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Anyone else get annoyed easily by questions from family members?

pvm1991, on February 28, 2022 at 11:37 PM Posted in Planning 0 4

Hi all-

My wedding is about 10 months away and my fiancé have been having fun planning it together--my mom is paying for much of the wedding and my fiancé and I are going to cover the rest. I have found myself getting increasingly annoyed at the smallest things/questions/comments, especially from my fiancé's family. I wasn't necessarily expecting them to pay for anything but the way they discuss the wedding planning, they're acting like they have a stake in it aaaaand they don't (they are financially very well-off, more so than my mom! So that's not the issue). Luckily my mom is very chill and while she's excited, she said it's my and my fiancé's choice what we do for the wedding and she's just happy she can help out financially. How do all of you handle a lot of questioning/prodding/comments about you and your fiancé's choices for the wedding, especially from people who are not at all involved financially and don't seem to understand there's a budget, etc.? I don't want to alienate my fiancé's family, but I'm also not interested in 10 months of them critiquing our decisions (many of which are being dictated by our budget/venue size)...

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Latest activity by Kristen, on March 1, 2022 at 7:31 AM
  • Holly
    Savvy July 2023
    Holly ·
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    Unfortunately it seems unlikely that you’ll be able to get them to stop without a confrontation. You and your SO will have to sit them down and discuss it together with them. I’m not sure if they’ll take it well or not, but imo I don’t think they’ll stop unless shown that both you and your SO do not want their nitpicking
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  • Mrs.evans
    VIP October 2022
    Mrs.evans ·
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    Yes I am having this problems with some of my children and family, friends trying change up what we want. That just is not us. I tell them politely as possible but it's not what we want we are trying to make sure all have fun. With all these ideas but no one is helping financially we are footing this bill. We are going to have open bar but limiteding the selection so no one is too plastered.
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  • Heather
    Savvy May 2023
    Heather ·
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    I keep reminding myself that it’s just that people are excited and since they have experience and I don’t, they think they’re helping me. This too shall pass.
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  • Kristen
    Expert February 2023
    Kristen ·
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    People are always going to have an opinion on things, not just the wedding…when you buy a house, have a child, etc. It’s more important to your well-being on how you handle it. Honestly, they are probably more excited about it and don’t realize they are annoying you. If it were me, I’d find ways to just laugh about it to myself.
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