Deal with it

Getting Married some day in July. 2007  (yea we got engaged Dec 2006)
(My orginal thoughts were on the wedding date:
weekday, lunch hour because it's least expensive.Intimate with familyand close friends.
FH has 137 closest and dearest friends. Unfortunately, we can not invite them all due to finance status. I told him to slim down his part of the guestlist. That should help a bit.

but now the ceremony has come to a Sunday after sunset???(This is my FH's input) He does have the right to plan this wedding too.
I wanted a church ceremony but just days ago he wanted an outdoor ceremony under a pavilion over looking a pond and flowers and a golf course. (The venue is a golf country club actually) it's very beautiful.
But  if this will take place in July, won't it be too hot for the guests during the ceremony? BUt they will be shaded.
If that's the case..the wedding favors would have to be programs on fans and personalized water bottles?
The venue on the other hand ..we found some $25 per plate deals compared to those $80-$100 pp. FH and dad has no idea how much venues cost! They think I'm going overboard with the $25 per plate haaaha.



on the other hand, my cousin (whom I am grateful for all the help she has given me through emails) is helping me out tremendously.(We are bonding because of this wedding planning) (She lives in the next state over)
Funny thing is one of my best friends is not as helpful as I was expecting her to be and she's already criticizing me that I got a bridal gown but I havent gotten the wedding date set or the ceremony or venue set up!!  She says I am "Selling myself short"
WTH??? I have enough stress as it is planning a wedding and other personal drama in my life but to have a friend tell me this during this time. My goodness! I guess she's not "brides maid" material???

ANyways, I dont know if this was the place to vent out wedding stresses.  I wish sometimes one of my best friends can "carry" or feel my burden of all this wedding planning. I just need emo support sometimes.

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