Yay I am going to Greece and omg I might kill my mom

[papie]

I haven't gone to Greece in 10 years! I am so so so excited! We are going for 2 weeks at the beginning of August I just booked! Woohoo!


Now the anger part.  My cousin got married last year in a civil ceremony because his GF was pregnant and couldn't get on his health insurance without being married, but they still want to do an actual religious wedding.  They are thinking of doing a combined baptism and wedding next summer.  Now I think it is kinda BS and they will just do a baptism, because who gets married two years after getting married? She wants to wear a wedding dress apparently.  Anyway.  My mom has been harrassing me about whether I will be at the wedding in Greece.  Mind you, there are NO PLANS made for said possible wedding at the moment. She tried to get us to stay longer than 2 weeks.  We said no.  She tried to convince us to go the second and third week of august instead of the two first, we said no.  Because apparently greek churches don't do weddings the first two weeks of august. But it doesn't work for us, with school and work, especially my work, I don't want to combe back super stressed with school starting for the girls and fall semester starting for me, I want a buffer to enjoy the end of the summer.  And again, THERE ARE NO WEDDING PLANS. 

I just called my mom to tell her we booked august 1 to 16 (she is hoping to come with us).  She is like, yay, I will call your aunt to set the wedding august 15.  WTF? No.  You don't tell people when to get married.  You don't assume that we can be at a wedding in the village the day before we have to leave.  She is all pissy that I am being difficult.  I told her I haven't planned anything yet, and they should just assume I can't be there, and if I end up being able to go, great.  She pulled the "YOUR AUNT CAME ALL THE WAY FROM GREECE FOR YOUR WEDDING".
I ANSWERED WITH : LAST TIME I CHECKED, MY AUNT IS NOT GETTING MARRIED!!!! and hung up. 

OMG kill me.  Maybe this trip is a terrible idea.  I was kinda hoping we would only see my mom a few days when we stay at her house in the village, but she is already trying to control the whole fucking thing. 

KILL ME NOW.  I think we will have a come to jesus talk.  After the holidays. 

[papie]

Dec 19, 2014 10:16:03 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Eh, I'd just let her talk to your aunt and not worry about it.

But if they plan the whole fucking wedding around our trip and we don't go, THERE WILL BE DRAMA!

[eddy]

Papie I say this with love, but did you really expect this to go any differently lol.

[papie]

Dec 19, 2014 10:18:26 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Dec 19, 2014 10:16:50 GMT -5 papie said:

But if they plan the whole fucking wedding around our trip and we don't go, THERE WILL BE DRAMA!

But why wouldn't you go if they set the date for when you're there?

Our flight leaves from Athens at 1pm on the Sunday.  The village is two hours away from Athens.  I was hoping to be back in Athens the friday, sight see there on the saturday and then leave the Sunday.  We are spending 4-5 days in the village total for our trip, and a week in Crete (where my dad is from).  We haven't booked Crete yet, so I just don't want to commit until we run through all the possibilities.  But leaving Sunday morning fir Athens gives me heart palpitations.  What if there is traffic? What if something happens?

[papie]

Dec 19, 2014 10:18:49 GMT -5 eddy said:

Papie I say this with love, but did you really expect this to go any differently lol.

:::sobs on eddy's shoulder:::

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You know the entire village will be showing up to the wedding...they won't even know you've snuck out

[zitiqueen]

I wouldn't plan an international vacation around a pretend wedding either. Shit, I wouldn't even plan a 30-minute drive around a pretend wedding.

[iamgrace]

WE HAVE THE SAME MOTHER. Except mine is Scottish.

[sequins]

If my grandma lived, she'd be like your mom. I find her annoyingly endearing!!

[iamgrace]

Is there a reason she can't order your aunt to plan the wedding at he end of your first week??