The nicest wedding I’ve attended have been put together on a shoestring.
Either an inexpensive wedding or an expensive one can be very nice if the hosts and guests are considerate. I went to one wedding at which thousands of dollars had been spent on the gown and the reception venue, but the guests couldn’t find anything to eat. After three glasses of champagne with nothing to eat but a cheese cracker, my mom and I had to leave before she was too spiffled to drive.
Agree 100%, but whether children attend is a separate issue. If the bride and groom do not invite your children, do not bring them. This is the case whether the wedding cost one million dollars or five hundred dollars.
Mine and Mr. b’s was on a shoestring. $500 (double that for today’s prices) from venue to gown to cake. The guest list was small and only those who meant the most to us.
An ex-friend’s gown would have made the down payment on a house, the cake would have made a mortgage payment and the 2 venues would have made a few more mortgage payments. Guests, aka business associates, were left standing in the parking lot for 2 hours before and 2 hours after waiting for the photographer or whatever. Toward the end, she realized she’d gone over board so I had to pick up the cake (!) and I and some guests in our wedding finery were stuck washing dishes and being admonished by the bride that she’d have to pay if we broke any. And we’d better hurry up be someone needed to get them back to the rental place. Tthat wasn’t the half of it. It is on the list of the most miserable times of my life.
Don’t know if why we haven’t spoken in years is because that wedding day or because of their open marriage. Sorry, open is not a marriage. Either way, it boiled down to more of this selfish MEEEEE! stuff.