Average Cost Of Wedding

[Mike S]

Wow! Can this really be true?

Average wedding bill hits $30,000 - http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/28/pf/average-wedding-cost/index.html

How things have changed, I guess. When my wife and I married 40 years ago it wasn't a big social event, it was a religious commitment. We married in her family's Quaker Meeting house attended by about 100 members, with a simple Quaker exchange of vows. Our reception was held in the common room at the meeting house with food and drink provided by members of the meeting. My wife wore a gown that had been worm by her mother at her own wedding. I'd be surprised if the entire thing cost us more than a few hundred dollars.

$30,000 is about $10,000 more than we paid for our first house.

 

[WIP]

I personally think weddings and funerals both have gone over the edge in expense. Like many other things we put too much emphasis on keeping up with the Jones. What does it matter that I spend the "average" or how my pay relates to the "average" or if my house is the size and expense of the "average?"

 

[reba]

I dont get it... i would rather have the 30 gs for a down payment on a home...

Wedding dress cost $10.99 Dad owed John 10 bucks so we called the debt even..

 

[for_his_glory]

Sixteen years ago our wedding cost around $2000. We got married the first Sat in Jan so the Church was still decorated for Christmas. I made my own flower arrangements and bought my gown and rented the guys Tux. Paid for the hall and food. I would never put that much money into something that is for only one day as you can make your wedding beautiful with just some imagination.

 

[jasonc]

I dont get it... i would rather have the 30 gs for a down payment on a home...

Wedding dress cost $10.99 Dad owed John 10 bucks so we called the debt even..

reba he owed john chapter 10 to someone?

 

[reba]

no lol Dad borrowed 10 dollars from John to by a gift for Mom mom knew every penny Dad wanted to surprise her so the debt was called even...

 

[jasonc]

no lol Dad borrowed 10 dollars from John to by a gift for Mom mom knew every penny Dad wanted to surprise her so the debt was called even...

the web site did a bible link to john 10.

 

[reba]

lol

 

[AirDancer]

So many weddings are over-the-top.

A friend of one of my offspring was recently married. Gown, tuxes, limo..... each and every guest in attendance received either a gemstone necklace or a money clip. Flowers cost $700 alone; all of the lace & satin ribbon for decorating was an almost equal amount. Reception was catered, to the cost of $150 per person. Flowers cost $700 alone. Since RSVPs had been sent in advance of the wedding, the caterers prepared enough food. The sad thing: only about half of those who RSVP'd actually showed up.

(But I attended a friend's offspring's wedding in the Chicago area .... the wedding et al cost a bit over $50,000.)

 

[AirDancer]

Weddings shouldn't be such costly events.

I asked my youngest, who isn't married, whether it would be preferred to spend $50,000 for a wedding or to receive that $50,000 as a wedding gift. Without a moment's pause for consideration, the choice was for the gift. Smart offspring!

 

[reba]