I've been planning my December 2012 wedding since last April. Originally, I wanted to do it at Disney World, but my mom guilted me into having it in my hometown so that only the groom's family has to travel.
We just discovered that we can save thousands of dollars (over half of what we were spending) if we move the wedding to Disney World (honeymoon is there and we can get free annual passes with the wedding), which is what we REALLY want! My mom has used every angle imaginable to guilt me into changing my mind.Her #1 reason is that my family is taking a cruise in January so it sucks for her that she has to drive to Florida twice within a month (we live in NC). She's trying to say that my brother can't miss school (he's missing 4 days because she booked the cruise during school).
We're paying for our "reception" and we've moved it to a resort restaurant so my family won't have to pay for park admission. We're actually getting the dining plan for a day for everyone so everybody can get free breakfast and lunch as well. Basically, they have to pay for gas to get there and a hotel for a night or two off site in Orlando.
However, my mother refuses to drive for 10 hours straight and is set on getting a hotel on the way there and the way back. My feeling is that if they really can't drive straight through, they can take a tent and an air mattress.
Anyway, we've been catering to everyone else and it's just not what either of us really want. It's planned to be immediate family only with maybe a couple of friends (all of the groom's family and friends are willing to travel).
Am I really being that selfish? Or do I just have a manipulative mom?