
Dear Sugar,
My fiance asked me to marry him almost six months ago while on a trip to Disney World after five years of dating. He hadn't told anyone and we waited to share the good news until after we had returned from our trip. Since we are young (I am 21 and he is 23), both our parents expressed happiness for us but enforced the importance of me finishing school.

You get along great with your fiancé’s mom, or you did until the wedding planning got into full swing. At first, her help was great but now you feel like you’re planning her wedding. Her intentions are always good, but she’s very controlling and pretty much demands that she gets what she wants.

Mother-in-laws are notorious for being difficult to get along with — we know how moms are protective of their little boys! But sometimes I wonder if the moms of our men get a bad rap because of the few especially controlling ones out there. I have to think that if our boyfriend or husband is a great guy, in most cases his mom had a lot to do with it.

After the annulment, we should hook up the "cheap two-bit tramp" with that "sorry, no count worthless, shiftless
John Patterson." They might hit it off.
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Dear Sugar,
I live with my boyfriend and his brother, mostly for financial reasons. If I had the money, I'd live just with my boyfriend. Kris, who is 26, just moved out from his mother's house.
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My good friend is getting married in a few weeks, and she came to me with a bit of a predicament. She was talking to her mother-in-law about some last minute wedding details, and when they said their goodbyes, her mother-in-law said, "Oh honey, you'll be married soon, you can call me "mom!!" My friend didn't know what to say, since she wasn't planning on ever calling her mom, so to avoid the situation, she said, "uh, ok, bye."

Dear Sugar--
I have been married to my husband for a year and I love him more than anything. He is really close with his parents and he talks to his mother at least once a day. They live in the same town as us and we see each other about once a week for dinner, which is great because we all get along really well.

The store may be closed, but this parent's mouth sure isn't.
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Dear Sugar--
I went to visit my fiancé's family over the weekend for the first time since we got engaged. I was really excited to show off my ring and talk about wedding plans. His parents are divorced but live 20 minutes apart, so when we visit, we have to split up our time between them.