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Mum urged to 'dump groom' after disagreement over wedding guest list

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Published date17 June 2022
AuthorKatie Williams
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
In a post on a parenting forum, she explained how she would ideally want to elope, hating the idea of a large wedding with all eyes on her

However, her fiancé is adding more and more people to the guest list, making her uncomfortable, not only with the amount of guests but also with the costs.

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Taking to Mumsnet, she asked if she was being unreasonable in wanting to cancel her wedding but a number of folk replied urging her to call off the relationship entirely.

Keeping anonymous she explained: "It's not until next year and we've paid the deposit but nothing else due until February. But I am just feeling so unhappy about it. It's not what I ever wanted - I absolutely hate attention being on me so I just wanted to elope and have something private.

"Fiancé wanted family there so we decided to book a venue as he wouldn't consider eloping and I just want to be married. What we've booked isn't massive. It was supposed to just be cheapish with our closest family, about 25 people including us.

"He since says he wants to invite just about all of his family, and I feel like I therefore need to invite extra from my side because how can I say I didn't invite a cousin I see yearly but he invited a great great aunt he hasn't spoken to in years etc etc. It's going to be around 70 people half of which i don't really know or barely see.

"It's also becoming more expensive than I ever planned. It's looking to be about 4k which I know isn't massive to some people but to me it's ridiculous. We both like travelling and I'd rather use it for that. We have another baby coming next year (before the wedding and then we will have two under two). I'll have maternity pay but the whole thing just seems silly to me."

She added: "I spoke to my fiancé about it but he hasn't really said much."

The post quickly gathered over 50...

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