My parents think I’m too old for them to be paying for my wedding. Now I don’t know what I’m going to do…
It took me a while to meet a man I wanted to marry. Dean and I are both in our early 30s and after two years of dating are ready to get married and start a family. Except we’ve hit a bit of a roadblock.
pay for my wedding
Dean and I went to my parent's place for dinner last night to announce our big news. After lots of hugs and kisses I sat down with my dad to chat about the details and as we talked, I got the impression he wouldn't be paying for it.
I said a lot of things like, "Where do you think we should hold the reception?" and he just said, "You are both old enough to decide that for yourselves," so I said, "We'll you're paying so I want you to be happy with it" and he said, "You're both in your 30s lucky you don't need me to pay for you to get married."
I was completely shocked.
Dean and I do earn good money and we could probably scrape together enough for a small ceremony, but I assumed my parents would at least contribute to the cost. I know that Dean's parents would if they could. At least I assume they would.
I got the impression that if I were in my 20s my parents would be happy to pay for it and I feel like I'm being punished for not finding the man I wanted to marry sooner.
I feel really hurt.
Should parents pay for their daughter's wedding no matter how old they are?
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