Chris & Nikki's Planning Journal

Hi All,

I'm going to be honest. I'm sorry I started a PJ, at least for now. I'm having a very hard time with it. There is so much going on and every time I sit down to write and try to be happy and excited about my wedding, it is a struggle to find happy things to write about.

I just wish that I was having and planning the wedding of my dreams (a 20 person or less Custom Disney wedding) instead of the being in a position where I am virtually forced to plan the weddings of everyone else's dreams (the 42 person at Disney and 200 in NJ- DF and I only know about 60 of those guests) while they all pretend that it's all for DF and I.

I am thrilled that the light at the end of this tunnel is that I get to marry my wonderful DF. But this is hard.

I love reading about all of your wedding plans. I just hate writing about mine. So I'm going to continue lurking and putting my two cents in every once in a while. :surfweb: I hope you all don't mind. :goodvibes

Nikki
 
And thank you ALL again so much for your input. Except for DF , you have been the only ones to listen and give advice and compliments without a hidden agenda. Thank you!!:goodvibes :grouphug:
 
Awww hun.... Reading your PJ made me get all quite tearful so Lord only knows how you are feeling right now! You are marrying your Prince Charming... thats THE only reason you need to be happy. I know its not easy to try and focus on that though when so many other things are happening. I'm a sucker for lists.... I make them for everything.... Make a list with everything you are happy about, and then make a list with everything that is troubling you... and just manipulate your happy list to make it longer! OK, it might not be the complete truth... but it might make you feel happier for a little while!!

Failing that....

... close your curtains/blinds/shutters etc.... Put 'Lust for Life' by Iggy Pop on the stereo on repeat, and dance around your house like a complete idiot until you drop!! Its my 'release' song when I'm having the day from hell... and kinda makes me feel better (probably from exhaustion with all that dancing!!)

Oh.... your dress is beautiful! I love love LOVE my dress, and i've decided I have to stop looking at dresses on here because I keep thinking... Hmmmm..... maybe I should just try one like that!!

Deep breaths, happy thoughts and rant away on here when you feel like things are just getting too much

Christina

xxx
 
Awww hun.... Reading your PJ made me get all quite tearful so Lord only knows how you are feeling right now! You are marrying your Prince Charming... thats THE only reason you need to be happy. I know its not easy to try and focus on that though when so many other things are happening. I'm a sucker for lists.... I make them for everything.... Make a list with everything you are happy about, and then make a list with everything that is troubling you... and just manipulate your happy list to make it longer! OK, it might not be the complete truth... but it might make you feel happier for a little while!!

Failing that....

... close your curtains/blinds/shutters etc.... Put 'Lust for Life' by Iggy Pop on the stereo on repeat, and dance around your house like a complete idiot until you drop!! Its my 'release' song when I'm having the day from hell... and kinda makes me feel better (probably from exhaustion with all that dancing!!)

Oh.... your dress is beautiful! I love love LOVE my dress, and i've decided I have to stop looking at dresses on here because I keep thinking... Hmmmm..... maybe I should just try one like that!!

Deep breaths, happy thoughts and rant away on here when you feel like things are just getting too much

Christina

xxx

Christina,

Thank you so much. Your Iggy Pop idea is great!! I actually love that song. Now I can't wait until my DF wakes up so that I can dance to it.

I know exactly what you mean about the dresses. I love my dress too, but I also LOVE yours (it's very princessy and sparkly) and many others I've seen!!

LOL...

Happy List
1. Sparkly stuff - I put swarovksi crystals on my invitations and I am so in love with them.
2. DF - Last night, he helped me photoshop the Boardwalk map for our Events insert and then helped me put crystals on everything!!!
3. My dress
4. My mom... I love my mom immensely, but every second I spend my FMIL makes me love my mom that much more.

Sad list :confused3

It's really been bad since the day after our engagement. And I try to concentrate on the details and the Disney wedding. Really my parents are being amazing and they are paying for Disney. So, I am very grateful for that. ( I will add them to the Happy List) But my FIL's (paying for the NJ reception they want) are making everything really hard even for things that they aren't paying for.

