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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Traditionally the wedding is hosted by the bride's parents where they live. The wedding is a party given in your honor, not "your" wedding, unless you paid the major part of the expenses.[/quote]

Traditionally, nothing. This is not the 1950s anymore. Not all brides have parents who pay for the wedding. Not everyone goes to college in their home state, or marries their high school sweetheart. People don't get married at 23 as much these days, and need as much help from family.

Welcome to 2018. Brides and grooms sometimes (gasp!) pay for their own weddings, or at least a portion of it. They get married in their 30s, and don't live in their hometowns. [/quote]

It may not be the 1950s but I bet the majority if not the vast majority of weddings are held in the bride's hometown so it is still the cultural norm. It doesn't mean you can't have weddings elsewhere, of course, but the OP's inlaws had no real basis to complain about the wedding being held where the bride and her parents lived. And it sounds like the OP's parents also paid for the wedding or contributed to much of the expenses. [/quote]

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