I'm trying to convince my fiancé to elope. I've had enough of planning and everyone having their opinion of things we should and shouldn't do.
My future sister in law has said she doesn't want to come if we invite her stepmothers children. She doesn't have a relationship with her Dad or step mother but we do and we like their children so we want them there. FSIL has said she and her mum are not happy about it. My future mother in law doesn't like our venue and thinks our wedding is 'a show'. My mum got her own way with my dress and my Nan wants her way with my hair. We've had comments about the location of the venue. We are getting married at upwaltham church and having the reception and the barns. Both our nans have moaned that the church is in the middle of the field and others have moaned that it's about a 20 minute drive from where they live so will need to pay for taxis. We've had issues over food choices and not having a starter (we are serving canapés instead) then there's all the family politics!! My family get on with my fiancés Dad and step mum but not his mum and step dad. Then his mum doesn't like his Dad and neither do his brother or sister. Today his sister said she thinks the best we can do is elope because she's not happy with who we've invited.
At first I was a bit annoyed by the comment but now I think it's a great idea! I want to go to Italy with our son and get married. Then have a blessing on our original wedding date and have the reception. People will still moan about stuff but at least they won't be kicking off on our actual wedding day so I won't be too fussed. I know I shouldn't worry what other people think but my fiancé and myself have no got to the point where we can't wait for the wedding to be over. I want to be able to look forward to it. Am I being silly? Is anyone else eloping? Any tips of convincing the fiancé? ;-)
