Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 at
8:02 pm
My fiancee Sarah and I recently got engaged. We are both in our late 20s. But since we just bought a house (she lives in it, I’ll move in after marriage), we don’t have much money for the wedding. We want to do a small wedding, but my Mom is upset because she has 7 brothers and sisters, and she wants all my cousins to come. She keeps adding to the guest list.
To complicate things, my fiancee’s parents (Detroit), my parents (Battle Creek), and we (Mount Pleasant) all live on opposite sides of Michigan. Both sets of parents are arguing that the wedding should be near them since everyone is 3 hours apart.
My fiancee’s parents invited us on an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii with them. The trip is only 6 months away. With all the planning stress, I looked into beach weddings and there is a wonderful chapel that we could get married in. It would only cost us 0 and it is exactly what I want.
Sarah and I are excited about possibly getting married in Hawaii, but my Mom is angry because she cannot afford the Hawaii airfare (00/each) for the family. I’d like to help, but I am not in the financial position at this time.
All around wedding planning seems like a mess.
How do couples handle the family factor with destination weddings?
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