Just a few thoughts from a simple girl as I try to plan a wedding amidst the craziness of my life...

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I am 25 year old getting ready for our nuptials on May 01, 2010. I am currently a graduate student majoring in Occupational Therapy. I love to write and I love weddings (well I used to). I thought it would be a great way to blend a few of my loves into a blog. Sit back and enjoy while I attempt to juggle planning a wedding on a budget while doing schoolwork. So let the madness begin!!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Wedding Related Family Drama #1

I labeled this Wedding Related Family Drama #1 because knowing my family, there will be a 2, 3, 4, and 5...
So I went home last week to help out with my mom. She had recently had surgery for a shunt revision in her head and she was not allowed to do anything at home. I went home to be helpful but not really sure how helpful I was. While there, my dad wanted to talk to me about my wedding plans and perhaps veto any of my ideas. I went into the conversation sure that he was going to berate me, so I was on defensive mode. It was a pretty pleasant conversation surprisingly, as this never happens when he is included in the conversation. We talked about the budget, the reception venue, the church, caters, and etc. Then he dropped the D-bomb. Dancing. "I don't want to participate in any dancing. So if there will be any dancing, please let me know now." he said in a firm voice.
I shrugged my shoulders and fingered my parent's comforter. "There's gonna be dancing."
He shrugged as well and said, "Then I will be there at the ceremony but after that I am going home."
Really?! Seriously!? I'm not gonna lie, my first reaction was whatever, I wasn't going to dance with you anyway. But then my best friend pointed out to me later that it would look odd if my father was not present for the parental introduction or pictures. Then she and I got into some verbal disagreement about my father and how I should handle it. But I digress. My fiance is Nigerian and dancing is big in all of their events. I just love to dance. I was never allowed to dance when I was younger and I refuse to let other people dictate my wedding! I never realized how much my dad did not like dancing, as he has sat through countless weddings with dancing during the reception. I don't understand why he can't sit through mine. I love my dad but we have too much of this control stuff in our history. But the good thing about him is that he'll say one thing now and then backtrack later. So I'll just address the issue at a later date and see what changes. My bff did bring up the compromise that maybe he could sit through dinner and then the dancing could commence after that. I'm not as hardheaded as some may believe me to be, I can compromise on certain things. We'll see.
Then we started talking about how many people were invited. Apparently 140 is not enough people for them. The venue can actually hold 200 but my fiance and I were trying to trick them into inviting less people. So far, not working. My dad feels strongly that he should have 100 guests, but he keeps forgetting that my friends are also part of this 100. My head hurts.

Today my mom called and asked if I could change the reception venue. I was pissed and then my phone signal faded. Stupid MetroPCS. Lol. I had to unleash my inner Bridezilla and calmly tell her that no, I would not be changing my venue, it is what I want. The only way they will listen to me is if I act like that, otherwise they will try to run all over me.

I don't know what posesessed us to plan a wedding. I start my second rotation soon and will have to start studying for my boards right before the wedding. We should have ran to city hall and ignored any outbursts. 8 months to go and I'm not sure I will make it.
Any wedding related family drama to share and how did it get resolved?

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