$70k?
We just got married and were well under that - for everything. We even ended up paying for rooms and travel expenses for some of our guests and STILL came in well under that. Actually, came well under what this woman paid for her flowers.
I married on the cheap...
$55.00 dress
under $100 for flowers
cake was a little over $100
DJ was $150
The reception was in Grandma’s backyard. We rented tables and chairs and a port a potty. My mom and aunts did the food, buffet style. Cousins tended bar.
I still don’t think it was much more than $1000 total, and that was only 16 years ago....
Next month we get to go to my brother-in-laws destination wedding in an expensive downtown Chicago hotel. I’m sure it is going to cost $20,000-$40,000. We are blowing over a $1000 just to get there and pay for our hotel. And I’m supposed to give a gift?? ;-)