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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 3149920" data-attributes="member: 277">After being in the wedding industry for almost 13 years, i&#039;ve seen small and inexpensive, small and expensive, large and inexpensive and over the top and lavish weddings. Sometimes it&#039;s the bride and groom who wants it, other times it&#039;s the parents. Usually the &#039;best&#039; ones are the ones where the couple get the type of wedding they want because it usually means more than if it&#039;s the wedding that &#039;mom wants&#039; or such. But i will say i don&#039;t begrudge any of them their choices, within reason. Sometimes i question how they allocate their budget, but if they want a big wedding, who am i to judge. And frankly, i don&#039;t think the size of the wedding has any reflection on the type of person the bride or groom are (with a few exceptions, probably) Now, i will say that i saw the OP discussion on twitter the morning before it was published as an article and did have some questions. Mostly about the realistic expectations and what you can ask of friends and family. The &#039;please give us money towards our wedding&#039; isn&#039;t really new, but the set amount (and it being what it was) was definitely off-putting. I&#039;m guessing this person has other issues and this was just a manifestation of it (especially given the lack of remorse/understanding in the post).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="donner, post: 3149920, member: 277"] After being in the wedding industry for almost 13 years, i've seen small and inexpensive, small and expensive, large and inexpensive and over the top and lavish weddings. Sometimes it's the bride and groom who wants it, other times it's the parents. Usually the 'best' ones are the ones where the couple get the type of wedding they want because it usually means more than if it's the wedding that 'mom wants' or such. But i will say i don't begrudge any of them their choices, within reason. Sometimes i question how they allocate their budget, but if they want a big wedding, who am i to judge. And frankly, i don't think the size of the wedding has any reflection on the type of person the bride or groom are (with a few exceptions, probably) Now, i will say that i saw the OP discussion on twitter the morning before it was published as an article and did have some questions. Mostly about the realistic expectations and what you can ask of friends and family. The 'please give us money towards our wedding' isn't really new, but the set amount (and it being what it was) was definitely off-putting. I'm guessing this person has other issues and this was just a manifestation of it (especially given the lack of remorse/understanding in the post). [/QUOTE]

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