She’s Upset That Her Parents Are Only Giving Her $7,000 For Her Wedding
It’s no secret that weddings can be extremely expensive. Unless you’re eloping at a courthouse, getting married in a venue with more than 50 guests and a reception with food and drinks to follow can cost thousands of dollars.
One woman is upset with the sum of money her parents are offering up for her wedding and thinks she got the short end of the stick.
She is planning her upcoming wedding with her fiancé. Although she loves him so much that she’d marry him in a courthouse with no guests, her family is pushing her to have a big wedding with around 200 guests.
“I know in today’s world it is no longer socially expected for the bride’s family to pay for the whole wedding the way they used to,” she said.
“But I finally got a number back from my parents. It’s not even enough to cover the venue and food even if we picked the cheapest option possible.”
Her parents are willing to pay $7,000 for her wedding, which many people would think is an incredibly generous offer.
However, with the experience she’s had with her parents, she feels deep down they could offer her more, especially since they’re the ones who want her to have a large wedding.
When she was little, her parents were quite poor and had to work very hard to get to where they are now.
Her siblings came along much later than her, so her childhood looked very different from theirs. When she was 18, she was kicked out of the house and had to find her own way in the world.
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When her siblings were born, her parents started making much more money, and each began earning six figures. She feels they’ve been more generous with her siblings than they have her, and their contribution to her wedding is no exception.
With her parents’ contribution being smaller than she expected, she and her fiancé will now have to spend somewhere between $10,000 to $15,000 out of pocket on their wedding.
“Am I wrong to be upset?” she asked. “I feel so guilty, but I also feel so swept under the rug by my parents.”
When she talked to her parents about the amount they offered to pay, they told her that it was the same amount of money they received for their wedding in 2005, so that’s how much they were giving her.
She tried explaining to her parents that $7,000 was worth so much more in 2005 than now, but they are standing their ground with the amount. Now, her parents are saying that because they’re contributing to the cost of the wedding, it should be held closer to where they live.
She’s still racked with guilt for being upset over what her parents are offering but can’t shake the feeling of disappointment she’s experiencing.
Should she be upset about how much her parents are giving her, or should she be grateful for getting any money at all?
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