I've always dreamed of having the quintessential wedding and when my fiance proposed in February I was so excited that it was finally my turn. I've also always been under the impression that my parents would kick in for a large amount of the cost of the wedding. It turns out this experience has been nothing but stressful. My finances family isn't contributing at all to the wedding so my parents have decided to contribute less, although my dad assures me that everything will work out and they will pay for more then my mom says. My future in-laws are making more and more "suggestions" for the big day and my mom is making more and changes to her wants/requirements/responsibilities. My mom is also going thru menopause which makes her incredibly emotional and a little hard to deal with. Its only the beginning of planning, we haven't even booked anything yet and I am afraid that it's only going to get worse. My fiancesays that he will do whatever makes me happy, he just wants to say "I do," and i would love to run away and do it just the two of us but I am afraid of the repercussions and that we might regret it.
Help!