My fiance and I have just started planning for our wedding! This is such an exciting time and I am so grateful to have him in my life. With planning comes great responsibility... also money. The first task we completed was we sat down and drafted our budget. We both are planning to pay for the wedding/honey moon by ourselves. My parents don't have much money, and what they do have really should be kept to ensure their future. I'm so grateful for everything my parents have done for me, and their eager wiliness to help and plan is overwhelming. They both have told me that later on they will be giving us a small amount to put towards the wedding as our wedding gift. I was very hesitant to accept it, but I learned the hard way to not say no to my mom...
My fiance's parents are both wonderful and generous people. We are having over his Father and Step Mother this weekend, and while making the dinner plans with his step mom, she mentioned that she really wanted to talk about the wedding with plans and "their support".
I have a feeling money will be brought up at some point. My mom says that if they offer, we should politely say thank you and to ask that they only contribute what they feel is appropriate. While I agree with the option for them setting the price, I also extremely conflicted. I can't get over this feeling that it's wrong of me to accept this amount of money. I truly and genuinely don't want money from any one. My fiance and I only want to spend our big day with family and friends, and cherish all the memories we will have.
I am looking for advise on how to handle the situation. Again, I am so grateful for all of our family! I just want to do what's right and am not sure if it's morally right to accept money to help pay for the wedding? Thank you all in advanced.
