I got married by a judge but in retrospect I should’ve asked for a jury.
The world gets more tacky by the minute...
NOW!
While there's still hope!
Because folks aren’t thinking about anyone except themselves. They think it’s just one big freaking party and focus on the celebration instead of where the focus should be… The marriage.
I have always told my kid, it’s about the marriage, not the party.
Can’t believe any man would be stupid enough to get married in this day and time, better to rent to own and never make that last payment...
We had our reception at the church hall, catered by the church’s Ladies Aid.
It was lovely. Very inexpensive. Well attended. And dry. We didn’t want to worry about anyone not making it home.
We had premarital counseling by not one, but two ministers. Our wedding was going to be the new minister’s first, so the outgoing minister gave him a hand.
Let’s just say we’ve been happily wed for quite a while.
There’s a lot to be said for tradition.
I’d recommend folks just starting out to have a modest wedding and save the big bash for milestone anniversaries.
Though a while back we threw my husband’s parents fiftieth anniversary party at the same church, catered by the same Ladies Aid, and it was lovely, too.
I guess it’s not too much different from an expensive bridal registry. I don’t think I’ve ever given a $500 wedding gift though.
To the Groom. “Run far far away!”
Most fun I ever had at a wedding reception was at an AmVets hall a couple decades ago in the old Polish section of town. Had a polka band, lots of beer, and lots of fit, blonde bridesmaids who could hold their liquor.
So don’t go!
It amazes me the things that people get worked up about!
Each guest or each guest couple? If the place is a 5 star luxury resort ocean front accommodation, $500/night might be a bargain.
Burn rubber, young man.
Message to the bride: Something ($$$) came up and we can’t make it. Sorry.
This seems more like mis-budgeting than her being greedy. She probably thought she and her fiancé could cover the cost and as other expenses piled up, realized she couldn't. Its awkward but not outrageous. Whether she should have an expensive destination wedding is other discussion.
Niece just told me that she would need at least a year and $50k for her wedding, at a minimum. Most of my friends, and I too, had relatively small weddings in simple settings. A few were in living rooms, one in a back yard. All still going strong, with grandkids (I was the exception, divorced after 8 years). Went to one at the Ritz in Monterey, gigantic ice sculptures, the works. Had to have been over $100K. Lasted three years. I like the simple church/community hall approach. Most guests like it simple too!
Cost me $1700+ to go to a liberal niece’s wedding this past March. Funny how she (an HR person) posted on Facebook or something that people should check their white privilege. Nary a brown skin at her 200 person event.
What if some of them decided to stay at Motel 6 and just commute over to the wedding on the day instead ???
“reception held at a place like a K of C are long gone.”
Sounds like you lived a privileged life. My reception was in the church basement.