Do you think maybe this has nothing to do with the car but all to do with boundaries and control? I can so relate to the push pull you are describing. Never is enough enough for some folks. We can give, accommodate, re-arrange our lives and still they will ignore, minimize and discount our needs and wishes. Somewhere along the way we gave them that power over us. Same with your hubby there and the floor. I can so relate.

Since all things happen for a reason maybe think about what is going on behind the scene here and determine if taking a stand and setting some boundaries might not be timely. Its hard because holding true to the boundaries with people who have had a lifetime of successfully manipulating you is no small task. So we tend to defeat our own efforts thinking it is easier 'this time' to just give in and do what they want and hopefully there will be enough time to get the rest of everything done too.

In my case I recognize the harm the pattern of people pleasing has done to me but I still struggle to not stress myself into decay trying. I want everyone to be happy. I want to help anyone who asks. I want to make life easier for people and it seems I will trade off my own well-being in the process.

To set boundaries is really hard for me even when I know it is the only way out of the spin cycle I put myself into time and time again.

I hope everything settles down for you soon and you have the chance to enjoy the blessings of the wedding. Mum may be a pain in the butt right now with all of her demands and conditions but on the big day all will be forgotten and the joy of family will fill your hearts again.

Do what you can and ta heck with the rest. Take it or leave it mum.