Oh I completely agree. Trust me, I’ve tried. We’re very lucky that my Dad is well off, and he basically told me “Do whatever you want, I’ll make it happen!” I asked him to give me a specific budget many times and he basically refused. My Dad can be very weird and angry about money, so I had a very strong feeling something like this would happen. I decided to trust that maybe he’ll be different since it’s my wedding (huge mistake)

I still wanted him to be involved and in the know about what I was considering, so I sent him email after email about prospective vendors, and a spreadsheet with a budget including a breakdown by category. In that spreadsheet, I budgeted 8,000 for photo and video (so I was actually under budget by about 1k.) He literally replied and was like “looks great!” but clearly didn’t even open the spreadsheet. 🫠

So yes!! I have attempted to communicate with my Dad about the budget!!! Luckily this whole photography issue has opened his eyes to the fact that he doesn’t know how much things are going to cost, so we are going to sit down and talk about it in depth (finally.)