My fiance and I live in Brooklyn, and we wanted something a little untraditional as far as venue, but still involving all the traditional aspects of a ceremony. We found a great place that has sentimental meaning for us, and is in one of our favorite areas. Plus it's a lot more inclusive, making it easy on us. I started a business this year and have very little time to plan a wedding, and love the idea of having a lot of it done for us by the venue.
My parents have another idea. They don't expect a church or a large wedding, but they don't like our venue, the food or the location. It's a little too untraditional for them, yet it's exactly what we wanted. They're contributing to a lot of the cost, and we appreciate that, but have also expressed being okay with paying for it ourselves if it was going to be an issue of opinions clashing.
It's 8 months from our wedding date and my parents are still being difficult about the venue - we can't change it at this point. I'm not sure they even want us to, so much as they just want to voice their opinion and complain. I will hear them out, but we are not giving in and changing what we're very happy with. It's upsetting to hear nothing but disapproval when I'm so excited about the wedding. I'm not sure how to strike a balance between respecting that they're paying for a lot of the wedding, and them respecting that my fiance and I are planning the type of wedding we want. They're making me miserable.
I'm sure others have encountered this?
