So my parents split up at the beginning of last year. In September when I got engaged, they talked and told told fiance and I they wanted to pay for our wedding and gave us a budget, they were each going to cover half of it. We were very thankful because with their help we were able to have the big wedding we wanted! We both have a lot of family so our guest list is the most expensive part of our wedding, and without their help we would have had to cut it down A LOT.
Since my parents were contributing so much, we were able to do the little extras we wanted but didn't need and pay for them ourselves. So far my parents have split the cost of deposits, and my dad has covered the cost of the invites. Today my mom e-mails me to tell me she is living off her credit card and cannot pay for our wedding anymore, but she had talked to my dad and he was going to cover it all. I am SO thankful to my dad but also feeling very bad because I don't want him to have this extra cost. Fiance and I are going to pay for what we can, but since we didn't budget for this it really won't be much. I feel so helpless and seriously want to just cry right now. I've never been close to my mom and when she left my dad, it wasn't pretty... I just feel so bad for my dad right now. I really want to do something to let him know how much I appreciate everything he is doing. Does anybody have any suggestions?
