Weddingbee Blog

We have made a lot of changes to our wedding plans because of my parents. I know a lot of people say (and have said) that it’s our wedding and we should do what we want. While I totally agree, I do still feel like we (mostly I) have the responsibility to consider their wishes. I don’t know if it is the Catholic guilt or the Filipino/Sri-Lankan upbringing, but I can’t help it. It’s just the way it goes.

I can’t say that we didn’t try to ignore their wishes. We found a great community center (in not the best area) to have the reception at and when I told my Mom about it, I could hear the disappointment in her voice. I made the mistake of asking her what she thought, and she made the mistake of telling me. Let’s just say that there was some crying. She did say it was my wedding, and I could do what I wanted, but I still felt really bad that she didn’t like it and might even be embarrassed about it. I told her that with our budget and the number of relatives we had to invite, the community center was all we could afford.

She called me later that afternoon and told me she had spoken to my Dad and they were willing to pay up to $6000 towards the food and reception venue if she had a say in that part of the process. I told her that I had to talk to Mr. Joey about it. I told him, but I was really mad about the compromise.

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