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With all of the bells, whistles, escort cards and apps designed to enhance weddings these days, it's easy for couples to quickly blow their budget. But a U.K. bride and groom are spending their honeymoon in frugal glory. According to the Daily Mail, they spent $1.50 on their wedding.
"'There is nothing to gain from spending a huge amount of money," Georgina Porteous, who lives with her groom Sid Innes in Inverness, Scotland, told the Daily Mail. "The day is supposed to be about marrying the person you love and for us all that mattered was that we were becoming husband and wife. We didn't want or need a big, fancy affair."
They had 70 guests and asked people to bring their own food and donate all the services. They didn't actually have a frugal wedding, they just asked their guests to foot the bill. I don't know them and perhaps everyone was overjoyed to provide this day for them. I wouldn't begrudge a good friend a three-tiered chocolate cake either. But that's not frugal. A cake like they describe could cost $50 or more; I'm sure the donated cake was not made from several boxes of nearly expired Duncan Hines from the dollar store. Even then it would cost more than $1.50.
What the need to spend too much on a wedding anyway? At least the girl got proposed to and married her man. That's all that matters. Nowadays, very few of us even get proposed and instead cohabitation has become too common in tricking more women into it.
And who paid for the wedding license? That's more than 1.50 .... these articles are just so stupid, totally not based on reality.
Edit -- deep in the body of the article -- ASIDE from the 70 pounds for the license -- which is about 105 bucks, she paid a pound ($1.50 here), so wedding was 106.50....
They had 70 guests and asked people to bring their own food and donate all the services. They didn't actually have a frugal wedding, they just asked their guests to foot the bill. I don't know them and perhaps everyone was overjoyed to provide this day for them. I wouldn't begrudge a good friend a three-tiered chocolate cake either. But that's not frugal. A cake like they describe could cost $50 or more; I'm sure the donated cake was not made from several boxes of nearly expired Duncan Hines from the dollar store. Even then it would cost more than $1.50.
^^^This.
I'm all for cost-saving measures and if someone wants to donate a talent (cake-baking, music) as a gift, that's terrific, but they didn't have a $1.50 wedding, they had a pot-luck dinner.
What the need to spend too much on a wedding anyway? At least the girl got proposed to and married her man. That's all that matters. Nowadays, very few of us even get proposed and instead cohabitation has become too common in tricking more women into it.
I agree that a wedding does not have to be lavish. Some people get a little sanctimonious is all. Like this article touting how frugal this couple is when they really weren't. And at the end:
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After reveling in their eco-conscious affair, the newlyweds decided to splurge a bit on a honeymoon in Berlin, where they had also gotten engaged.
They had 70 guests and asked people to bring their own food and donate all the services. They didn't actually have a frugal wedding, they just asked their guests to foot the bill. I don't know them and perhaps everyone was overjoyed to provide this day for them. I wouldn't begrudge a good friend a three-tiered chocolate cake either. But that's not frugal. A cake like they describe could cost $50 or more; I'm sure the donated cake was not made from several boxes of nearly expired Duncan Hines from the dollar store. Even then it would cost more than $1.50.
I agree. The guests just paid for the wedding not the wedding couple.
They had 70 guests and asked people to bring their own food and donate all the services. They didn't actually have a frugal wedding, they just asked their guests to foot the bill. I don't know them and perhaps everyone was overjoyed to provide this day for them. I wouldn't begrudge a good friend a three-tiered chocolate cake either. But that's not frugal. A cake like they describe could cost $50 or more; I'm sure the donated cake was not made from several boxes of nearly expired Duncan Hines from the dollar store. Even then it would cost more than $1.50.
Did they pay the aunt for the cake, even for the ingredients?
I usually give a couple hundred bucks for a wedding gift, could I have gotten away with giving $2.00.
Why not just go get married real quick and then have a pot luck dinner, why make everyone prepare for a wedding?
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