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Hi everyone- first post! =D Our wedding date is quickly approaching, July 9th to be exact. Now, on to the venting!
 

Completing my DIY projects, with the help of my aunt and mom, was a nightmare. Every idea I had was shot down or criticized. First they tell me the color of my flowers is wrong and then instead of making my own favors, I should just buy cheap favors from Party City and be done with it. I just took everything in stride and ignored them. I needed their help so what else was I going to do? But it just seems like they are getting worse!
 

It seems like they always have something to SAY. I've heard everything from "You're wearing your hair like that? It looks messy..." to "Your dress doesn't make your stomach stick out like it does sometimes does it?" I can't take it any longer! I wish I was getting married this weekend just so their mouths will stop running!

 
But here comes the kicker. My dad was supposed to have made all of the arrangements to rent chairs for the outdoor ceremony. I've been checking with him almost every day to confirm he had rented them and he continued to tell me he had taken care of it. Well, now that the wedding is a week away, he apparently thought it was a great time to reserve the chairs. All I asked for was simply, wooden folding chairs because the ceremony is in a woodsy area. Well the chairs were a bit more money than he thought, so the total comes to $125 instead of $85 which is not bad AT ALL. I guess that is a deal breaker for my father since he threw the idea at me to use black, plastic folding chairs that they use at home for parties. And if we need extra I can bring my own set...

WOW REALLY!? Your first daughter is getting married and you're going to cheap out on chairs that are only $40 more? Keep in mind that my parents are well-off, but very frugal when it comes to spending which is not a bad thing at all, but c'mon! My FI and I have paid for everything by ourselves except for the food and we did not ask for help from either of our families, my parents just offered. But why offer if you are going to complain and try to get out of paying for things? I would have had no problem paying for their part but since they offered, I did not plan for these expenses. So now I have to somehow convince my parents that mis-matched folding chairs at their daughter's wedding is not going to cut it... or fork over the $125.

My parents were married in the 80's and it seems like they still think you can throw a glamorous wedding for under $3,000. For some reason, they don't believe me when I tell them how much certain things cost now. I'm ready to pull my hair out!!!