Whoever dreamed up the scam of a wedding should be congratulated for his sheer audacity. What a crock and waste of money. Two people love each other, so let's see how much in debt we can get them in from day one, watch the money fights begin and then there is a good chance they'll split so they can both do it all over again.
I say forget the damn wedding. Take half the money it would cost, let the men have one hell of a bachelor party and the women one hell of a bridesmaid party and have a much better time without incurring debt that needs to be repaid over the next 10 years.
Traditions are made for companies that cater to them fleece us for as much as they can. Buy into them and pay not only now, but for years to come in the debt you must support.
Be smart and elope - 10 years from now when you are still married and happily not in debt, you'll wonder why you even considered having a wedding.
Weddings Suck (and that sucking sound is money leaving your bank account)
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January 28th, 2007 at 01:46 pm 1169991981
I am just as happily married now 24 years later after having an afternoon wedding at the courthouse w/a couple of friends as witnesses and the the judge that we tipped $20.00 as are those who went thousands into debt!
I wore a nice suit that was already in my closet. He wore his office work clothes.
Oh.yeah.baby. We went whole hog!!
The best couple took us out at their expense for drinks afterwards. FREE - Salud!
Then about a week later we had a small and I do mean SMALL reception for friends and family. Budget $25.00 - Cake, punch and some snacks.
Gold rings for both of us cost - $100.00.
Blood Test $10.00
License $10.00
Honeymoon - hitched w/his parents back East to visit his relatives - no charge.
Total cost - $165.00
...and to think that some think I'm a high maitenance girl. HA!! If they only knew!
Woooo-big spenders, eh?!!?
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we had a nice traditional, but not too fancy, wedding and didn't go into any debt... we did lots of research, lots of DIY, and everything else we could to keep prices down... after doing some research, i made a budget and we basically stuck to it... it's all about priorities... we chose which areas we wanted to spend money on and made it work...
January 28th, 2007 at 10:32 pm 1170023563
While I am not sorry I eloped, but I also enjoy traditional weddings.
January 29th, 2007 at 01:30 am 1170034208
http://marriage.about.com/od/entrepreneurs/p/warrenbuffett.h...
Like everything else, you can't go into this blindly or with a lot of fairy-tale sentiment. If you do, IMO you might just as well open your wallet and toss dollars into the wind.
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