Trying To Do Things The Right Way.

I recently just got engaged after being in a four year relationship with my fian`ce. We really want to get married so that we can set a good example for our kids but we can`t afford to. He knows that I want a fairytale wedding and neither of us can afford to pay for it. We are struggling trying to to take care of our kids and pay bills when thats done there is nothing left for me or him. I pray every night that God would make a way so that the wedding of my dreams could take place and that my fian`ce could quit dwelling on it. We would be very gratful to those who would sponser our wedding. This would make our dreams come true and our family complete.


Sincerely:
Crystal @ Cory
Posted by Crystal R; updated 06/15/04

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You already did things backwards, why not ask for a free wedding. I understand that you are in a bind, but do you really think that you`d be setting a good example for your kids if you ask for stuff for free from people you don`t know? Do you want your kids to beg others as well? You may not think this is begging, but it is. And again, businesses are not interested in sponsoring weddings anymore as too many people are asking for it, and it only brings on more freeloaders instead of actual business.
Posted by Whatever; updated 06/15/04

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You sound like a fool! You want to set a good example for your kids?!?!?!?! Don`t you think you already have set a HORRIBLE example for them by having them BEFORE you`re married.

Too damn bad if you can`t afford a wedding! Go to the justice of the peace and get hitched - you`ve already done things backwards anyways.
Posted by Beth; updated 06/15/04

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I have been with my Fh for almost 9 yrs, we have 2 beautiful kids together and still aren`t getting married for another 2 years. You can set a good example to your kids being married or not. If you and their dad love each other and respect each other and show it in front of your kids than that itself is a good example.
My oldest son knows that his father and I aren`t married but we have a home and jobs and participate in all school activities. Noboyd knows we ren`t married unless we tell them
I know a married couple that sets a bad example for their kids being married. The husband is hardly ever home, he is out with whomever he chooses whenever he chooses, doesn`t have a job, neither does the wife. They are low class welfare bums with 4 kids, that refuse to get a job. I am sorry but I would rather not be married than to have a husband cheating on me and this that and the other and call that a marriage, what kind of example is he setting for his kids?
Not everybody is religious so not everybody thinks it is a total sin to have children and not be married.
My FH and I want a nice wedding too so we are waiting another 2 yrs when we can afford one, to have one. We are waiting 2 years instead of one only because of family serving in Iraq, we want to make sure everybody is home.
I can say that my kids have the same loving, stable home they would have if I had a piece of paper saying that I was Mrs. Instead of Ms.
Just because people do things "backwards" doesn`t mean they don`t desrve to have the wedding of their dreams. What if the bride had two kids from a previous marriage, does that mean she can`t have a fairytale wedding? It is all the same. Divorce is just as sinful as kids out of wedlock!
Posted by Brandy; updated 06/15/04

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Set a good example for your children by teaching them how to save for what they want, or by living within your means and have a wedding now that you can afford. If that means going to the justice of the peace and out for dinner with a few close family and friends - then so be it.
Posted by Linda; updated 06/15/04

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Oh my this one`s even worst the all the rest of them!

You pray too god that he`ll make sure that you have the wedding of your dreams? Are you kidding?

There are people dying, starving, and being raped and other things in the world and this is the best you can pray for?

It`s called save up, take out a loan, or ask mommy and daddy to pay for it.

Get real!
Posted by NINA; updated 06/15/04

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Hi there.

I think getting married is a beautiful thing, whether you already have kids or not.
My finace and I are on a really tight TIGHT budget for our wedding, but I`m still having the wedding of my dreams... Marrying my prince charming

He`s taken on a second job and is working 7 days a week to pay for it. We`ve had to sit down, write a budget and stick to it! When you finally walk down the Isle, you`ll know all the skimping and saving was worth it. But you have to be realistic too... Most of us can never afford to have a holywood style wedding, or a fairytale style wedding, but that doesn`t mean we can`t have the most beautiful wedding in the world.

It`s not about how much you spend, it`s about who you spend it with. If you need any ideas on how to cut costs send me an email, I`ll be glad to help. Gret_bliss@hotmail.com

Cheers.
Posted by Gret; updated 06/16/04

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I don`t feel sorry for you.
Posted by Lisa; updated 06/17/04