Today, I found out that my fiancé's parents are refusing to pay for a honeymoon, because they "didn't have one, so neither will we", meaning they won't pay for a single thing for our wedding. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, as I'm traditional, this that means I learned the bride's parents pay for wedding, the groom's parents pay for the honeymoon. My in-laws didn't pay for a honeymoon. Fine - they disappointed me, I'll disappoint them with no grandchildren. No honeymoon, no grandchildren. FML
Today, I found out less than three weeks before my wedding that my fiancé will lose his new, great paying job, unless we cancel our nonrefundable honeymoon. FML
Today, I found my fiancé is cheating on me. Our wedding is in 26 days and everything is already paid for. FML
Today, we gave my in-laws-to-be our wedding invitations. Their first reaction was to assume we needed money and told us they couldn't help pay for the wedding. Their second move was to book hair and make-up for themselves. Congratulations? FML
Today, because my fiancé is criminally incompetent at budgeting, I'm now having to pay the first installment for my own wedding ring. FML
Today, I was told by one of my bridesmaids that she can't afford the travel costs to get to my wedding, after telling me that she didn't need me to organize alternate free travel for her. I'm getting married in less than two weeks. FML
Today, my fiancée told me she can't marry me. Our wedding day is tomorrow and around 20 of our 180 guests attending have travelled half way around the world just for the occasion. FML
Today, six weeks before my wedding, my mother decided to claim that she never agreed on paying for it and that she doesn't think she will. Now I have six weeks to scavenge enough cash for the wedding she planned in the first place. FML
Today, three days before their rent was due, my fiancé's friends moved out of our basement without saying a word to us. On their way out, they took an envelope from my locked desk with $800 in it that was for our wedding in six months. FML
Today, my fiancé told me he didn't have the money to make payments on my engagement ring and that I either have to return it, or make the payments myself. Now we aren't engaged any more, and are "dating." FML
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Top comments
Snow_Daisy 7
Why don't you save and pay for it yourselves? That IS an option, you kno.
TrekkieGirl 0
Agreed with the previous postings. Honestly, if you're old enough to be getting married, then you should be able to afford to pay for the wedding and the honeymoon. If you can't afford it, then you need to figure something out. It's not the parents responsibility, it's yours. YDI for not planning ahead.
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Comments (244)
ForeverJasmine 26
Why don't you pay for it yourself? Just go to a bar and have a cheap honeymoon in a cheap hotel if you can't pay for something expensive. That's if you're really that desperate not to make good money for a good honeymoon.
fantasyworld 39
Don't the parents usually help pay for the wedding?
bleedingglitter 24
My family helped a little with ours in the way that my stepmom does professional photography and my stepdad has a BBQ catering business so they gave us those services for free which was a huge help. My husbands family on the other hand has always hated me and most of them didn't come to the wedding and the ones who did , did not go to the reception.
Mockery 5
What is this the stone age? Your adults now, you are responsible for the decisions you make. Pay for your own wedding.
Joshnona 14
And? You're an adult aren't you?
babygo88 11
Why don't you pay for it yourself
bonermonkey 31
Why would you expect them to pay for your wedding? Not normal where I'm from...
Xandriajoy10 18
Here's a weird suggestion... Pay for your own damn wedding. I'm sick and tired of seeing people whinge about parents not contributing enough to a wedding. Grow up, you're a ******* adult. Start acting like it and be truly independent.
lilithfury 23
It's your wedding. You pay for it. It's not the olden days where you have a dowery.
nikkolaus 15
Aw, poor you... Get real... :-/