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Just Said Yes April 2024

Does anyone else feel like they're not in control of their wedding planning?

Carolina, on January 25, 2024 at 7:43 PM Posted in Planning 0 3
So my FH and I have been engaged for 1.5 years now. Originally we were planning to do something small but I have a big family so that was kind of hard to do. We got our list up to 85 guests and found a restaurant we both love, with great menu and reasonable price and I left the deposit and everything. It's also very convenient because it's only 10 minute drive from the church we will be getting married in. Yesterday I announced to my immediate family that we booked a venue and then my brother, who works in the restaurant business (but never before offered anything) tells me that why didn't I wait that they're opening a new restaurant in 3 months and that we could do the reception there, that he will be able to get a great deal and he offered to pay for it. Then everyone starts criticizing me and telling me what to do or what I should do. So now I cancelled my original venue which I loved and was so convenient and now will wait until the other restaurant opens and have the reception there. While I am extremely grateful and lucky that my brother offered to pay for it, it's just really inconvenient because this restaurant will be 40 minutes drive from our church. And now I just don't feel excited about my wedding. I'm looking forward to the church ceremony but not looking forward to the reception.

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Latest activity by Michelle, on January 26, 2024 at 7:06 PM
  • Jacks
    Rockstar November 2054
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    Sounds like you want what you already had. If you're feeling strongly, I would decline his offer with thanks and re-book your original plan. Could you hold some other event there? Like a welcome dinner?

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  • Andrea
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    Rebook the place you love. When people ask, smile and say everything’s under control and you have it the way you want.
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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    People always have an opinion that is not what you want because it’s not what they personally want. If brother wants to get married at his restaurant, he is free to do so but it is not ok for him to judge your decision and make you feel guilty. That goes for all planning decisions. If someone doesn’t like your plans, they can do it their own way when it’s their turn, or plan an anniversary party they prefer if they are already married. You need to stop sharing plans with anyone except your fiancé and your vendors. Wedding planning is when you get practice as a team with fiancé to establish and maintain firm boundaries with consequences. That includes after the wedding which people will have similar opinions that you are not living how they prefer and they feel the need to dictate where you live, where you work, where and when you spend family holidays, how future children are raised, and the list goes on. Stand firm and don’t budge. When they start talking down to you, walk away or hang up the phone.


    You need to call up the first venue you chose and tell them you made a mistake and you need to pay the deposit again. If you don’t, you will regret going with a different venue. And you don’t get a do over.
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