It is a controll issue. The mother will not let go and the wife wants to take over the life of her son. They fight over the guy. The mother in law feels she is older and wants to tell the daughter in law what to do and the wife is not gonna have his motehr interfering in their life together...
Complaining does tend to drive men away but it sounds like you have a bigger problem. You seem to have legitmate complaints that he is not paying attention to. If he is not going to change it is time to stop complaining and time to start divorce proceedings.
Forget the tim's please but dress boots can look very nice. My hubby wore them when we married and mostly no one knew the difference.
It is only one day and just a few hours of that day. If he can't get dressed for you for that short period how is he gonna get through the difficulties...
All this is part of the package when you marry a man with an ex wife and children. He wants to see his child and since the ex is not cooperating he must resort to court. It would be foolish for him not to have a lawyer.
I think that he should have told you first but you reallly should have...
Puleeeze. People come to a wedding reception to socialize. It is not the same as if they were talking all through the wedding ceremony, although people do talk then too. You were wrong to think all eyes would be glued to the bride and groom for ever second of the wedding and reception. There...