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Alone in String-land?

RachAisleRachAisle member
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Someone please tell me I'm not the only one who somewhat blindly accepted an offer of wedding funding without getting really clear about what the heck that meant, resulting in a big mess of dysfunctional strings.

Please, pretty pretty please.

Just need to know I'm not the only one who wasn't blessed with either enough foresight to turn down offers of help, or family who said "Here, this is what we can/can't pay, these are our expectations, we *trust* you to make decisions based on this amount."

Thanks :-)
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Re: Alone in String-land?

  • TheDuckisTheDuckis member
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    Nope. My parents paid for the entire wedding and I knew from the get-go that meant it was their (read: my mom's) party. I even knew that regardless of how well everything went she'd find a way to blame me for "ruining" something and stop speaking to me after. And that's exactly what happened. But you know what? I had an awesome free party, I barely lifted a finger, I moved 3000 miles away from my mom, and she got over it. So all in all it was a win for me. 
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  • DG1DG1 member
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    Hang around a little more.  There's usually about 3-4 of you here every week.

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  • Wonderw1feWonderw1fe
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    Sorry, can't relate. My parents paid for most of our wedding and they wanted no input whatsoever. But we got lucky.
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  • kpwedkkkpwedkk member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_alone-string-land?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:2709ef40-5d37-470c-827b-e0055d4f20afPost:d8e53f03-f9cf-4979-8fb0-06487ad0aa62">Alone in String-land?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Someone please tell me I'm not the only one who somewhat blindly accepted an offer of wedding funding without getting really clear about what the heck that meant, resulting in a big mess of dysfunctional strings. Please, pretty pretty please. Just need to know I'm not the only one who wasn't blessed with either enough foresight to turn down offers of help, or family who said "Here, this is what we can/can't pay, these are our expectations, we *trust* you to make decisions based on this amount." Thanks :-)
    Posted by RachAisle[/QUOTE]


    We paid for our entire wedding/reception and two days worth of pre-wedding events with tons and tons of food, um, hmm... by ourselves - DH and I without help from parents, friends, or anyone!

    Granted family and friends still wanted to give their two cents about everything wedding related, and give you expectations. 

    The best kind of advice I can give, is find a way to pay for the wedding yourselves, and heartfully decline other's givings.

    "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." ~ Miss K ~
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  • LauriacLauriac
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    You are not alone.
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  • ~~Busy.~~~~Busy.~~ member
    1000 Comments
    We paid for our own wedding and still got unwanted input. We just ignored it since we were paying for it.
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