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Read the average wedding was 25k. WTF! That's like a 20% downpayment on some houses. Why spend all that on one day? Is it worth the "memory"? I hear people say it wasn't worth it because it was so stressful. I would just like to marry at a courthouse and have the reception at a nice restaurant and drop a couple thousand. That would be easier and more cost effective for me. Anybody care to share their wedding cost stories and if you regret it or not expensive, or inexpensive?
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No, because we didn't. Small and cheap. -
No because it was in-laws money. Furthermore we told them we wanted something small and they decided to make it big despite our wishes.
Caveat - You may argue it reduces our potential inheritance. We count on nothing from them and have been self sufficient since day one, wedding costs excluded obviously."Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
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Weddings should be nice enough that your wife doesn't hate you.
Other than that, niceties are for your relatives/friends.
Only have something extremely fancy if you need to for them.
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Weddings should be nice enough that your wife doesn't hate you.
Other than that, niceties are for your relatives/friends.
Only have something extremely fancy if you need to for them.
JMJon Miller-
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My rule for the wedding (and fortunately, my wife's, also
) was that we wouldn't spend much on it, but if the parents wanted something and were willing to pay for it, we'd play along. That's what happened for us. The wedding is not for you, it's for your family - and often a status thing for one family to show the other how well off they are. Borrowing money for it, or spending money you otherwise have practical things you need it for, is stupid no matter how you look at it - just like owning a Porsche is stupid unless you have enough to not notice $100k missing from your bank account.
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:Mad: Owning a porsche is not stupid."Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
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My brother's wedding was small and inexpensive - he and I have a ton of uncles/aunts/cousins/grandparents/etc., but my sister-in-law has one brother, two parents, and that's it, so if asked why they weren't inviting the entire clan my brother could just say that he didn't want to overwhelm his in-laws.<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures
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We also went small and (relatively) inexpensive.
We saved the money for a really nice honeymoon instead - no regrets.And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?". t s eliotComment
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My parents were broke when they got married, because they got married a month after graduating college; they went camping in a tent on their honeymoon and it rained the entire time. They warned me not to skimp on my hypothetical honeymoon or else I might find myself divorced soon afterward.<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures </p>Comment
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It is if you buy it to impress people when you are entirely in debt for its purchase price...Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe View Post
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This is what we also did.Originally posted by Supr49er View PostGraffiti in a public toilet
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Ours was about 8-10k after all was said and done. We provided about 1500 of that for music and booze. We had a great time.
We took a bomb ass 2 week honeymoon though. That was really good."I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
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You know, Vegas can be special too.
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