Planning a wedding isn't always easy, so when the day comes and everything seems to go off without a hitch, it's a huge weight off the shoulders of the newlywed couple. However, as one bride has unfortunately discovered, there's still room for things to go wrong even after the wedding has concluded - as you never know what your photos are going to look like until your photographer sends you the final results.
The woman has said she was left devastated when her photographer sent her some "sneak peeks" a few hours after her wedding, as she realised that all the photos featuring her new mother-in-law were completely ruined - because she wouldn't stop "scowling" in every snap.
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In a post on Reddit, the bride said she had a "wonderfully friendly" relationship with her in-laws before she started wedding planning, and that things went south when her husband's parents realised the couple weren't going to have the ceremony that they wanted them to have.
But instead of putting on a fake smile for the pictures, the mother of the groom made her disapproval known by looking as though she "wants to be anywhere else".
The woman claimed: "My in-laws and I had a wonderfully friendly and cordial relationship until we began wedding planning. My mother-in-law had a vision for the wedding that was far bigger than what my husband and I wanted. She insulted our plans and said it wasn't a real wedding and a few other not-so-nice things.
"We ended up changing our plans to minimise her responsibilities, limit contact with her, and proceeded with the wedding. The wedding day was a blur, but I'm extremely happy to be married and to put wedding planning behind me. She did not say anything nice to my husband or me on our wedding day and promptly asked for photos right after we got back to our hotel.
"Our photographer has sent us a few sneak peeks from the day and my mother-in-law looks like she wants to be anywhere else but there. It's really a bummer. My husband and I and my family look great!"
The bride is now unsure what to do, as while she knows it's her mother-in-law that looks "foolish" in the situation, she's still "kind of sad" that those photos have been ruined.
She added: "I'm not sure what to do. On one hand, she is making herself look a bit foolish by scowling. On the other hand, I'm bothered (kind of sad) by the fact she can't even pretend to be happy for her son for just a few hours.
"I don't think [my in-laws] oppose the marriage, but I think it's just not the wedding they wanted. I know this is not on me to fix, but I'm just not sure how to deal with her and the photos she's in."
Commenters on the post encouraged the woman to embrace her wedding photos and not see them as ruined, with many saying that she should show the photos to her mother-in-law without editing the way she looked.
One person said: "My thought is to just print them as is, as she chose to look like a fool. So let her be one."
While another added: "I wouldn't hide any of the scowling shots from her. Show her all of them. Ask her which ones she wants. You could just ignore it completely, or say something like 'it's a shame the photographer couldn't catch you when you were smiling, isn't it?' "
And a third posted: "Get the grumpiest, wrinkliest shot of her face there is, have it enlarged and send it through to her."
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