Another of our long lost sisters! LOL!!
Weddings seem to bring out so much tension in relationships, too. The old saying, "Too many cooks spoil the broth" comes to mind. Everyone from parents to friends want you to do things their way.
My mother in-law and sister in-law didn't speak for a year after SIL's wedding. Why?? Because she had the nerve to have her attendants walk down the aisle NOT in height order! I mean, come on- how petty can you be? But MIL thought this was just completely unreasonable.
I was in a wedding once that nearly drove me batty. It was the center of the universe for the bride's family and they were really into it.
They wanted the attendants to be matching pretty much down to our underwear. Like it would spoil the wedding if our bras were different. Ugh.
Sounds like your SIL came out on top, at least for the first year.
HA! especially if your matron of honor is a newlywed who wants to give you all her wedding planners and ettiquette books and wants to talk about little hand made party favors for all the guests! For the umpteenth time I DON'T WANT THEM AND NEITHER DO THE GUESTS!
Sometimes I get the impression that people are getting married in order to have a wedding, not the other way around. The wedding industry is absolutely ridiculous, and the fact that so many people fall into it is equally absurd. I would never spend that on a wedding, and don't tell me you "have" to invite 250 guests and need 7 bridesmaids and all the rest of it. I think some people truly believe that the marriage isn't legal if there wasn't a limo as well.