What do you think of this scenario?

That's awful. Poor guy. His girlfriend is making a fool of herself and his Mum should know better.

How can it work? Well it will be very hard. He shouldn't propose until he's ready and them planning this fictional wedding is only likely to put him off the silly girl.

Sounds typical of certain cultures where marriages are arranged by the parents and the bride might be excited, but the groom not so much, especially true if he feels he's getting the short end of the stick.

In society where arranged marriages do not take place, this is even more bizarre. I suspect the couple is very young, if the boy's mother is so involved in their lives and since he won't speak up for himself. I say boy because that is not a man. And even a young girl should know better than this, so I would say the girl is inconsiderate and pushy and should they get married, this boy can expect to be her doormat. The question then is, would the boy ever grow into a man and ask for a divorce or would he live his life in servitude to his wife? I doubt she would realize the error of her ways if she is so ignorant.

I wonder, why the heck is anyone planning a wedding without a proposal?

I can't imagine how awkward if would feel if my s.o. was planning our wedding and I hadn't even said "yes" yet. Weddings are fun but you don't want the "party to be over" after the party is over. So no one who isn't ready to get married should be planning a wedding or having one planned for them. Unfortunately the mother and girlfriend are going to end up alienating this guy if they continue.

That's absurd. His mom and girlfriend should feel embarrassed. I think he's clearly just going along with it to try not to rock the boat with both of them since he never proposed. If I were him, I wouldn't be able to stick around for this freakshow. Hopefully, he will pull himself together and put a stop to it by leaving if that's what he wants to do.

The only way it could work out is if he indeed wants to marry this girl and is waiting until he feels ready to propose. But, the way the gf and mom are acting would leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth and is most likely pushing him away! If he proposes because he feels pressured, it will not turn out to be a harmonious marriage.

I wonder if they have considered how stupid they would feel if he broke up with her after all this.

I knew a guy in college that this happened to. He told his girlfriend he wasn't ready to get married, but she didn't listen to him or believe him and she and her mom kept planning the wedding. It was really unbelievable that any girl would act like that, but she did.

This happened to him the summer after his high school graduation. She didn't believe that he intended to go away to college in another town; she thought he was going to stay in their small town and marry her.

When he left town to go to school, she finally did get the message.

What do you mean, she's planning the wedding with her "mother-in-law"? Do you mean HIS mom? That's pretty evil of his mother. He needs to let mom know a wedding just isn't happening.

Your friend needs to firmly tell this girl he has no intention of marrying her. If she keeps planning the wedding, he can't stop her, but he darn sure shouldn't show up for the wedding.

Well, if the girl's not married yet she doesn't have a mother in law.

As for the rest of it many girls have their whole wedding planned years before they even meet the guy. Just because she's planning doesn't mean anything is going to happen right away.

if the guy is a son of mommy the ceremony will run perfectly well.

if the guy is a realk man the will sent the girl and his own mom to hell.