My mum just sent me an email today letting me know that my grandma is giving me just under £3200 from a bond that is maturing this year. She's 95 and decided that it wasn't worth re-investing it and that she'd rather see it go to her family. I know we're not horrendously tight for money, but it does mean we can turn around and tell the in-laws to stick it if they keep behaving dreadfully OR if it doesn't come to that then we might actually have a little nest egg left over after the wedding to start saving again and... eventually... to ease things when we have children.
CommentAuthorPennylane
excellent how lovely of your grandma x
02.07.11
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CommentAuthorRachie :D
Thats spot on :) My nana is 90 and has given us £800 and then said she may have more for us on our wedding day. Its helped pay a load of deposits
9th June 2012 when two worlds collide
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CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
She's been in hospital for the past week after a little fall and I haven't been able to see her since I got ill. I'd been planning to go to see her on Sunday anyway, but it will be particularly joyous after such news.
She's been so very generous to us throughout her life; I really hope she makes it to the wedding.
CommentAuthorAtaraxia
Aww what a nice gesture! :)
Got married 27th June and blessed on July 5th 2012
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Don't you just love generous lovely family! Well done your grandma bless her!!!
CommentAuthorsuzky123
thats great news. What a fab nana
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CommentAuthorNHR115
What a fantastic gesture. xx
CommentAuthorP
Aww isn't that nice, my great nanna is also giving me some money towards the wedding which was definetly really helpful so i'm going to try and get her an extra special thankyou gift x
CommentAuthorTinsel
07.04.12 - the best day of my life!
Living happily ever after as Mrs Nottage x
CommentAuthormrssmith2b
awww thats so nice! lovely news 4u :D x
CommentAuthorStave
Hey Doll, send me some of your luck! Bless her! x
CommentAuthorsarahwasabride
aww thats lovely news xxx
CommentAuthorBarbieBride
Aww, what a lovely Grandma xx
CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
Okay... So I got clarification that this money isn't in addition to paying for my dress, it's instead of; but it does give me more freedom to spend it on a veil etc and to make decisions about how much I want to spend.
Plus my auntie gave me her share to put towards the wedding too, which is incredibly sweet of her.
CommentAuthorKylee27
Great news! ;0) x
Can't wait to be married!
CommentAuthorlotbot
Aww how lovely, you have alovely generous family you are lucky! x
CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
It gives us a really good buffer if Grant's parents pull out... Or a very comfortable budget for the honeymoon (which I'd massively underestimated on).
I hate that I have to constantly leave a buffer in case Grant's parents decide that they're disowning him for another reason after we've acceded to their demands that he doesn't change his name.
CommentAuthorStave
Come the wedding day, it will be happy times!
CommentAuthorMrsL2Be
Aww what a generous thought your grandmother did :) You have a lovely family :) xx
CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
I am incredibly lucky with my family. If anyone ever wonders why I'm having so many relatives there, it's partially because it means a lot to my mum but largely because I love them all and even second cousins are friends.
