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Post by Alexxussss on Mar 16, 2017 22:29:21 GMT
NYC area - 2003 wedding $30,000. My husband and I paid for it ourselves.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2017 22:38:55 GMT
I forgot my stationary: I designed it myself and used online printer: $400 for invites, rsvp, and thank yous.
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 16, 2017 23:10:00 GMT
We got married in 2005. My guess is we spent between $45-50,000. We had a hundred people at the Awhanne hotel in Yosemite. That amount also includes the rehearsal dinner which was for 75 people. I think we paid around 3,000 just for the photographer. The videographer was another 800 to 1000.
And then probably $20,000ish on our honeymoon. We went to Europe for two months.
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Post by jlynnbarth on Mar 16, 2017 23:14:11 GMT
My dd got married in 2015. They wanted a small wedding with just family and close friends so about 30-50 people in total. My daughter got her dress on line for 150.00, no alterations were needed. We bought a belt for the dress for 20.00 and she got her shoes online for 25.00. They got married in a suite at a beautiful hotel downtown, the suite was gifted to them by my Mom. It was 375.00. The clergy woman was 150.00. We paid for the food and drinks which were all Hors d'oeuvres, Champagne, Beer, wine, water and lemonade which ran about 800.00 or so, which includes plates, forks, napkins, glasses etc... The cake was gifted from a friend. They had a candy bar which was gifted to them by the SIL. Flowers for just the bride and groom were 150.00. The photographer was a family friend that does Photography, which was also gifted to them. They created their own playlist and hooked it up to the room's surround sound. The hotel provided folding chairs for the guests to sit on and they removed the furniture that we didn't need at no charge. My dd had her make-up done at Sephora (you can book an appointment and only need to spend 50.00 on products). Her hair was done by her SIL who is a hairstylist, for free. Her DH wore his Airforce Blues uniform, so no cost there. So for around 1350.00 they had a beautiful, small, meaningful wedding.
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Post by maryland on Mar 17, 2017 0:08:15 GMT
We got married in 2005. My guess is we spent between $45-50,000. We had a hundred people at the Awhanne hotel in Yosemite. That amount also includes the rehearsal dinner which was for 75 people. I think we paid around 3,000 just for the photographer. The videographer was another 800 to 1000. And then probably $20,000ish on our honeymoon. We went to Europe for two months. Sounds like a wonderful honeymoon! And not a bad price when I realize what we spent going to Ocean City, MD for a month. |
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Post by pelirroja on Mar 17, 2017 11:26:27 GMT
I will not pay for a wedding: I am paying well into the six figures for private college educations so my girls are debt-free upon their college graduation. With the college degree, my DDs will be able to provide for themselves and buy their own houses, choose their own cars, plan their own weddings, and raise their own children. Personally, I feel giving them an education is a better bet: husbands might come and go, but you take your education with you everywhere and no one can take it away from you (unlike some husbands).
I don't believe in fancy weddings even though I bought and paid for one for myself and my XDH (he wanted the dog-and-pony show). The second time I married, the ceremony and reception were very small and meaningful (I'm not saying large, lavish weddings aren't meaningful: it's just too busy to pay attention at your own event when there's hundreds of guests). If it wasn't for watching the video, I wouldn't have remembered anything from the first wedding: too stressful. My second wedding had a few dozen guests and I chose the right DH second time around. There won't be a third time.
Statistically speaking, marriage can be a 50/50 crapshoot and in my family there are so many divorces and remarriages that my kids have EIGHT grandparents (egads!). In my extended family, we aren't very good at the whole traditional nuclear family thing. It's easy to get married, but staying married is a challenge.
It will be fine whatever my DDs decide to do. Justice of the Peace, elopement, backyard BBQ, destination wedding, whatever. As long as it reflects them and their values, it's all good. I'm just not paying for it, which gives me ZERO say in the matter. I'll give them the educational foundation: how they use it to make the other stuff happen is up to them and I'm OK with that.
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