The Telegraph and Daily Mail are today reporting on an email sent from a mother in law to her son’s bride. It’s not a nice story but one that gets me thinking and I’d love to hear your opinions on this one!
Source: the Daily Mail (mother in law email to bride article)
Allegedly the mother in law emailed her son’s fiancée with a list of complaints about her behaviour saying:
- she lacked good manners
- she should attend finishing school
- she’d be a great candidate for Ladette to Lady
- she didn’t try hard enough to fit in with the family
- hiring a castle for the wedding was ‘brash, celebrity style behaviour’
- her parents should have saved more for their daughter’s wedding
The girl was shocked to receive the email and forwarded it to a couple of friends… and so the story began – it’s now being shared all over the world!
So let me know what you think – who’s right here? Are you with the bride or does the mother in law have a point?
If you were in their shoes, what would you do now?
6 COMMENTS
Claire
8 years ago
AUTHOR(ps – comments will be moderated and may be edited – “allegedly” is a good word in these situations 😉
Katy Lunsford
8 years ago
wow… I have a lot of hand-written cards to catch up on! (although joking aside, this is something I think we should probably all do more of even in this digital age)
Mother-in-law probably has a point, hard to say without knowing both parties in person, but certainly not ok to insult the family or be ungracious. However to in turn insult the bride-to-be’s family for not contributing enough is a little over the line too. Gosh, wonder how the wedding will be after all this!
Claire
8 years ago
AUTHORSo true Katy (not about the cards!) I can see both sides as well – but it’s that first step over the line in a situation like this that really opens the floodgates!
Can you imagine emailing anyone to point out their flaws? Yikes. Brave (read: daft) lady.
C x
sally
8 years ago
Horrible! Bad manners are my biggest pet peeve but being deliberately insulting to cause upset to someone is in much worse taste! I wonder what her fiance thinks of his mother’s behaviour?
sally
8 years ago
I’d also like to add at this point that my own mother-in-law-to-be is actually a saint! I lived with David for two months whilst house hunting and not once did she request a handwritten thank you card!!x
Claire
8 years ago
AUTHORHeeee that last bit made me giggle, Sally!
From what I read, the familiy are very much committed to not commenting at all on the news story – I do admire them for that.
C xx