Why the [censored] are weddings so [censored] expensive?!

[KaneKungFu123]

id only get married if it meant id get a longer visa.

[KaneKungFu123]

btw, $10,000 is nothing.

you get party gifts.

[TiltMonkey]

Off topic, but am I the only one that thinks that KKF sucks? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[CCass]

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My wife and I got married on a beach to begin our honeymoon. It was fantastic, and cost almost nothing. There are even mega resorts built partly around this service, though we chose to go to a small place in Belize for the diving.

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Reuben: Look, we all go way back and uh, I owe you from the thing with the guy in the place and I'll never forget it.

Danny: That was our pleasure.

Rusty: I'd never been to Belize.

[Ginger Rogers]

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The only thing I like about the wedding industry is that I think they'll push to legalize gay marriage so they can make more money.

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Troll.

[Elevens]

I have yet to meet someone who is married (male or female) who wishes that they spent more on their wedding. Most people say that if they could do it over again, they would elope and save the money.

I fall into that category, too.

[DRD66]

"I dreamed of a wedding with flowers and friends in a beautiful church.
I asked what wedding he dreamed of.
He said one that would make me his wife"

That was printed on our invitations, and it was true for both of us.

Dude, it's a major headache, and there will be stress and annoying relatives and stuff you just don't understand and frustrations worse than any bad beat you've ever taken.


And it's all totally worth it - I don't even remember what we spent. I'd do it agian in a second. Best day EVER. I envy you for getting to experience it.

[LittleOldLady]

Throwing any party with good food and drink is expensive, period. A couple of years ago a friend and I gave a reception for a couple who had gotten married out of town. So we didn't have any expenses pertaining to the ceremony itself. We had the reception in her (big, beautiful) house Uptown and invited about 60 guests. She did all the catering herself--although she is an amateur, she is probably the best caterer in the New Orleans that was, and that is saying something. The food was upscale, looked great and tasted great. Her aunt and uncle are florists, so we got the flowers at cost, and another friend did a great job of arranging. There is (or was) a huge wedding item store in New Orleans that has very favorable prices (I compared them to online sources), so the invitations were not expensive, and yet another friend who worked his way through school doing calligraphy did the addressing. I went to one of the "society" bakeries and bought a two-layer cake (more than enough for 60) with cascades of flowers for $100 (the exact same cake would cost more than twice that in Vegas). We had an open bar with champagne and hired a student as bartender (a lot of our students tend bar in the Quarter). We used all real plates, flatware, and glassware--we clubbed together what we owned and bought more at a restaurant supply store. The son of yet another colleague who is a professional jazz guitarist did the music for a token fee. His sister and her best friend helped with the serving and cleanup. We used those disposable cameras for the photography. Basically it was a do-it-yourself job--but it was a first-rate do-it-yourself job. The cost was well over $2000--and that was drinks and nibbles and wedding cake for a modest guest list. No professionals involved except for the wedding cake bakery and the invitations printer. Hospitality is simply not cheap.

[gusmahler]

Q: Why are weddings so expensive?

A: To convince you not to go through with it.