u/nowandthen888

My Mom has raised me and my siblings by herself our whole lives. She really struggled to give us opportunities in early life that have set me up to have the wonderful life I do. Now the issue is with my wedding fast approaching next month she suddenly wants to pay for anything and everything that gets brought up. Ex. I tell her I’m talking with my florist and then she says she wants to buy my bouquet. I don’t tell her the actual price of things because I know she would stretch herself to get it for me but when I tell her a lower price she says I don’t want the "Mom Price". Then when I tried to offer that she get me things that I know are in her price range (cake cutter for example) she gets it then asks for the next high ticket item price. She won’t even let me pay for my family’s accommodation! (I try to e-transfer her and she never accepts it)

For context my fiancé makes her yearly salary in a month and we are paying for our entire wedding ourselves (minus my cake cutter).

Have any of you guys been in a similar situation? If so, how did you handle it?

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What non-alcoholic beverages did you have? Would having wine (red and white) as the only alcoholic beverage look sparse? I feel like I would feel left out if there was champagne popping and I didn’t have any.

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My fiancé and I had planned on having a micro-wedding (15 people, family only) this summer. I have all of the details conceptually figured out and my dress but absolutely nothing booked. We had planned to have the wedding in the backyard of our new home which was “promised" to have a completion date for latest end of May. Surprise, surprise it’s not ready- but we are! Would it be totally crazy/ even possible to acquire a planner, lakeside estate etc. and book our wedding day for the end of July? I figure things we have on our side are that it’s a small group size also that we are super flexible with date (even middle of the week) and budget.

I’m about to jump in head first and I would appreciate any and all advice!

I’m a 29f who’s marrying into a discreetly wealthy family. I used to hop over the subway turnstiles just to be able to get to school and now I’m in a position to start a charity to help underprivileged youth. Life is crazy like that, ask me anything.