My FMIL is refusing to fly to FL, because she doesn't like it when her ears pop. So instead of a 2.5-3 hour flight at about $300 (round trip), they are going to take the train for 24 hours each way and over $1000. I personally don't care that they've made that choice , it's their time and money, but every time she talks to DF, she makes him feel extremely guilty. She keeps implying that it's really such an expensive trip especially since they are paying for a 200 person reception (that we DO NOT want). After talking to her, he contemplates canceling the Disney wedding that I already made the invitations for and my dad already booked 12 non refundable flights and 4 hotel rooms for. About once a week, I have to remind him that it's OUR wedding and her choices are HER choices.

She also vetoed ideas that we had for the Disney wedding. The main one involved honoring our grandparents who have passed (6 out of 8), but she said she doesn't want her mother included and she may leave the room if we do anything for the others, because it would make her too sad. She actually implied that she wouldn't be able to pretend that her mother is still alive and actually at the wedding, if we acknowledge that she is dead. I can't even argue with that, none of her reasons for anything are rational.

I also found out today that EVERY TIME she travels, she packs a suitcase full of cleaning supplies - two types of antibacterial sprays, rubber gloves, scrub brushes, etc- and cleans the hotel room for an hour before anyone is even allowed to sit down.

Almost every aspect of OUR wedding revolves around my FMIL. It just also makes me very worried about the future and how things will be if and when we have children. And although I love DF to death, this is really the first time he has had to stand up to his mother for himself and now his future wife - and even though he is trying, he's really not doing a good job. :sad2: He is an only child and his mother is an only child, and he doesn't want to hurt her. I'm scared!!

And then to make matters even worse - VERY off topic, but definitey on my sad list - DF and I wanted Ricky Hatton to beat Mayweather last night. It was the worst thing I've ever seen. They should change the name of the sport to "Ducking".

So needless to say, I'm sad. And I think I give up. My FMIL is going to do whatever she wants. And the person who has the most power to change things (DF) feels powerless against her.
 

oh girl! you are in such a rut. i'm so sorry for you. can someone else stand in to mediate for you and df with your fmil? maybe the priest performing your catholic wedding? we have had to do that several times with my fmil and the rabbi performing our wedding. sometimes it takes a fresh new perspective to knock them into place...
 
Welcome to the pain in the butt mother in law club!! You are not alone! I cry to my parents a few times a month about my FMIL. Not only is she trying to control a wedding she is paying $0 for, she insults me and screams at me at the top of her lungs for absolutely no reason... then just yesterday I get a christmas card newsletter thing from FMIL/FFIL and she misspelled my last name AND put the wrong date for our wedding day!! In a newsletter that's going out to over 200 people!!

You have no idea how many times I thought of eloping... but then I realized that my family is looking forward to our wedding and wont stop talking about it. So I've decided to completely ignore her and do my best to make sure it's a good weekend for my family, DF and I. Every ADR and event i've been planning is completely centered around my family, and if FMIL gets upset... oh well!! She hasnt offered to help with anything... all she's done is criticize me for not working faster with all the plans! Hello! I'm doing it all myself! She cant even take her husband, father and two sons to the tux shop without yelling at me for not telling her exactly where, when and why to go!

Sorry this got a bit long. I just wanted you to know that theres quite a few of us out here that are going thru the same things. Dont let her ruin YOUR DAY!
 
Almost every aspect of OUR wedding revolves around my FMIL. It just also makes me very worried about the future and how things will be if and when we have children. And although I love DF to death, this is really the first time he has had to stand up to his mother for himself and now his future wife - and even though he is trying, he's really not doing a good job. :sad2: He is an only child and his mother is an only child, and he doesn't want to hurt her. I'm scared!!

So needless to say, I'm sad. And I think I give up. My FMIL is going to do whatever she wants. And the person who has the most power to change things (DF) feels powerless against her.

