<p>You’re seeing the home stretch ema! We are rooting for you! </p>
<p>Hang in there Ema. Is there any way you can cancel the brunch since none of the out-of-town family will be there anyway? You can even use being sick as an excuse. Frankly, I’ve never heard of the bride hosting a day-after brunch. You should be resting and packing for your honeymoon instead.</p>
<p>Apparently his sister had brunches after each of her weddings, so he thinks it’s the thing to do. I was going to cancel it but he was devastated and horribly sorry so I just let it go, admittedly after I tore his head off-- I admit I lost it for a moment. I hate hearing “I forgot” when I reminded him repeatedly-- that isn’t “forgetting,” that’s being irresponsible. It is what it is, and it was his party to wreck anyway, I was not the one invested in it. I suppose it will make me look good for FMIL to still have it and that’s never a bad thing. I’d look like a real witch for taking his party away even if he deserves it. But I think now I might sleep in and make him do all the work! So it will all work out. A marriage can’t work if you sweat the small stuff, and I’m not marrying him because he’s perfect. I’m sure if I think really hard I can come up with SOMETHING of equal importance that I’ve botched. ;)</p>
<p>My busia took me shopping today and I got a pair of $90 Ralph Lauren jeans for $24 at Macy’s, so that was my really big stressor solved! LOL! Now it will be smooth sailing! </p>
<p>Wait a minute, ema. He was devasted when you mentioned canceling it…yet forgot to invite the out of towners? I think it’s not that important to him after all. He’s got to be noticing your illness and your stress, if not, fill him in!</p>
<p>Why not ask him to come up with another solution. Either you don’t have it, or someone else hosts, or you all just go to a local restaurant, with everyone paying their own way. If the tradition is to make the bride crazier and more stressed than she already is, this is a tradition to end!</p>
<p>If I was your local friend, I’d host it or be glad to pay my own way at a restaurant. Or do nothing at all.</p>