Stessing Out (sorry.. long)
I am totally stressing out about my parents and my FIL's hating each other.
FH is from upstate and his parents are totally clueless about how much a wedding costs here. They think we are rich. He told them the other day that the total for the wedding is probably going to be about $30,000 and his mom thought that it was crazy to be spending that much. The last time they had anything to do with planning a wedding it was 10 years ago and upstate. I am concerned they think Ime and my parents are snobs and we can throw money around like it grows on trees.
On the other side, my parents think his parents are cheap because they are contributing very little for the wedding- the same amount they gave FH's brother when he got married 12 years ago (and upstate). They didn't want to stay two nights when we have the enagement party because they didn't want to spend the money to stay the extra night in a hotel. The party is at 12:30 pm, they wanted to leave that same day, drive for 6 hours in the morning.... I didn't even tell my parents about that because I thought it would just add to the resentment they already have towards them. I kind of feel like they are being stingy too, the not staying the extra night for the eparty really got to me. I told FH to tell them I would pay for the extra night if money was such an issue.
Both his parents work, they are not poor by anymeans. Am I being ridiculous? I just really want everyone to like each other, and I am afraid they already hate each other and they haven't even met yet.
FH is from upstate and his parents are totally clueless about how much a wedding costs here. They think we are rich. He told them the other day that the total for the wedding is probably going to be about $30,000 and his mom thought that it was crazy to be spending that much. The last time they had anything to do with planning a wedding it was 10 years ago and upstate. I am concerned they think Ime and my parents are snobs and we can throw money around like it grows on trees.
On the other side, my parents think his parents are cheap because they are contributing very little for the wedding- the same amount they gave FH's brother when he got married 12 years ago (and upstate). They didn't want to stay two nights when we have the enagement party because they didn't want to spend the money to stay the extra night in a hotel. The party is at 12:30 pm, they wanted to leave that same day, drive for 6 hours in the morning.... I didn't even tell my parents about that because I thought it would just add to the resentment they already have towards them. I kind of feel like they are being stingy too, the not staying the extra night for the eparty really got to me. I told FH to tell them I would pay for the extra night if money was such an issue.
Both his parents work, they are not poor by anymeans. Am I being ridiculous? I just really want everyone to like each other, and I am afraid they already hate each other and they haven't even met yet.