Hello everyone! I am so excited to be marrying the love of my life next September. However, my family does not seem enthusiastic at all, and it is really ruining wedding planning for me. My fiancé has a very loving family and lots of friends, but my family is a lot more reserved and I don't have many friends. I also have already asked three of my friends to be bridesmaids. They all said yes, but don't seem very excited.
We have been planning a "normal" sized wedding of about 150 people, but none of the plans make me happy. In all honesty, I have become very depressed and just want to elope. We are both college students and are not getting any help paying for our wedding from parents, so most of my decisions are based on cost instead of what I want because we can't afford what I want. I have already voiced my opinion that I want to elope, but my fiancé doesn't want to get married without family there.
I just want our wedding day to be happy, and I don't know how to do that with so much negativity from family and friends.
Do any of you have advice on how to make this a day that I want when nobody else is excited and we don't have money to plan the wedding of our dreams? Also, if anybody has input on eloping in this situation, please share!