I'm conflicted and frustrated. My fiance and I decided on an $11,000 budget for our destination wedding in Utah (we live on the east coast). This was after his family and my parents chirped in that my idea of $15,000 was very 'bridezilla' and over-the-top which made him change his tune and now he's in their camp so budget has been slashed.
We aren't asking for family contributions, but my parents are insisting and will be adding some amount they have not disclosed, and now that we dropped our budget every time I bring up costs with my mom she keeps saying - I just can't believe how much you decided on and compares it to a previously failed engagement and that budget. (Current wedding has 28 guests, previous was about 150 or so...and back then I hadn't done any research and was pulling out random figures when a budget was decided +/- $10,000, which ended up being closer to $20,000 as we started planning also a destination wedding)
I don't know what to do. Am I really a bridezilla for my budget? I'm doing everything to cut costs and my original dream of a one-size fits all venue to show up and get married has been drastically scaled back to an a-la-carte bring everything yourself and most everything DIY wedding - and we're flying in!
Thoughts, suggestions? Am I going crazy...I just want a nice, small wedding with friends and family around to party and celebrate but everyone is making me feel guilty about it.
