TL;DR - Accidentally discovered my mom bet "No" on a Predyx market for whether or not I would get married by the date on my recently mailed wedding invitations. She says its just a joke. I don't see the humor.

My fiancée and I just sent out our wedding invitations last week. Everything is booked, deposits paid, families informed, etc. We’ve been together for a long time and this hasn’t been a dramatic or rushed decision.

A couple days ago I was at my parents’ place helping my mom with something on her phone. While she was flipping between apps, I saw what looked like a notification from a prediction market site. I recognized it because I’m familiar with that world, but I assumed it was about politics or sports or something. It wasn’t. It was a market asking whether I’d be legally married by the date listed on our wedding invitation.

I asked her about it, half joking, and she didn’t really deny it. She told me she’d put a small bet on “no” on Predyx (which is basically a Polymarket-style site but Bitcoin-based). She framed it as “just for fun” and said she didn’t think it was a big deal.

What’s bothering me isn’t the money. From what I can tell it wasn’t a huge amount. It’s more that she did this quietly, didn’t mention it to me, and did it after she knew we were engaged and had set a date. It feels… oddly personal? Like she was privately expressing doubt in a way that wasn’t just a thought but an actual wager.

I tried to keep it light in the moment, but the more I think about it, the more uncomfortable I feel. Not angry exactly, just kind of hurt and confused. She says she fully expects the wedding to happen and that she’ll be happy to “lose the bet,” but that doesn’t really make it feel better.

I haven’t told my fiancée yet because I’m not sure how to explain it without making it sound worse than it already is, and I don’t want to introduce unnecessary tension with my mom if this is something I should just let go.

I guess I’m looking for perspective: Is this something I should address more directly, or am I overthinking it? Would you tell your partner about this? How would you even bring it up without it turning into a bigger conflict?

I know this is a weird, very modern problem. I just didn’t expect my own wedding to be something my mom felt comfortable speculating on, literally.

Thanks for reading. Even typing this out feels strange.