Woman refuses to let her entitled friend's overbearing mother come to her girls-only baby shower, after she already bought her to their wedding uninvited, costing her an extra $650: 'She just assumes we think they’re a package deal'

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Emma Saven
Aug 19, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

We've heard endless stories about every girl's nightmare: The Ultimate Mama's Boy. However, this story gives those fears a slight twist…Here we have: Our best friend, The Mama's Girl. 

Imagine having a 36-year-old friend who treats her mother as if she were a week-old newborn, unable to be left alone or unattended for less than one second! This isn't something you see every day. We understand if she's the Lorelai to her Rory…In her old age, we visualise 'closeness' and Sunday tea and lifting her to Bridge every Wednesday afternoon. Having her over for dinner every Friday to spend time with the grandkids, even checking in daily to make sure she's taken her meds, instead of flirting with the cute 65-year-old nurse.

But the boundaries of 'closeness' take a different, more terrifying form when she starts bringing her to all your friends' special events uninvited. Suddenly, every wedding, baby shower, and casual Saturday night in has become trying to kindly convince your friend that it is not okay just to invite her mother everywhere she goes, especially if she is not there herself!

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  • Her mother is one thing, but now she is bringing her partner to their girls' get-togethers and events! Either her social cues are truly abhorrent, or she sees no problem with having her friends cater to her guests with no prior warning, no contributions, and certainly no boundaries!


     

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    AITA for asking my friend not to bring her mom to my baby shower?

    So I know this may sound mean but I promise im trying to be the furthest thing from r de or mean. My (f31) friend (f36) brings her mother absolutely everywhere.
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    Which is absolutely fine that's their thing. However, she also invites her to every event I host that I invite my friend to. I used to
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    be fine with it, but her mom has a very strange personality and doesn't understand other people's personal space. She has
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    made many of my guests at my parties very uncomfortable... every time. Mind you, I have never extended the invites to her mom, my friend just shows up
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    with her without telling me. This has also caused a lot of frustration because when I host parties at my home she will wander into my bedroom and
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    closets and it's just weird. My friend ALSO brought her to my wedding and I only gave her one plus one... she brought her mom
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    AND her boyfriend... it cost me $650/pp for my wedding btw and the venue wasn't to happy about adding another person during the
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    reception. Needless to say, my boundaries are never respected in the aspect or maybe my friend just assumes we think they're a
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    package deal? I don't know... I am extremely close with my mother as well but would never do anything like this. Anyway, next month I am having my baby
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    shower which will be at my mother in laws house and I asked for only my friend to come. She said she was planning on bringing her boyfriend and mom.
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    I said I'd prefer only for her to come and she's now mad at me... so AITA? I mean the boyfriend thing is weird because it's a women only event, my husband
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    isn't even coming. Also, I don't want her wandering around my MIL's house and going through their stuff, because as sweet as my MIL is, she will not be too kind about putting her in her place.
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    IMAGINARIAN_photos I'm sure she meant to put a decimal point after 65? There's no wedding venue on earth (except royalty-types, of course) that charges 650 dollars per person. UNLESS of course, it's a different type of currency...
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    IllustriousWear 1734 OP Yes $650 is correct. It did cover 7 hrs open bar, butler passed apps and a full raw bar during cocktail hour and then a surf and turf dinner with Dover sole and chateaubriand... it was in the Miami at an exclusive club which is why it ended up costing that much. Not trying to be snobby about it but my dad was the one paying for our wedding and had business partners and clients coming soooo he speed no expense
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    TarzanKitty I am seriously wondering how this woman managed to land a boyfriend. I can't imagine any adult wanting to date someone AND their mom.
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    IllustriousWear1734 OP It's causing a lot of issues in her relationship. Her mom just shows up at her bfs moms house uninvited as well when neither my friend or the boyfriend are there then like forces conversation with the mom and then sits at her house and drinks her wine... like I s t you not this is real life.
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    Where WeretheAdults NTA. Time to re-evaluate this friendship. She is disrespecting you and your wishes constantly. That is not a very good friend.
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    Outrageous-Banana905 Don't invite her. Full stop. When she asks why, tell her that her mother invades your privacy and makes others uncomfortable.
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    BeachinLife1 NTA. I would have sent her a bill for the wedding reception! You are a lot nicer than me. As for the shower, tell her it's ladies only, and invitees only. The only thing I can figure out is for you to just stop inviting her to anything.
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    PennywiseBoba7894 lol... that is wild. It's not even your home and she thinks it is okay to bring her mom plus bringing bf to a event that is tradititionally just for women. Sorry but either that friend needs to be dropped completely or definitely uninvited to your baby shower. She has serious mommy issues and the bf is starting to sound weird too. Your friend needs therapy.
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    janus 1981 NTA and YTA. The time to properly bring this up was at your wedding. You avoided it. You should absolutely hold fast to not having her mum at your baby shower. Your major life celebrations are not opportunities for your friend to try and socialise her antisocial mother. You're absolutely not the AH for that.
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    You need to sit down and have a proper talk with her. But that's where YTA because you should've done this years ago. Your delay might damage your friendship more now than had you brought it up years ago but you are where you are.
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    UnableAudience7332 You don't tell her you'd "prefer" that she didn't bring 2 extra people, but that she's the only one invited and the other 2 will not be allowed inside. Or just uninvite her altogether because she's so ride.
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    ZookeepergameOld8988 Why do you keep inviting her to things? The first time that woman wandered into my bedroom would have been it for me. And I'd have sent her a bill for bringing an uninvited person to my wedding. NTA except to yourself for letting her walk all over you like this.
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