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WELCOME KAYCE!!!! deep breath & have fun planning your wedding!

WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!!! Happy planning!

WELCOME MELINDA! Happy planning to you!

WELCOME TO THE FORUM!

CONNIE!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY PLANNING TO YOU!

WELCOME BELLE!!!!!!

WELCOME MELISSA!!!!!!!!!

WELCOME!!!!

to the forum!!!!!

WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Christa Oh Melissa, I just saw the show today. You are such a beautiful family! Your husband is the sweetest man in the world for putting your dream wedding together. And I must say, in contrast with the other wedding they profiled on the same show...you win in the real romantic department I totally agree! FI and I sat down & watched the show & you guys look soo beautiful & happy!!!!! -And far different than the other couple!!!!!!!!!

Thanks girls for your support! This past week has been horrible. FI and I have argued every single day! It's really getting the best of us. I still have not made the phone calls to everyone. I think I've shed all of my tears and hopefully this afternoon I'll start getting things done. I just feel like FI & I have been through so much. The wedding was the one celebration we were looking forward to. Now that we are postponing I can't begin to re-plan everything and that is why FI is upset. The ending of this wedding I was planning is like a death in itself. Does that make sense? The last thing I want to do is start another planning process. I feel like I just want to breath a little. I have my dad/stepmom & his mom already calling about rescheduling the wedding for October 2009 here in San Antonio? It's like they have everything figured out already!!! Ideas for the venue,the church,etc.. IF I wanted a wedding in San Antonio then I would have planned a wedding in frickin San Antonio!!!!!!!!!!! I desperately need a break. I need to go back to work. I need to visit my bf in Chicago. (I'm going to the Oprah show with my best friend on the 12th) I just need space. -Of course when I tell my fiance this he thinks it's because of him. I know it's not. We had no problems before any of this. We get along great & he's really my best friend! I know this. I just think that what we have been through this year is LIFE. We just happen to be going through all of this stuff together before the wedding. Thanks for listening to me! I'll keep you posted on what we decide. I always said that we would elope but when our families heard about this they were totally against it. They wanted to be present. Ironically "they" are one of the reasons we are postponing this thing all together! I'm just confused. I'm sad. I know everything happens for a reason, I'm just waiting to understand what this one is.

This year has been the worst year of my life while it was suppose to be the happiest. I hope this post makes sense. I'm just very emotional right now. My FI is in real estate and went from 6 figures to nothing this past 6 months. I might be exaggerating the nothing part but the money is just not there. I'm a flight attendant and have been for 12 years now. Ever since I met my FI I've pretty much just stayed home because for the first time in my life I want to stay home.-with him. I dealt with personal illness all year long. It just seems like if it's not one thing it's another. Most recently was last week I was admitted in the hospital with severe abdominal pain. Turns out I had cyst on my ovaries that ruptured or something like that? I'm all better now. Meanwhile on top of the job thing FI had major surgery at the end of August. Several days later his Dad passed away. The day of the funeral FSMIL tells him that his dad wanted nothing to do with him. Talk about kicking someone when they are already down!!! On top of all of this there's the wedding planning. I hired a wedding planner in Puerto Rico to handle the major things out there. I took it upon myself to "help" our guests traveling from San Antonio to PR with their airline tickets and accommodations. I called,email,text our guests because of deadlines for our 'group' rates. The airline tickets were done a couple of months ago and the room deposits were do yesterday. Even though I was in the hospital, as soon as I was released I was back on my laptop sending out reminders that this needed to be paid Monday. I didn't hear back from 1 person!! I know the economy is bad but if you can't pay $50.00 deposit for a week stay in Puerto Rico then how the f*ck are you going to pay for food,etc.. on your trip? This all just got us to thinking about the entire wedding. At first my thoughts were if people can't afford to come & they back out, then who cares? BUT we have agreed to a minimum consumption (just food & drinks) at $10,000. We never thought twice about this because we went WAY over that with our # of guests. What worries us is if only our immediate family attends (15 of us) we are still stuck paying $10,000 for food & drinks. That does not include flowers,cake,entertainment,photography,blah,blah,b lah..... Trying to please my mom,my dad & stepmom,FI mom-I want to yank my hair out!!! The stress is too much!!!!!!!!!!!!! FI and I have been through soooo much... I'm so confused. We haven't announced anything yet. Just talking out loud.. I'm sorry for the rant! I just had to vent!!!!!!! I know things happen for a reason. I've never doubted our love for each other but WHY IS THIS HAPPENING??

Just put in my vote!

Hey Jamie! Your hair looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm very excited for you!

to the forum! Happy planning!

to the forum!

Welcome Natasha! I'm excited ur big day is right around the corner!

to the forum Cherie!

CONGRATULATIONS! Welcome to the forum Rachel!

You look beautiful! And congratulations on losing 10 pounds! That's hard work!!!!

Hooray for you! I love them!

BTB: Danielle aka DaniellenDerek because she is super! Yay for Danielle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My FMIL offered to throw us a bridal shower but instead of gifts have a money tree? Is this kinda what your talking about? I feel awkward about the whole situation and fortunately FI agrees with me. I've never heard of a money tree shower?