I'm recently engaged to an incredible man. We are both in the Military (I'm in the Navy, he's in the Marines). I told my dad first, he was excited, I told my mom, and its almost like she's mad that I had the nerve to get engaged. We were originally planning a June wedding for 2011, but he found out recently he's getting deployed next spring for 5-6 months, so we moved the date to December 18th of this year. I mean. 9 months is still a perfectly reasonable time to plan a wedding right?! Everything so far has been an argument and I can't imagine going through 9 months of this. The best part.. My mom is a part time wedding consultant & floral designer.. but yet when it comes to her youngest daughter getting married.. she wants nothing to do with it. She comes up with every ridiculous excuse known to man kind.. I'm too young (I'll be 23 in September), I haven't been in the military long enough (What?! I've been in a year, in December over a year and a half), He's too far away (We don't exactly get to pick where we get stationed, and we can't get stationed together until we are married, I'm currently stationed in Washington State, He's in Japan), What will my friends say? (They're all happy Mom, Why aren't You!?), It's just not fair and I don't know what to do! She was supportive of my sister, and her (now ex) husband was an abusive alcoholic! At least my fiance has a steady job, and plans on staying in the Corps for the next 30 years. Please Help!!! I'm getting dehydrated from all the crying!!