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The other thread got me thinking. I have heard many of my friends who had big American style weddings come to regret it (and some even rue it) when the bills haunted them.
I know a handful of men and women who paid for their own without a single cent of help and those individuals are even more jaded by the experience. One couple in particular ended up filing bankruptcy based on the bills they racked up during their very large wedding. (That didn't help the marriage and it didn't last.)
Also, there is data now on the expense of the wedding and the likelihood of divorce:
me neither b/c the alternative for us would be get married @ the courthouse and that is not special or romantic... in my opinion.
Okay, totally confused.
You admitted in another thread that you had a big wedding and now want a small one. One would surmise, unless bigamy is legal in your state, that the first marriage was kaput, even after the big wedding.
So now that is "romantic" and the courthouse is not? Wouldn't you rather have the money you spent in a big hurrah for a marriage that didn't last? Aren't you complaining about how stressful it is to plan this "small" wedding and how its getting out of control?
Our wedding, which was venue for 30 people, food, flowers, and we got to bring our own alcohol, was $1700. I'm biased but it was much nicer than hubby's friend's wedding which cost 38x ours, and oddly enough they're not more married than we are.
Our wedding, which was venue for 30 people, food, flowers, and we got to bring our own alcohol, was $1700. I'm biased but it was much nicer than hubby's friend's wedding which cost 38x ours, and oddly enough they're not more married than we are.
My second wedding was 20 years after I lived with my DH. We went off on our own to Niagara Falls and got married in a helicopter over the falls. It really didn't cost that much for a one of a kind wedding.
Now my first wedding was all out and a huge waste. For that I would say:
downpayment on house
pay off credit card bills at the time
start a retirement fund
a new car or two
pay for the divorce
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