If there are any homemade videos of the honeymoon, please keep them to yourself!!
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How much did your wedding cost?
- Thread starter Stinsok
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If there are any homemade videos of the honeymoon, please keep them to yourself!!
Did that too, different chapel though. And I drove. Cost me $105 and drinks afterwards. The divorce was $350 though.
......it's been 32 years and the final totals are still not in yet but, rest assured, it increases daily!
Well im not married but I have huge plans for mine. I want a big extravagant wedding with all the bells and whistles and everyone dressed there best. I and the bride to be will show up in ripped jeans and a T-shirt. Its my damn wedding now live with it. I see two problems with my plan. 1)Finding a girl who would let me do that. 2)Find a way to pay for it.
My wife watches that show too. Funny but ultimately sad.
We went the Justice of the Peace route 22 years ago. She doesn't seem to regret doing that and buying a house vs. blowing money going the other way. Neither do I.
Fair point. But over here at least, many of the weddings we play at seem to follow some sort of formula; this often becomes so slavish that it's hard to tell one celebration from the next. Each element of the formula costs money, of course, and it seems that often the happy couple have done nothing to select what they actually want or what they could skip without missing out. They just have to have every element of the formula because they've bought the idea that their wedding won't be complete without everything that it tells them to have in magazines like this:
http://www.bridesmagazine.co.uk/
As a result, they not only spend loads of money, but they also lose the opportunity to have something a little different to what everyone else has. Of course, they don't actually want their wedding to be different - they want it to be just like the magazines say it should be.
Some of the best weddings I've been to have been pretty low key affairs that didn't cost huge amounts of money. Just my take as someone who gets to play at a lot of weddings.
2 grand total.
pizza and hot wings for food...
been quoted many times as one of the best weddings ever at my church...
pizza and hot wings for food...
been quoted many times as one of the best weddings ever at my church...
about 12k including honeymoon 6 years ago.
It was exactly what we wanted, dinner for 80 at a country french restaurant, open bar, decent music. We did a lot of the work ourselves (favors, table decorations, invitations, etc.) and cut the cost there, but we also paid for the tuxes and dresses for the groomsmen and bridesmaids, so it was a wash. Her parents contributed some, my parents contributed some, but we paid for the bulk of it ourselves with no complaint. It was a wonderful day.
It was exactly what we wanted, dinner for 80 at a country french restaurant, open bar, decent music. We did a lot of the work ourselves (favors, table decorations, invitations, etc.) and cut the cost there, but we also paid for the tuxes and dresses for the groomsmen and bridesmaids, so it was a wash. Her parents contributed some, my parents contributed some, but we paid for the bulk of it ourselves with no complaint. It was a wonderful day.
Ours was 20K including the honeymoon. I guess we came in pretty high, seeing everyone else's numbers.
I don't remember exactly what everything was spent on, but I think the biggest thing -- maybe half the total or more -- was food. We had a lot of guests, and I'd been at weddings where they skimped on food and people went hungry -- not cool. We felt that a wedding is not just about two individuals, its about all the family and friends who are a part of their lives.
She didn't spend a lot on the dress or flowers, at least not compared to some of the stuff you see. We went to Rome for the honeymoon, that was 2K, the second item. Renting space was expensive because we were in NYC.
We also hired our church's band for the reception and the organist for the ceremony (it's a church that has traditional service in the morning and contemporary evening worship), so I hope we count as doing our bit to support musicians.
The sad part is that we didn't go into debt to put the big wedding on, like my folks did for my sister's wedding -- my would-have-been father-in-law had passed away about a year and a half earlier and the money was my wife's share of his life insurance. So his memory was very important to the whole event.
The important thing is that weddings are about the people, not the money. We've watched Bridezillas sometimes, too, it's a lot of fun. Makes it easy to feel good about yourself that you're not one of THOSE people.
I don't remember exactly what everything was spent on, but I think the biggest thing -- maybe half the total or more -- was food. We had a lot of guests, and I'd been at weddings where they skimped on food and people went hungry -- not cool. We felt that a wedding is not just about two individuals, its about all the family and friends who are a part of their lives.
She didn't spend a lot on the dress or flowers, at least not compared to some of the stuff you see. We went to Rome for the honeymoon, that was 2K, the second item. Renting space was expensive because we were in NYC.
We also hired our church's band for the reception and the organist for the ceremony (it's a church that has traditional service in the morning and contemporary evening worship), so I hope we count as doing our bit to support musicians.
The sad part is that we didn't go into debt to put the big wedding on, like my folks did for my sister's wedding -- my would-have-been father-in-law had passed away about a year and a half earlier and the money was my wife's share of his life insurance. So his memory was very important to the whole event.
The important thing is that weddings are about the people, not the money. We've watched Bridezillas sometimes, too, it's a lot of fun. Makes it easy to feel good about yourself that you're not one of THOSE people.
5k, for everything.
rented out a lodge with 9 rooms, had a nice catered meal, and an open bar. we had about 60 people in attendance.
My dog was my ring bearer, and me and some friends jammed at the reception. I ran sound and was also the DJ.
my wife did all the decorations and we all pitched in for the setup.
it was beautiful and everyone said they liked it. we got married outside in the trees. some might have called it a hippy wedding. I don't care.
rented out a lodge with 9 rooms, had a nice catered meal, and an open bar. we had about 60 people in attendance.
My dog was my ring bearer, and me and some friends jammed at the reception. I ran sound and was also the DJ.
my wife did all the decorations and we all pitched in for the setup.
it was beautiful and everyone said they liked it. we got married outside in the trees. some might have called it a hippy wedding. I don't care.
The only reason, IMO, to spend "stupid" money is if you actually HAVE money to be stupid with. In that case, it's not really stupid, it's just spending the money you have.
Where the phrase "stupid money" comes from is people putting their $30k wedding on a VISA when no one in their family makes more than $25k a year. THAT is "stupid" money.
Getting Married in May.
It's looking like it will all come in around $8k - $10k Including rings/dress
It's looking like it will all come in around $8k - $10k Including rings/dress
