and he's not even paying for the wedding! My fiance and I are paying for everything because a) almost everyone in my family is out of work and looking for a job, and b) the idea that my father would pay for my wedding is and always has been laughable. We are just not that type of family. I mean, I love him and he loves me, but I was the boy he never had...(think thou shalt not cry or shop).
So even though he likes my fiance, he has been nothing but a rain cloud since the engagement occurred. My sister told him I bought a dress recently and this is all he had to say: Why are you wasting money on dresses when you have a car payment? On the venue: Why don't you just have it in your uncle's back yard? He basically thinks the whole this is a waste of money and we should put it off until we are swimming in dough (and who ever is?) If I don't like any of his "great ideas" he thinks I'm unreasonable and looking for ways to waste money.
My biggest concern is that he'll ruin my wedding day because all he will say are comments like, "How much did those flowers cost? I think you're making a big mistake blowing all this money" (and we're trying the keep the wedding around ten thousand!). Argh. I want to just not invite him; he ruins what should be happy fun plan-making time. I wouldn't resent him for not shelling out but I do resent him for putting a negative spin on it.