Oh ha, I can top that nonsense.
On our first date, this guy was telling me about THE most awful wedding experience in his family:
While the ceremony went off without a hitch, the bride (his sister) & new hubby took off for the honeymoon cruise.
Bride’s mother & boyfriend showed up on the same cruise as a “surprise”. (ugh imagine double-dating with your mom on your honeymoon)
Days later, mom’s boyfriend keeled over from a heart attack on said same cruise. Yep, dead mom boyfriend. Honeymoon OVER.
I knew then & there that this honeymoon horror guy wasn’t Mr. Right, as I wept from laughter non-stop. Thought it was the most hilarious thing i’d heard in years.
My date found nothing funny about it. Guess his mom needed therapy or something later to cope, and the dead boyfriend karma thing screwed with his sister’s marriage (according to him). And that made me laugh even harder. Whackadoodles tend to do that.
Probably has nothing to do with this jilted bride & her mom’s honeymoon: I just like sharing that story :-) In fact, i’m laughing and tearing up all over again just remembering it.
Thanks, I needed that!
PS...Bridey should have taken her BFF (or the best man’s stripper girlfriend). BFF’s get you action/distractions when you are at your lowest. Mom just reminds you of the bad stuff.
To me, marriage is all about a young couple cutting the apron strings and starting a new life together. A "too close" relationship with a bride or groom's mother is a warning sign. I tell my two sons - now courting age - to beware of a girl who is very close to her mother. Because you will end up marrying the both of them.
BTW, the same advice goes for the women out there. If your prospective husband is a "mama's boy", you are heading down a bad road.
Not saying that married couples can't maintain a good relationship with their parents. But cut those apron strings!
In the early years of my own marriage, things improved considerably when we got a few zip codes away from our MILs.