My fiance and I come from two majorly different backgrounds. His family is highly religious and my family is rooted in some Christian beleifs they are much more down to earth and understanding. The issue of alcohol at the reception has come about. My family members are drinkers. I drink occasionally and I have always planned on having a buzz at my wedding. However his family has a huge problem with us having an open bar at our wedding. Its already difficult enough that our families are so diffferent, but I don't want to have the angels on one side and the devils on the other because that would make his family despise me even more. Can someone please provide some insight?
***the costs are actually being split down the middle, or at least we are trying to split them down the middle...
Please don't think that I have something against extreme religion or Christianity. I'm not saying that religious people can't be down to earth, but his family is NOT. They are very much against alcohol, partying of any kind as well as things like tattoos, smoking, things of that nature. The look down on a lot of things and a lot of people. I'm not condoning some of these things, but his family has refused to help out with some of the costs if things aren't done their way and thats not fair. So we're forced to have to put the entire reception on my family, his fam doesn't like my dress so my dad is having to pay for that, they want us to get married in a church, and I want to be married outside...its just things like that which are causing so much friction already! So please, I did not mean to offend anyone.