Bride demands to know mother-in-law's income so she can help pay for wedding
The bride expects each parent to contribute $5,000 (£3,800)
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Your support makes all the difference.A bride-to-be has demanded to know her future mother-in-law’s income to ensure she contributes enough money to the upcoming wedding.
Her dilemma has been shared on Facebook and Reddit, where she explained that her and her fiance are getting married in October and want financial help from their parents.
According to the bride, whose own parents have been “super supportive and sweet,” she expects each parent to contribute $5,000 (£3,800).
However, her fiancé's widowed mother has told the couple repeatedly that she “has no money and can’t help”.
Rather than accepting that her future-mother-in-law may not be able to afford to help out, the unnamed bride has attempted to figure out how much her fiancé's mother makes.
“After a few months I found out she gets money from a property she rents out,” the woman wrote. “Plus she gets social security from her ex-husband who passed away years ago.
“She claims she has no money no income NOTHING.”
According to the bride, when she threatened to cancel the wedding over the lack of help, her fiance’s mother gave the couple $2,000 (£1,500) - but then asked for $1,000 (£755) of it back to pay her taxes.
The bride concluded her rant stating: “I feel like his mother doesn’t want to pay for anything nor wants to help out. It’s lies after lies and lies” before asking: “What should I do? She wants to invite all her side of the family but doesn’t want to contribute.”
People are divided by the bride’s plea for help, with most people responding with disbelief over her sense of entitlement.
“If you can’t afford your own wedding, you shouldn’t get married,” one person wrote. “If your parents want to help then that’s great but they aren’t the ones getting married so they shouldn’t be obligated to pay.”
Another said: “If you want to get married, then you pay for your own wedding. Don’t expect others to pay it for you.”
However, others felt the bride’s mother-in-law was also in the wrong - especially if she is planning on inviting a lot guests to the wedding.
“I might be the only one but if she wants to invite all of her family then shouldn’t she also throw down some cash?” someone asked - to which another person replied: “They both sound unreasonable and stubborn.”
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