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Christina
Dedicated December 2021

Continuous headache.

Christina, on June 23, 2020 at 8:45 AM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 7
From day one there has been issues with my FMIL and my bridesmaids. Like A LOT. Finally things start to look up on Sunday with everything until I got home from work. My FH says to me “so how are we paying for the wedding?” I’m like both of our parents are paying for the rest of it and he’s like no my mom can’t afford it. I told him that I sat down with her in the beginning of March 2019 and gave her an amount if she was comfortable helping and she said yes (before I booked the venue because I didn’t want anyone to be financially strained before I signed a contract). She’s also been splitting the cost of the dj with my mom even though she told my FH she’s been making monthly payments but I have text messages to prove that she said she’ll pay X amount and my mom will cover the rest. Fine. So now 3 months before the wedding we’re freaking out trying to figure out how to pay for the wedding because now all of a sudden his mom said she never agreed to helping us. I call the venue to see about if we’ll lose any of our money and he said if he can rebook the date then we’ll only lose $500, if he can’t, then we lose 10k. I told my parents that we were potentially cancelling the wedding and my mom was like don’t worry about it, your father and I are more than happy to pay for it. I just feel so guilty that my parents are now paying for the whole thing. They insist it’s okay since they just paid off their mortgage but still. They won’t let me cancel or reschedule so we can save more for it. But my FMIL has no problem taking out (paying for) insurance on our wedding without telling us.

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Latest activity by Pam, on June 23, 2020 at 6:30 PM
  • Chelsea
    Dedicated August 2020
    Chelsea ·
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    I can’t totally relate but I can empathize because my FMIL is not paying for nothing but wants to dictate some things. My parents and I are footing the bill and FH will cover the rest and honeymoon but that is upsetting to have signed a contract and then she decides to back out. And what is the purpose of the wedding insurance is she going to purposely do something? I’m confused about her priorities. And FH needs to have a conversation with his mom because that is wrong to just back out of what you agreed to and if it weren’t for your parents it could have canceled the wedding or put you in a financial bind.
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  • Christina
    Dedicated December 2021
    Christina ·
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    My parents are also concerned about the whole insurance thing. She clearly does not have good intentions. My FH went to her house yesterday and she keeps changing her story. I’ve heard at least 4 different stories in a span of a day why all of a sudden she can’t help.
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  • D
    June 2021
    Dj Tanner ·
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    Wow that such a crappy move on her part. This is exactly why my FH and I said that we did not want any bit of help from either of our parents. It’s so much easier for us to just pay for everything in all honesty because you never know who’s going to flake out on the last minute.
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    Judith ·
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    Your parents are being extremely generous. Lucky you. And there is nothing stopping you paying them back a couple thousand at a time, in the future. But for now, let the wedding go on. FMIL may be a poor long term planner when it comes to money. Agreeing to things that sound good or necessary, never drawing out timelines and deadlines in a budget. So she pretty much forgets one thing when another comes along. It is quite common, and is why so many have more credit card debt than they can ever pay off. This, unfortunately, is why those married or simply experienced through friends and family say, don't count any money people are going to give you, without being prepared to pay yourself, til you have their money in hand or in the bank.
    Sorry this all to common thing, hit you, and at this crazy time economically, too.
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    Melle ·
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    Wow that is kind of terrible on the part of your FMIL, actually.

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  • Hanna
    VIP June 2019
    Hanna ·
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    Wow that is super wrong of your FMIL, I'm so sorry. While parents are never obligated to pay for their children's weddings in the first place, promising to contribute only to back out out 3 months before the wedding is really something else. I would have your FH have a heart to heart with her.

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    January 2014
    Pam ·
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    Sucks that she's backing out but you really shouldn't have put her on the spot by giving her an amount and asking if she was comfortable with it. You're as much at fault as she is, if not more. That's a horrible position to put her in. It's likely she was embarrassed to say no.

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