Good evening everyone.
What a day. I am so tired.
I just got on here for a minute to ask for some help and some advise...
DD, DH and I are going round and round. DH and I have tried to bend over backwards to make DD's wedding special. We're trying to let her have whatever she wants, as long as we feel we can afford it. The whole wedding is really going to be putting us in a bind financially but we're still trying to go all out as much as possible for DD. This isn't something we planned on and to spend all this money within only about 4 months is going to hurt us.
Well, DD, DH and I differ on one big thing though - alcohol at the reception. DD and her fiance want to have alcohol at the reception. We have said no. We cannot afford the extra expense but more importantly we do not want to serve alcohol. It may be fine for some people but we don't feel it's right for our family. Alcoholism runs in our family. I stopped drinking when I became pregnant with DD and just never have had the desire to drink again. DH used to drink but quit about five years ago. In my family there are six of us cousins; one has died from his alcoholism, three others are alcoholics and there are only two of us that aren't alcoholics!
Another big reason is that we have younger boys and don't feel that they should be around DD and her friends when they are drinking.
And the last reason is because of DH's job. If someone throws a party and someone underage drinks the host of the party may be held legally responsible which could cause a lot of problems for any person. In our case, it could cause DH to lose his job.
The original plan was that DD and her fiance were going to have an "after party" after the reception for only certain people. Now she says that it's just getting too confusing figuring out the logistics of getting that worked out.
Oh, and by the way, the wedding is tentatively set for 1:00 p.m. with the reception at 3:00 p.m. That, to me, is quite early for drinking.
So - any comments, suggestions, advise would be appreciated.
*****I just got to thinking and wanted to get back on here and edit my post to add something....please don't think that I have a problem with someone that drinks. And if you guys drink, that's fine, that's your choice. There's been lots of posts on here about having some drinks and that doesn't bother me. What one person does is their business so please don't think that I'm saying anything against drinking in general. It's just not for our family. I hope I didn't offend anyone. I went to bed and was thinking about what I had posted and I thought to myself - man, I hope no one takes it the wrong way. That's why I had to get back up and post this. Hope you guys understand!
) heck, they can party the night before and the wedding day
I would be sooo excited!
And he knows the repairs are done the way he wanted them to be done.
Off to the gym soon!!!
, a good meal and he is relaxed watching sports or something 
the meal, etc. only works on smaller projects in my house 
