Gal, not to worry so much, to me I will advice that both of you settle the matter yourself. You see, if you try to convince either party to do certain things they disagree, althought they finally agreed, there is still this little thing in them to dislike you.

So to me, 6k is a very reasonable price that are offered. You will know your parents yourself way better than anybody here, so think back and see, will your parent take the money and spend it on themself ??? To me, my parent ask for 12k, my hubby give 8k and I give 4k, withs lots argument too. But i believe my parents. So when the money arrived that day, to my surprise, my dad had already prepared a 20k unit trust bond on my name to me. Parents will always love you, have trust in them.

Settle it within both of you, make both party happy and you two will be happy too. You can't read minds, therefore you wont know whats others is thinking.
Do your part and make everyone around you happy.

Wedding is a part of life we have to go thru, both of you will have to choose the path and walk together, a happy path or an argument path. Its always your choice.