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Originally Posted by Peaches
It doesn't prove anything and in most cases, isn't meant to be. People aren't going into debt over this - they're just having a big fun party. We love excuses for having a big fun party and weddings are the very best  People will come in from out of town, wear fancy clothes and you get to be very drunk and no one cares.
One friend of mine got married to a very wealthy man recently. Her first marriage, his 4th. Her mother had paid for her other two daughter's weddings so even though the friend is in her 40s and the other daughters got married in their 20s, the mother still paid for stuff. Not everything by a long shot, but she contributed because she felt it was her duty.
Now, when my cousin was engaged and her Daddy forked out a small fortune for the wedding and the groom called it off the night before, her Daddy DID get his money back from the groom - and no one partied.  |
People aren't going into debt over it? Yeah right. Unless everyone you know is wealthy its impossible not to go into debt. Either way, I'd sooner never get married than spend that kind of money on a 'big party'. My girlfriend agrees. To quote her, spending that much on one day is 'mental'. You'd be better off using the money to put down on a home.