I'm not sure how to handle this situation or if I should do anything at all. Advice wuold be appreciated.
FI took a couple of his groomsmen to lunch and to get fitted this past weekend. One of the groomsmen is his brother. The brother asked him how much the wedding was costing us, how much our honeymoon is, then made some comment to the effect that his parents were paying for all of this for us. FI asked why he thought that and said because FMIL said so. I wouldn't care if any of this was true but its not. Not a single person has given us a single cent to pay for this wedding. We're both young and work our butts off to pay for everything we have. Nobody has given us anything. Now that we're successful enough to throw a huge wedding that's what we're doing. It pisses me off that people assume we can't pay for this ourselves and that his mom is telling people she paid for it. I think the reason I'm so offended is that I moved out at 18 and have been working my butt off ever since. There were weeks when I ate beans and rice and scrimped and saved to have financial security. I don't appreciate my responsibiltiy and hardwork being discounted as "oh mommy & daddy gave it to them."
How would you handle this situation? Do I say anything or leave it alone?
