I am sorry in advance for the length! We just returned from looking at reception halls a couple of hours ago, and my blood is boiling. I haven't posted on here much (still new) so I hope no one minds me speaking my mind. People annoy me! We are close to booking, and the last lady just got under my skin. I loved the place, but I could not let this woman be near me on my wedding day. My Fi and I were discussing our guest list with her and our budget and she started asking me what I deemed to be pretty personal questions about our finances. In my opinion, if I hand you the check, you shouldn't ask me who footed the bill. Let me recap a snippet of our convo... Lady: So guys, which set of parents is footing this bill? Me: Actually we have money set aside to pay for this, so we are footing the bill. Lady: You guys must be rolling in the dough. What do you do? Me: Actually, we have a budget set, but the money was set aside years ago by my grandmother and put into a savings account. ( Really, do I have to share this with you???) Lady: Well then, you can milk Mommy and Daddy for some money and make your budget bigger. Girl, this is your day, THEY OWE YOU THIS. Fi: Actually, we prefer to stay in the budget and not bother our parents with this. Lady (To Fi): Well since she has the big stuff covered, what are YOUR parents doing to help. You know, they should be paying for your honeymoon. ME: We haven't discussed this with his parents and we don't plan on bringing it up. We are prepared to pay for our honeymoon ourselves. Lady: But honey, don't you want your honeymoon to be fabulous, you should at least register and let your guests pay for it. You don't need to be paying for stuff like that. Me: Oh look at the time, sorry we have to cut this short. BYE I really wanted to scream by the time we left this place. She was the person that actually lets people believe that this is proper etiquette. Its not. It’s rude, and she was rude. We have a sizeable but not extravagant budget, and I don't think it was any of her business to tell us whom of our families should pay for OUR wedding. I don't even know what kind of response I want for this, just maybe to know that normal people do not think like this. GRRRR...