You Always Have To Start Somewhere

It all started when the couple, along with the groom's Greek mother, came in one morning to design their wedding cake. Almost immediately, Missy knew there was tension between the bride and her future mother-in-law. She didn't know why at the time, but she knew something was up when the older woman sighed and went out to smoke as her son's fiancée grabbed the design book and started gushing over the details about an Alice in Wonderland themed wedding.

The mother's attitude should have been Missy's first sign to decline the project and move about her day, but we wouldn't be here if she took the easy way out. It never works out that way.

"The older woman comes back in and asks what she missed," Missy recalled. "[Her son] shows her the designs they like and she automatically starts to complain: 'No, that's too detailed. That's too plain. That's not big enough. That's too big.' It was like listening to an old cranky version of Goldilocks."

When Missy tried to figure out how many people would be at the reception, the bride-to-be said there would be4 0 guests, but before she could finish her sentence, the mother intervened and said there would be 200. After a back and forth between the two women, Missy tried to step in and bring some order to the room, but it would only get worse.

"Well, why did I even bother coming if no one will listen," asked the mother.

"I don't know why you insisted on coming," the bride fired back.

"My son is getting married! It's my right to be here," the mother cried out.

"He's marrying me. You can come along for planning but I don't need your input. If I want it, I will ask."

After this, the mother said she needed a smoke to calm down and walked out. Missy watched as the future bride and groom sat there in awkward silence before the son was sent out to the "firing squad" that was his mother in an attempt to salvage the meeting. Then Missy and the bride were finally afforded an opportunity to get started with the planning - they worked out the details on future meetings and tastings as well as setting up a system where a special password would be required for any future changes.