Ok, so my parents have never been very supportive of me. I've worked since I was 11 for anything and everything I wanted, and a lot of times needed (besides food and house). When I turned 18, I started paying my parents rent, and when I started college, I've been paying that on my own, too. I've bought all my own cars and paid insurance, cell phone bill and everything else for as long as I can remember. In fact, when I was still living at home I always bought more food for the house than I ever ate.
I'm the oldest of 6 girls and my parents have helped pay my younger sister's college and give them all allowances and gotten cars for them, etc.,... So it's not like my parents don't have money.
I admit, it's been a good thing, because I'm more independent than any of my other sisters and work hard for what I have and appreciate it more because of that. Parentals DO love me, I know, my mom has been super excited and helpful with wedding planning. They are forking out the cash to buy my sister's dresses (they're all in my wedding party) AND opening their home for our wedding (we're getting married in my parent's flower garden and having the reception in their VERY large sunroom).
FI and I have a very limited budget because we're both still in college (he graduates in May and has a decent savings, but no solid job yet; I have a decently paying job that now pays for my school and then his once we're married). We were trying to plan it for under $1000 so that we would have money for life afterward.
Here's the hurray... my parents just announced that they're giving me and FI $1000 for the wedding/whatever we need it for!!! OMGOSH!!!! I'm just so excited!! Can you believe it?? Anyway, now I can stop saying, "FI and I are paying for this wedding completely on our own..."
