nkereina
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- Joined
- Feb 11, 2009
The baby shower thread spawned me to ask this question for some advice.
I'm getting married next year in a non-traditional style of wedding. We're doing a small (immediate family only) ceremony at the botanical gardens and having a large party/reception pig roast at a county park two weeks later. I'm an only child (female), so my parents have offered to pay for it. My fiance's mom told me last weekend that they (fiance's parents) want to help financially and to let them know what we'd like them to contribute. She wouldn't commit to a figure, and wanted us to tell them.
Since our wedding is not traditional and there is no rehearsal dinner (where the groom's parents usually pick up the tab), we weren't sure what a fair figure would be for them. The total for our ceremony and reception will be about $8,000. The figure we came up with for my fiance's parents to contribute is $2,000. Too much? Not enough? Looking for honest opinions. My mom thinks it's too high, but everyone else I've consulted seems to think it's fair. Thanks for the help!
I'm getting married next year in a non-traditional style of wedding. We're doing a small (immediate family only) ceremony at the botanical gardens and having a large party/reception pig roast at a county park two weeks later. I'm an only child (female), so my parents have offered to pay for it. My fiance's mom told me last weekend that they (fiance's parents) want to help financially and to let them know what we'd like them to contribute. She wouldn't commit to a figure, and wanted us to tell them.
Since our wedding is not traditional and there is no rehearsal dinner (where the groom's parents usually pick up the tab), we weren't sure what a fair figure would be for them. The total for our ceremony and reception will be about $8,000. The figure we came up with for my fiance's parents to contribute is $2,000. Too much? Not enough? Looking for honest opinions. My mom thinks it's too high, but everyone else I've consulted seems to think it's fair. Thanks for the help!