Comments on: Daddy’s girl http://myfilipinowedding.com/2007/02/08/daddy%e2%80%99s-girl/ A guide to getting hitched the Filipino way Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:07:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Howard http://myfilipinowedding.com/2007/02/08/daddy%e2%80%99s-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Howard Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:26:50 +0000 http://myfilipinowedding.com/2007/02/08/daddy%e2%80%99s-girl/#comment-115 I'm an american man engaged to a Fil-Am. My parents don't meddle too much in my life-that doesn't mean that they aren't there for advice when needed. Like the author, my fiancee is the daughter in a close-knit, strict filipino family. Her dad is a bit over-protective, but he's not overbearing. My future MIL, on the other hand, is too much to handle. It seems MIL wants the dream wedding she never had in the Phillipines for us. However, we both don't want any of the hoopla,bells, and whistles of a traditional filipino bash (i.e. Church wedding,300+ guests,20 bridesmaids/groomsman, big fiesta,etc...). All we want is a simple ceremony with a few close friends and relatives (I acknowledge the fact that a few close friends and relatives means more than 5 to a filipino:)). We will handle comments and suggestions from her family as such- we will consider their ideas;however, the final decision is up to us, not her family. I’m an american man engaged to a Fil-Am. My parents don’t meddle too much in my life-that doesn’t mean that they aren’t there for advice when needed.

Like the author, my fiancee is the daughter in a close-knit, strict filipino family. Her dad is a bit over-protective, but he’s not overbearing. My future MIL, on the other hand, is too much to handle.

It seems MIL wants the dream wedding she never had in the Phillipines for us. However, we both don’t want any of the hoopla,bells, and whistles of a traditional filipino bash (i.e. Church wedding,300+ guests,20 bridesmaids/groomsman, big fiesta,etc…). All we want is a simple ceremony with a few close friends and relatives (I acknowledge the fact that a few close friends and relatives means more than 5 to a filipino:)).

We will handle comments and suggestions from her family as such- we will consider their ideas;however, the final decision is up to us, not her family.

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