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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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)
onnielief 4
So? You want to get married,you and your fiancé pay for it. Don't be an absurdly spoilt brat!
flyer_fan13 0
it's your wedding... you pay for it
m2j 1
good parents will help any way they can so obviously these ppl are stuck up. honestly it's not expected for them to pay for things anymore but they can at least be supportive. sounds like they have a problem with their child getting married.
mooshibear140 4
the parents have a point. they couldn't afford it back then so they couldn't have one. obviously you two can't afford one right now...what makes you so special that they pay for YOU to have fun?
visage 0
Ohhhhhhnnoooeeeeeees!!!1!!!! My life is f'd because someone else won't pay for me!! Put your big girl panties on, and pay for your own crap. Don't expect someone to hold your hand and carry you thru your adult life....
flugiboogee 9
omg. your life is shit because people who don't like you won't pay for your ticket to your partner's money? poor you, im sure thats horrible. Im sure everyone would hate it if their parents didn't pay for their shit.
ooshrooms 1
It is not expected of the parents of the groom to pay for the honeymoon. It is a common wedding gift but not a real tradition. Tradition says the groom pays for it. His parents are supposed to pay for the rehearsal dinner. At least complain about the right things.
girlygirl666 0
^ THIS
_sourpatchkid 0
oh well. it's a new era. it's hardly a FML to be told they won't pay for you to have rabid animal sex in the tropics. The fact that you asked them to pay for the HM suggests that they're already contributing to the wedding, and that's more than enough - save up $700 each and go to an all inclusive resort.
rightwrite528 0
Weddings are expensivee! Not easy to pay for it all your self on two pay checks!
birds_fml 7
Weddings are only as expensive as you make them. You can get married for less than $50, or you can spend more than $1 million.
javakrypt 0
Marriage, ppssshhh. Don't get married then.