{"id":8185,"date":"2013-05-28T21:18:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T02:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridestlouis.com\/?p=8185"},"modified":"2013-05-28T21:18:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T02:18:23","slug":"keeping-harmony-your-relationship-with-your-mother-as-you-plan-your-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridestlouis.com\/keeping-harmony-your-relationship-with-your-mother-as-you-plan-your-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping harmony \u2013 your relationship with your Mother as you plan your wedding."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you have announced your coming nuptials, one of the things you should decide is what role or part will your Mother play in planning this wedding. \u00a0\u00a0Some Mothers are \u201cthe\u201d wedding planner, others are simply a participant, and then there is that role somewhere between the two opposites. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This discussion with your Mother early on in the wedding planning is extremely important, because you both need to understand and agree what part she will play in this wedding.\u00a0 \u00a0Some Mothers tend to be so excited and overzealous that they take over planning your wedding \u2013 a wedding that in no way resembles what you had in mind.\u00a0 Putting the brakes on her can be an extremely delicate and sensitive task.\u00a0 Hurt feelings are bound to occur in this situation.<\/p>\n<p>Topics that should be covered include the Wedding Budget \u2013 who pays for what, who makes the final decisions regarding guest lists, venues, etc. and what tasks you would like for her to assist you with.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20324\" src=\"https:\/\/exg99yw5qso.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/02074737\/BlackWhiteImage2.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exg99yw5qso.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/02074737\/BlackWhiteImage2.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/exg99yw5qso.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/02074737\/BlackWhiteImage2.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;zoom=0.2&amp;resize=429%2C286&amp;ssl=1 85w, https:\/\/exg99yw5qso.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/02074737\/BlackWhiteImage2.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;zoom=0.4&amp;resize=429%2C286&amp;ssl=1 171w, https:\/\/exg99yw5qso.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/02074737\/BlackWhiteImage2.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;zoom=0.6&amp;resize=429%2C286&amp;ssl=1 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you have announced your coming nuptials, one of the things you should decide is what role or part will your Mother play in planning this wedding. \u00a0\u00a0Some Mothers are \u201cthe\u201d wedding planner, others are simply a participant, and then there is that role somewhere between the two opposites. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This discussion with your Mother&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[71,91],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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