inconvenient to you doesn't mean it's not inconvenient to others. Comparing DC to Kansas is comparing apples to oranges.
  • It's your wedding, not hers!! My entire family is DRIVING 16 hours for my wedding! I'm not the type of person who can deal with that kind of crap, if it were my sister I would tell her that it is my wedding, she can partake in what is planned without complaint, or stay out of it.

    I've been trying to get my sister to simply measure herself so I can buy her dress, but she won't. My sister is similar to yours. Anything about my wedding and she just doesn't want it that way, but she understands that she's my sister and she's there for me when it matters.

    Good luck! 
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    [QUOTE]It's your wedding, not hers!! My entire family is DRIVING 16 hours for my wedding! I'm not the type of person who can deal with that kind of crap, if it were my sister I would tell her that it is my wedding, she can partake in what is planned without complaint, or stay out of it. I've been trying to get my sister to simply measure herself so I can buy her dress, but she won't. My sister is similar to yours. Anything about my wedding and she just doesn't want it that way, but she understands that she's my sister and she's there for me when it matters. Good luck! 
    Posted by jaismommy[/QUOTE]
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    </div><div>she is exhausting sometime!!! but i love her none the less</div>
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