Anyone else having a problem with parents providing way more opinions than is necessary?
My step-dad, whom I've never asked for a penny from ... and he's not paying a penny for my wedding either, is "putting [his] foot down" on some issues such as wedding favors (he's against), kids table (against), open bar (ppl must pay), welcome baskets (wtf am i talking about?) and programs for the weekend (what a waste of 2 sheets of paper). I was sitting in his house at his dinner table when he went off on his rant about everything so I let him go and just said these aren't an issue, I have 16 months, plenty of cash and no job right now ...In fact, I'm already 90% done with kids table, 80% on wedding baskets, 50% on favors and 75% on programs.
I'm pretty sure he had a mini heart attack when I told him if I had to, I'd even do dinner myself. He went through a whole project manager's approach to making a freakin' salad from buying how many heads to chopping to putting it in bowls. It was actually entertaining.
I had to remind him that at one point, I had a full time job, going to school full time at one school, part time at another school, air force reserves and owned my own car wash business ... still had a 3.29 average in school. So ... why can't I do this?
That's about the time he walked out.
Anyway ... anyone else having issues like this? How are you handling them? I'm wondering if this is stemming from me NOT going to ask him for his help. He's got quite a bit of money but he's very tight (to say the least) with his money.
Please share your experience/story! Thanks!