Sorry, kind of long....
Oh my goodness! I was just talking to my mom and she has decided that they are no longer going to give us money for the wedding. A brief recap:
My fiance and I decided we couldn't afford a big wedding, so our plan was to do a small intimate ceremony and then go out for dinner to a nice restaurant with about 20 or 25 guests. I told my mom and she flipped out and said she wanted something 'better' for her baby. So we thought about doing a cocktail reception and talked to her and said this is what we're thinking, but we can't do this without your help. She agreed to help. Commence with wedding plans. She started paying a little bit here and there.
Now, 6 months before the wedding (when deposits have been put down, everything is booked, etc.), she tells me they can't pay anymore. They haven't even paid 20% of what they agreed to help with and now we're left holding the bag.
I know it's her money and she can do with it what she pleases, but we changed our wedding plans for her. She wanted to help to ensure we could do a bigger wedding, so this is what we did and now look at what we're stuck with... I refuse to go into debt for this wedding.
The thing that really irks me is that the reason why she no longer can help is because she needs to lose weight and wants to do the Nutrisystem plan, which is expensive. I've been telling her for years that she just needs to eat better and become more active, but no..... She has to go with this expensive weight loss program that you pay oodles of money into just so they can count your calories.
I'm just not sure what to do now... my DF and I had a plan to come up with the money we needed (after his parents contributed), but now we have to get an extra chunk of money out of nowhere. So frustrated!!!
