For context:
I’m getting married to my fiancée in April. My mom and dad have not been on speaking terms since early 2020 so this will make my wedding a little more tense than I’d like it to be. My parents were never married and did not raise me or my sister. Both of my parents (and my older sister) have asked me for money in the past. My father has stopped after several times of me telling him to and my sister hasn’t asked in a long time. My mother is the only one that still consistently asks for money, even after many times of telling her to stop. As recently as two days before receiving this text. This whole situation makes me feel very cold towards her. Whenever she reaches out after a long time of not reaching out, I know what comes next. She has had a boyfriend for a long time, probably longer than my parents have been separated because she cheated on my dad with this man. I recently asked her not to bring him to my wedding as this will only cause more tension between my sides of the family. This text is from said boyfriend. I feel no obligation to make my mother feel better about our relationship, in fact, she’s lucky to be invited at all. My grandmother will be there in the mother-of-the-bride position because she raised me. Letting her bring this boyfriend would have been quite the accommodation; one that I don’t feel I have to make.
