Future new DIL.

[Nana]

Glam. I don't understand why you blame her for your son not inviting your hubby to your son's stag do. I would have thought it was his responsibility.

[Libra Gran]

Poor you and your hubby Glam,must be like walking on egg shells around her. Just try to enjoy the wedding as best you can for your son's sake.There are some mean people in this world.

[Mimi]

As you all know future DIL is very hard work however much I try and be non judgemental she does just go out of her way to wind me up,the latest is about her "hen night" this is the UK one (she is also having one in Las Vegas) which will cost me & DD about £200s UK money to attend !!
The phone goes when I had just arrived home from work and who should be on the other end but herself,she was first ranting and raving that I am not in instagram so she could have messaged me rather than ring the house phone (well I'm very sorry about that I'm sure) straight into "are you available on 16th April Charlotte" I am having my han party and everyone is going dressed in burlesque costumes as they are going to a burlesque club after a meal in Liverpool so you will have to buy an outfit if you want to come,smiling to my self and knowing it is killing her inviting me & DD (she probably has been instructed by my DS1) I calmly state that this kind of night out is surely for the younger ladies and her friends and would she mind if I politely declined,well she could not have said "No I don't mind one bit and will not be offended" any quicker and the sound of relief in her voice would have been deafening Can you really imagine me tottering about Liverpool all done up in red & black I could seriously damage my image,it will be bad enough on the wedding bus she has booked in LV for the hen night there with pole dancing poles situated in the bus for clients to use,at least in LV no one will know me if she wants us dressed up,I have just bought a t-shirt with "The Mother of the Groom" on so I shall be wearing that I'm afraid. What a nightmare 3 months we are going to have in the run up to this wedding.I'll need a holiday when I come back to get over it.

I would have told her that I would love to come and not to worry about it being for the younger ladies as I am more than happy to mix with the younger ladies there.
I would have then let her fret about this for a day or two and then I would have got in touch with her saying that I had a previous engagement for the same date as the hen party , which I had forgotten about and which I can't get out of and so it is with regret that I can't attend .

[Gemini]

That's a brilliant solution Mimi

[Nana]

Mimi, a woman after my own heart. She does sound a bit of a Madame. It's strange isn't it how trends change. So many young one's go abroad now for their hen/stag nights. I don't know how people afford it, to be honest.

[Pearl5]

Glam i have just read this, there is fancy dress and fancy dress isn't there lol, no i would'nt dress up in burlesque either although i would "probably" look better than some of them half my age well (in the dark)....

Love Mimi's response that would be me..

The idea of burlesque is nearly as bad as my friends who are younger than me (only slightly)...want to dress up for their 50ths next year as Air Stewards for the flight, i have point blank said i am not...dont care about being called party pooper or anything like that, i think fancy dress goes to some people's heads i remember where we would just wear a T-Shirt or cat ears or something now its the whole thing and it is not cheap...

I think that is really bad your OH not being invited to the stag do, so hurtful, it's not as if you just "forget" to ask....

Hope you keep things steady at least until after the wedding...good luck there....xx