I am so sorry that FMIL is casting such a shadow over what should be one of the happiest times in your life. It must be frustrating that she is steamrolling over DF and not considering your wishes. I am sending positive thoughts and warm wishes your way. :hug: Does DF know how deeply this is bothering you and how it is making you scared for the future?
 
Oh lordy dear...
Take a deep breath... what crazy things happening to you.
Just try to remember that all this is for 1 day (or maybe 2) celebration.
The most important thing is your marriage...
Even if you FMIL is trying to ruin it, just show her that she won't ruin your relationship with your DF. I bet it'll drive her crazier that way ;)
 
cseca, lizby, kristen14, caryn... You guys are great!! :grouphug: Thank you all so much for your support and understanding.

That's why I love reading about everyone else's planning, even though things are particularly rough for me right now, it cheers me up to see all of your beautiful dresses and hear all of your stories. :goodvibes


oh girl! you are in such a rut. i'm so sorry for you. can someone else stand in to mediate for you and df with your fmil? maybe the priest performing your catholic wedding? we have had to do that several times with my fmil and the rabbi performing our wedding. sometimes it takes a fresh new perspective to knock them into place...

I wish I did have someone to mediate. She wants a catholic wedding, but we're not having one. I'm not catholic, or even christian anymore and DF is not a practicing catholic anymore. So no catholic priest. :sad2: And I don't even know who we are going to have at Disney yet. Right now, I kind of just calmly mention things to FFIL and after a while he calms her down.

Welcome to the pain in the butt mother in law club!! You are not alone! I cry to my parents a few times a month about my FMIL. Not only is she trying to control a wedding she is paying $0 for, she insults me and screams at me at the top of her lungs for absolutely no reason... then just yesterday I get a christmas card newsletter thing from FMIL/FFIL and she misspelled my last name AND put the wrong date for our wedding day!! In a newsletter that's going out to over 200 people!!

You have no idea how many times I thought of eloping... but then I realized that my family is looking forward to our wedding and wont stop talking about it. So I've decided to completely ignore her and do my best to make sure it's a good weekend for my family, DF and I. Every ADR and event i've been planning is completely centered around my family, and if FMIL gets upset... oh well!! She hasnt offered to help with anything... all she's done is criticize me for not working faster with all the plans! Hello! I'm doing it all myself! She cant even take her husband, father and two sons to the tux shop without yelling at me for not telling her exactly where, when and why to go!

Sorry this got a bit long. I just wanted you to know that theres quite a few of us out here that are going thru the same things. Dont let her ruin YOUR DAY!

I'm sooooooooo sorry you are going through this too. It sucks that anyone has to. I just don't understand why weddings can bring out the worst in so many people (especially mothers of sons). Don't let your FMIL ruin your day either!! I have my fingers crossed for all of us. I can't wait to read about your day and how beautiful it is despite her antics!! :hug:

I am sending positive thoughts and warm wishes your way. Does DF know how deeply this is bothering you and how it is making you scared for the future?

Thank you so much for the virtual hug!! :hug:
I have talked to my DF, but he is dealing with a lot too (from her). So I think he doesn't really know what to do yet.

Oh lordy dear...
Take a deep breath... what crazy things happening to you.
Just try to remember that all this is for 1 day (or maybe 2) celebration.
The most important thing is your marriage...
Even if you FMIL is trying to ruin it, just show her that she won't ruin your relationship with your DF. I bet it'll drive her crazier that way

I will definitely try to keep that in mind and I'm going to try to take deep breaths. I was thinking about starting yoga again, so that when she is saying or doing something bizarre, I can just float away to a peaceful place in my mind and be calm. I can't wait until I finish planning her party!!
 
:grouphug: So sorry for all your drama!!! Keep your head high and try to enjoy planning the most special day you can, for the two of you!!
 
So sorry for all your drama!!! Keep your head high and try to enjoy planning the most special day you can, for the two of you!!

Thank you lov2b :hug: I will try!!
 












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