The Wedding

As a bride, you are always excited about your wedding. And while I was excited, I was also dreading it. This was to be the first time where my parents, his mother and step-dad and also his father and step-mother were to all be in the same room at the same time. It was nerve-wracking! There was no way to anticipate how everyone would react. Of course, I knew my parents would be civil. But that was the only bright spot.


For once, my husband’s mother tried to be cordial. She certainly wasn’t thrilled to be there, but she held her tongue. Her husband, the step-dad, was not so polite. You can see it in the ceremony video. He wouldn’t even look at the stage! He looked to his right with his legs crossed the entire ceremony. At the reception, he wouldn’t speak to almost anyone. And he was rude to those he did speak to. My mom actually had people from my hometown complain about how rude he was to everyone. A few people mentioned it to my husband and I at the reception. My husband was embarrassed. He almost cried. He just couldn’t understand why they just couldn’t be happy for him. We talked about it during the drive to our cottage on our wedding night. My husband was so upset. I was not surprised at all. They had been like this for 3 years now. I didn’t expect that a piece of paper would stop them. I was right.