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I need advice

Hello, Please help me.  I live down here in Baltimore. My mom is in the Boston area (were I am from) My aunt kept saying she wanted to help me with stuff, I decided that I would take her with me to the florist appointment (only to shut her up). At the end of the appointment she said with all that I am doing you will owe me a purse. She sends me wedding ideas but since we do not have the same taste I just reply cute and delete because I do not want to be mean. Well my mom got mad that I was including her sister and not her, So she decided her job was making sure my brother s were all set with their suits etc... I feel they are all grown they are allset, but whatever; today she told me my brothers are stressing her and she better get a good gift for helping me. I told her she is doing the mother of the bride role.  My brothers said my mom is annoying them so whenever they have a wedding question they ask me. I have helped people in the past with weddings and never expected anything. Also I said I want people to relax and have fun at the reception, I get complaints. I hate weddings in which one runs around so much they do not get to enjoy themselves. So my plan is to cut pennies so I can pay for a “day of” person. Please explain why is it everything I do I get a complaint. We are paying for our wedding ourselves so I do not want to feel like I have to get my folks a gift, I guess I am being rude.Is this normal wedding planning stuff?

Re: I need advice

  • edited December 2011
    Well, I don't know about others, but things have been pretty stressful for our planning process, too. ESPECIALLY between my mom and me. FI is in the process of trying to get into Army Aviation school, and picking the date alone has been the most stressful thing because we honestly don't know when the Army will let him come home. It's just not that easy with the military, unortunately. First our date was Labor Day weekend 2010, then Aug 21, 2010, then LDW again, then Christmastime 2010 (probable) or possibly now March 2010 (like in 8 months! yikes!) because FI wants to do the wedding be before basic training. AAAAAH! So, we have basically put our planning on hold until we can all agree on a date that works. So yeah I'd say that wedding planning isn't always rainbows and butterflies.
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  • tidetraveltidetravel member
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    edited December 2011
    If you're paying for your wedding yourself, don't bother talking wedding plans with your family.  It will only stress you out more.  If they have specific questions, answer them, and then change the subject.
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  • edited December 2011
    sweet- I totally understand we were suppose to get married October of 2009 my folks  complained we switched it to April 2010 then my folks said we did not know what we wanted. Tides- you are right i think i need to start my planning bio that way when i am excited i can put it on here. 
  • tidetraveltidetravel member
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    edited December 2011
    Bios are a must :)  I like weebly.com
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  • tidetraveltidetravel member
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    edited December 2011
    Unfortunately, weddings tend to bring out the worst in people.  If you need to vent or AW about something wedding related, it's best to do it here.  Others in your life can either be too opinionated or get burnt out on wedding stuff too quickly. Plan the wedding that YOU and your FI want; screw what everyone else thinks you "should" or "should not" do.
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  • wawajeannewawajeanne member
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    edited December 2011
    I had a hard time reading that...so maybe I'm misundertanding, but what i got was that your mom and your aunt are both asking to be involved and then making comments about how much work they are doing for you and how you owe them a good present as a thank you.Is that right?If so, I have to agree with Tidetravel.  Be as diplomatic as possible about it, just to avoid causing more drama that you are avoiding, but just make your own decisions and avoid the topic.  MOB does typically get a gift from the bride and groom, but to hint about it like that is just so rude that it doesn't deserve a response.
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