Mom deserves a medal for going an entire trip without being so insufferable about something that I need to scream about it, for once. Everything she complained about I was also pissed about.
Her husband is great, they've been dating seriously for years already. I hate his parents on principle, but it was a nice small ceremony and nobody started shit.
Extended family is piiiiiiiissed but they can get fucked. There's gonna be a party later on that everyone can attend, but the venue was way too small for a huge guest list.
Right? This was basically as close to eloping as you could get while still having a ceremony, suck it up. The only people who came were parents/step parents, my brother and I, and their BFFs.
She was mostly just mad about the groom's parents, and TBH I would love to chew them out myself. I tuned out everyone's introductions to make sure I wouldn't be tempted.