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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 438978" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>As the mother of the groom <a href="http://ourmarriage.com/html/mother_of_the_groom.html" target="_blank">http://ourmarriage.com/html/mother_of_the_groom.html</a></p><p></p><p>Basically you host the rehersal dinner (and 1/3rd of the shower if you agreed to that) If they want a "No Children Invited" that should be on their invitations, and that is their perogative and really nothing to cry over. They may not find the evening enjoyable and stress free with a bunch of kids running around and screaming - its not an unknown thing for the soon to be married couple to do.</p><p></p><p>The brides mother is probably overstepping on how things are to be done - not unusual - I know my eldest's future mother in law had the same trait - and it set the tone for a relationship that went downhill from there. She wasn't going to pay for an "open bar" as she didn't drink - but her friends and relatives were absolute lushes - since the bar was her deal, and the kids didn't agree to a non bar senario, they paid for it themselves. I don't drink so I didn't much care either way.</p><p></p><p> I figured I just would pay for what I needed to pay for, give my two cents worth when asked, and ignore the rest of the bs. The only thing I needed to know was if the mother of the brides dress was long or short, and the color. Honestly, I had more grief and arguments from MY mother about what I was going to wear - she actually bought me a dress akin to somthing my grandmother would wear LOL Told my eldest she was lucky I could not pull off wearing bright red spandex without looking like a stuffed Polish sasuage.</p><p></p><p>So buy your dress in a complementary color and ignore the comments about how you are to dress. Tell her to let you know how much your share is for the shower, pay what you can and worry about paying the rest later. Don't let the wedding get you and your future daughter in law off on a bad note, especially since there is a baby comming</p><p></p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 438978, member: 47"] As the mother of the groom [URL]http://ourmarriage.com/html/mother_of_the_groom.html[/URL] Basically you host the rehersal dinner (and 1/3rd of the shower if you agreed to that) If they want a "No Children Invited" that should be on their invitations, and that is their perogative and really nothing to cry over. They may not find the evening enjoyable and stress free with a bunch of kids running around and screaming - its not an unknown thing for the soon to be married couple to do. The brides mother is probably overstepping on how things are to be done - not unusual - I know my eldest's future mother in law had the same trait - and it set the tone for a relationship that went downhill from there. She wasn't going to pay for an "open bar" as she didn't drink - but her friends and relatives were absolute lushes - since the bar was her deal, and the kids didn't agree to a non bar senario, they paid for it themselves. I don't drink so I didn't much care either way. I figured I just would pay for what I needed to pay for, give my two cents worth when asked, and ignore the rest of the bs. The only thing I needed to know was if the mother of the brides dress was long or short, and the color. Honestly, I had more grief and arguments from MY mother about what I was going to wear - she actually bought me a dress akin to somthing my grandmother would wear LOL Told my eldest she was lucky I could not pull off wearing bright red spandex without looking like a stuffed Polish sasuage. So buy your dress in a complementary color and ignore the comments about how you are to dress. Tell her to let you know how much your share is for the shower, pay what you can and worry about paying the rest later. Don't let the wedding get you and your future daughter in law off on a bad note, especially since there is a baby comming Marcie [/QUOTE]
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