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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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)
kBzee 3
Stop bitching, not everyone can be that fortunate
BurninAk 0
You sound like a selfish little shit. I paid for my own wedding and honeymoon and was happy to do it. It's not a bad thing to expect nothing....when you get help, you are especially thankful....if you get none, you have nothing to be disappointed about....
logicalliv 9
Maybe the parents felt that not having a honeymoon was one of the reasons that made their marriage so successful? Maybe they question the reason you're getting married? You should ask yourself why you're doing this...in order to be legally wed to the person you love, which can be done for an extremely low amount of money, or if you're doing it to fulfil some fantasy where you're the center of attention, and everyone else pays to celebrate and reward you. If it's the first, consider what you can afford to do. let go of your expectations of your parents, your guests, everyone except your future spouse. (your guests don't OWE you presents anymore than your parents OWE you a wedding. In theory, YOU are hosting an event - YOU are the only ones obligated - and asking for presents, cash, etc is tacky, even if "everyone else does it") If it's the second, try to learn to separate "marriage" and "wedding." The two are totally different things.
Elianahall 0
If you guys loved eachother enough, you would know that having a glamorous wedding is not what it is all about. You can make it cheaper for you guys. You can get married in a courtroom or a church. It shouldn't be about the perfect dress, and the perfect honeymoon. I remember when it was about being in love, for rich or poor. Don't worry about money, just do it cheap and don't be stupid.
TPerth 0
FYL indeed, if your fiance's parents are too retarded to raise their kid to be able to pay for their own ******* wedding they should have to pay for it. Stop being a knob and pay for you own wedding or whine and bitch to everyone so everyone can see how much of a spoilt brat you've been raised as.
harmony88 0
As far as traditions go... typically the bride's family will pay for the wedding, the groom's for the reception, and the couple for the honeymoon. Also as far as traditions go, none of it is necessary for a couple to be married. My fiance and I are planning for a relatively inexpensive wedding, and ignoring what everyone else wants. Our budget will probably be in the $1,000 range, which will mean not spending money on things that aren't necessary for everyone to have a good time. Since we don't plan on getting drunk at our wedding, neither will anyone else, and since we don't want to spend hundreds on clothes, invitations, decorations and the sort that we'll use just once, we won't. If you want an expensive honeymoon, budget more for that and less for the wedding itself. If you won't budge on the wedding, stop complaining.
bittersweetheart 0
getting married means you are a grown up now. gorwn ups pay for their own damn things!!!!
infernalpants 0
tough
dugumit 0
so what? this is your greatest concern? what a greedy selfish little bitch you are. save your cash and pay for your own!
beyond_awesome 0
boo. *******. hoo.