Hello all. So I’m getting married within 2 months. And I am at the point hating the whole process of the wedding, because of all the drama coming from my family. Lots of things have happened because of them, but I’m gonna mentioned the two that stressed me out the most.
So my family is coming from a traditional culture, old fashioned kind of style. So first we had a fight about having the traditional tea ceremony or not. My family threatened that if I don’t do the tea ceremony and pay respect to the ancestors, they won’t attend my wedding at all. And that really broke my heart because I didn’t expect they would do that. I mean planning wedding is already stressing me out so much because there are lots of things to do, and now I had to deal with the drama coming from my own family. That’s heart breaking. And even though my FH doesn’t like the idea, but he loves me and wants me to be happy, so he decided to do it with me. So we got over that drama, roughly, but we did.
Now, another just came up. So my fiancé and I had already purchased the weddings invitations that we want. And now that I showed it to my family. They were all mad and upset, because to them, a wedding invitation should include our parents names, and our catholic name (since we both are Catholic). They resented me for not discussing with my sister who had been married before (she gave my parents a wedding that pleased my parents in everything). They now asked me to redo the invitations, and they can pay for it if I want to. Because to them, this wedding invitations that me and my FH have are invalid. And that our extended family will judge them. And of course, I said no this time. I stood my ground. I told them I may forgot or not knowing what a “proper invitation” according to them look like, but in the end, it’s already done, and also I don’t want my FH to keep thinking I don’t have my own opinion, and keep changing my mind because of my family. I mean he already doesn’t like how my family try to get involved into our wedding.So after I said no, had a big fight with my mom and my sisters. My mom cried said I didn’t respect the family by not asking for help or opinions. Which I really don’t mean it like that. All I did was just do what I me and my fiancé want. And now I know I still need to stand my ground, not changing anything because of them, but it does make me sad that we have so many conflicts. I just want my day to be happy, but it seems like everything is falling apart. Sometimes I wish I should have left everything, everyone behind and just moved elsewhere with my FH. Keeping distance.
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