Found out MIL was causing a scene at my wedding - feeling awful
I got married 3 weeks ago and it was honestly a great day. We had the wedding in my hometown which is a very small town where everyone knows each other. For context, my husband is from a more urban/suburban area.
We didn’t have a planner to try to save some $ and we felt like we would get what we needed with the day of coordinator. The morning of was fine, I was a bit unplugged with the jitters. I was getting makeup done with my bridesmaids, my mom and my MIL in a conference type room in the venue with a lot of lighting.
The makeup artist said that there is a suite next door that they usually use as the bridal suite (they have 3 hotel rooms in the venue, then they have a larger hotel next door). I didn’t know about this suite to be honest, never saw it on the packages because we were staying somewhere else for the night or the wedding anyway, but apparently it was included in the wedding package for the night of the wedding and I overlooked it. My bridesmaids tried to open the door but the venue had booked it out the night before and there was a random couple staying there. The day of coordinator said it would be ready by 11 after check out so we could utilize that room for more getting ready space, leaving things, photos etc.
Would it have been nice to have it all day? Sure, but we didn’t REALLY need it. I found out yesterday from a member of my family that my MIL apparently went nuts and was berating the cleaning staff and telling them, the coordinators, and the head of the venue that this was “unacceptable.” She does this all the time in her home area when she is not pleased with the service and it’s humiliating (15 year old restaurant hostess, college kid working at an ice cream stand, you name it). They’ve gotten kicked out of a beach club because of their treatment towards the staff. Other than this they are actually very nice and generous people, albeit extremely hovering over my husband.
Apparently the head of the venue, who my family and I know relatively well, took her aside and said her behavior was unacceptable. I’m not sure what happened after this. I did notice that the venue staff never posted our wedding on the instagram like all the others there, which I felt a little strange about, and now I can’t help but wonder if it was because my MIL was screaming at people all day.
We’re supposed to see them today for the first time since the wedding and I honestly don’t know if I can go, I’m extremely upset. I’ve been trying for my husband’s sake to be more involved with the family now that I have more free time (personal and career wise) and this is making it so hard. My husband is very sweet and doesn’t behave like this at all. If I asked him to talk to her about her behavior he absolutely would, but I’m not sure what good it would for him or for me.