... his parents have decided that they aren't going to fight us anymore. They decided that, since I've been making such an effort to bridge that culture gap, they see no reason to prevent us from being together.
Apparently, though, acceptance comes with expectations. His mom and I were supposed to go to Tampa today to get the measurements for my sari blouse (Jess and Ritesh split the cost of this beautiful hunter-green sari with copper embroidery and beading with me), just us two. Wellll, that turned into both his parents and his brother. And the whole drive up there his dad is asking me questions like "When are you planning to get married?" and "Where are you gonna live after you're married? You know you're welcome to live with us." and "where do you think you'll have the wedding? All of our family is up in New York and we think you should have it there."
I tried to be as diplomatic as possible with my answers - "We're hoping for next November, but it will depend on the budget" and "We haven't decided where exactly we're living yet" and "My family and our friends are all down here, so we'll have to determine where best to have the wedding as we get further into planning."
The only real issue I have with a wedding in NY is that most of my family and our friends can't afford to travel, and I don't want my family excluded from our wedding because they couldn't come. His family has the means to come down here to FL.
