Why was she trying to hurt his soon-to-be wife? Why was she trying to ruin his wedding day? I think phrasing it as his day rather than my day got to his mother.
He reminded her that it was his wedding too. She still tried to dismiss it, saying he was overreacting and it was just a dress. That’s when he lost it.
He started yelling at his mother, saying that he now realized I wasn’t misunderstanding her—she was deliberately being hurtful to me. He yelled that he had been defending her to me all this time, but now it was clear that I was the one who needed defending. He accused his mother of trying to sabotage his relationship.
When my father-in-law tried to say something, Bucky shut him down, saying he didn’t want to hear it because they had stood by and enabled her behavior. Bucky then told his mother, “Because you’re my mother, I’m willing to postpone the wedding by half an hour to give you a chance to change. I don’t care if you go home, to a store, or wherever.
Just leave now and only come back when you’ve changed. If you refuse, you will never see me, my wife, or our future children ever again. Do I make myself clear?”
The wedding was perfect, and my mother-in-law wore a blue dress.
I don’t know how to thank this man enough. His birthday is in three months, and I’m going to have to plan something extra special.
