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By: Lachesis

Lachesis — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:05:00 +0000

If it makes you feel any better, my in laws did roughly the same thing to us, their guest list was outrageous. Here is our practical solution: 1) tell them they can have all the additional guests they want (over and above your list, which is far more important) IF they pay for them, or 2) send invitations out early and then, when you get enough people who are not attending, send out a secondary wave of invitations to people like your mom’s co-workers. This is a fair way to try to give her what she wants without tainting your day. I don’t know if it’ll help you, but it worked for us. Also, brace yourself, there will be lots of this sort of thing before the big day comes. Good luck; I’ll be htinking of you two.

By: Whozep68

Whozep68 — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:29:00 +0000

Rough Bilbo... Its a tough spot. Been there done that. Hang in there and keep trying to commicate.

Dan

By: remikins

remikins — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:51:00 +0000

*sigh*…i’m so glad i’m single and SOOO glad my mom and stepdad don’t like their coworkers enough….

hope things boil over soon…

By: HootieFoo

HootieFoo — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 05:32:00 +0000

Ouch. That type of situation would probably make me angry too, I imagine.

And not that I'm sticking up for him, but I also imagine that your step-father married your mother and not you. Therefore how he relates to you might not directly reflect how he relates to your mother. Although in an ideal situation, there is no reason for him to act like that.

Exod 20:12
12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you."

Your mother loves this man, and honoring her might mean putting up with him. But one thing I like about the concept of honor is that it doesn't mean, "Always agree with." or "Take abuse from." Hang in there.

Peace.

By: oregonianyahoo

oregonianyahoo — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 05:31:00 +0000

So basically… if your conversation was a game of twister…. and left hand on green was called… Tom reached out and punched you, kicked your legs out from under you, sat on your now limp body, and put his left hand down. Gotta love that.

By: outofthefire

outofthefire — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 04:51:00 +0000

Sometimes that's more valuable information anyway. Will pray that your situation with your step-dad improves. It's never easy to deal with this type of situation, but God is in control.

~Shaun