Take the good with the bad

Emily

So I have to have my fallopian tubes removed. <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IVF</a> is the only option. At least there is an option.. My boyfriend proposed. Well, he didn’t actually propose but we did agree to get married.. I’m too shy for a wedding. My grandfather raised me and will not be able to walk me down the aisle. I couldn’t walk without tripping or fumbling anyway. My dad probably won’t be able to give me away and I can’t ask my brother without hurting my dad’s feelings. My mom and I have been working on our relationship recently. She wants to make a cake and give gifts and all the works.. I would rather accept donations towards my surgery and the <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IVF</a>, but no one is listening to me. My boyfriend.. I mean, fiancé.. his mom wants a church. He’s not religious at all and the only church I could get think to do something small, on a Sunday, hasn’t confirmed anything yet. Also, the date is a problem, apparently.. my grandfather and uncle shared a birthday. They have both passed away. My cousin (my uncles daughter) had her wedding on his birthday because he was unable to give her away. I wanted the same thing for my “wedding.” My grandfather and I always shared our birthdays together and it has always been a special day for me. But she has a major has a problem with it. She says I’m stealing her special day. I feel so bad that she feels that way but I don’t want to change the date. Her wedding was over 5 years ago and I have been living out of that state for almost 9 years now. I hardly see her and everyone is being supportive of me choosing that day for myself. I guess I just would like an unbiased opinion. Can y’all help me make some kind of sense of all this?