So I got a message from my DJ last night on facebook stating that he had a situation to present to me. Keep in mind, this is my friend, not just a vendor.
His cousin just got engaged and they have picked our date and asked him to be in the wedding. He said that family and promises are both important to him and that the decision was mine since I had booked him so far in advance. Well, I would feel horrible knowing that he was at our wedding instead of his cousins, so I tearfully told him that while we would love to have him as our DJ that family is more important. I asked if he had any reccomendations and I haven't heard back from him yet. He also said that he'd do anything he could to make sure our wedding day was as wonderful as possible. So hopefully he'll be able to pull some strings and get us a good deal on someone.
I don't plan on sitting around waiting for him to do that, I've actually already started looking and the cheapest I've found is $100 more than he was going to charge me. I'm also worried that this DJ won't listen to me when I say no moving or flashing lights because of my mom. It's going in the contract!
FI and I got into a small argument too because he left me after I was upset about this to go get his newspaper for a DJ ad he saw and didn't come back down until I went up to get him. I found him watching TV upstairs. Silly I know, but I was upset. It's fine now.