Her Mother-In-Law Insisted On Inviting Her Fiancé’s Ex To Their Wedding, And When She Said That Would Be Inappropriate, Her Mother-In-Law Called Her A Rebound Girl
This 26-year-old woman and her fiancé Henry, who’s 36, have been together for four and a half years. They’re currently in the midst of planning their wedding, but her soon-to-be mother-in-law has become a major problem.
For some context, Henry has never been the favorite in his family. He’s the youngest child, and his mom always dreamed of having a daughter.
“Because of this, Henry grew up feeling despised by his mom, who openly says hurtful things like how he was a disappointment from the start or how she never got the daughter she wanted,” she explained.
Yet, rather than cutting off his mother, Henry has only continued trying harder to win her love and affection.
It’s also important to know that, prior to dating her, Henry had a long-term ex-girlfriend who actually became very close with his mom. In fact, Henry’s mom viewed his ex as the daughter she never had.
But, that relationship came crashing down when Henry’s ex ultimately cheated on him with a coworker and ended their relationship.
Two years later, she met Henry, and they’ve been in love ever since. At one point during their relationship, though, his ex had the nerve to reach out and wanted to get back together with him. He immediately shut that idea down and blocked his ex.
“Despite this, his ex and his mother remain best friends. His mother still invites her to family functions, and my fiancé and I just ignore her,” she detailed.
To fuel all of this tension further, her future mother-in-law doesn’t really like her, either. She’s actually been blamed for her mother-in-law not having her “preferred daughter-in-law” – Henry’s ex.
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Her fiancé has tried to talk to his mom about this on multiple occasions, pointing out how he’d much rather remain single forever than go back to his ex-girlfriend. Nonetheless, Henry’s mom is still hung up on his last partner. And now, his mom is insisting that his ex be invited to their nuptials!
It all began just yesterday when her mother-in-law reached out and asked how many guests she was allowed to invite.
“I told her that since my parents could invite eight to 10 people, she could do the same,” she recalled.
Her mother-in-law was fine with that and thanked her at the time. Just one hour later, her mother-in-law started smiling and talking about how they already had one guest say “yes,” referring to Henry’s ex-girlfriend.
She made it clear that she felt inviting his ex was extremely inappropriate. After all, neither she nor Henry are even friends with the woman.
“My mother-in-law just responded by saying that it’s her guest list and none of my business. Then, she said I’m insecure because the ex is ‘the whole package’ and that I’m just a rebound girl,” she revealed.
Thankfully, her fiancé quickly stepped in – telling his mom that she needed to stop and leave. However, he still went on to ask her if she could just “be the bigger person” and let his mom “have this” since Henry really wanted his mom to attend the event.
“He suggested that if inviting his ex would keep his mom quiet, we should just ignore her,” she vented.
This has left her feeling really frustrated, as she definitely doesn’t want Henry’s ex there. On the flip side, she’s unsure if she should just let it go to keep the peace.
Would you want your partner’s ex to attend your big day? Should Henry stand up to his mother?
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