How much was your wedding?

[chivasregal]

Not including the honeymoon.

Getting married to my best friend and fiancé next year.

Dated 4 years and have been engaged since Sept.

So happy! But also don't wanna spend a fortune on a wedding. Her parents are paying for the dress and church. I have to pay for everything else. Saw somewhere the average is 30k, however co-workers say they averaged about 10k.

[KUSK]

I think a better question is how much will the lawyers cost when y'all get divorced, bruh.

[deadliftbrah19]

I've been hearing around $40K

You know better than to ask about marriage on here, as the guys on here are negative about marriage.

[KUSK]

I've been hearing around $40K

You know better than to ask about marriage on here, as the guys on here are negative about marriage.

It's not about negativity, miss it's about statistics. If you were going skydiving and you knew a high percentage of the parachutes didn't open, would you still jump outta that plane?

[deadliftbrah19]

It's not about negativity, miss it's about statistics. If you were going skydiving and you knew a high percentage of the parachutes didn't open, would you still jump outta that plane?

The statistics are skewed by those who marry 3 or 4 times.

But still, I wouldn't advise a man on marriage in these times unless he's over 30 and looking to have children. Not many women will have children without a wedding ring, it's just the way it is.

[DanielleGreen]

If I was at that stage in life I'd rather elope (I hate attention on me) and have a party (MMJ and Shrooms) with 3 of my friends and family. Don't have time for that stuff.

[Konrai]

It's not about negativity, miss it's about statistics. If you were going skydiving and you knew a high percentage of the parachutes didn't open, would you still jump outta that plane?

Statistics can be easily skewed, not only that, it's not exactly the best way to gauge the efficiency of every scenario or choice you make. Besides, if you really want to stalk 'statistics' don't forget a big portion of that number includes the marriages between people who clearly were not compatible from the start. If I was even forget marriage and just do a standard relationship,even then statistics show them to have an extremely high 'failure' rate. Guess I should avoid relationships based on some 'statistics' right bud?


Not srs.

[KUSK]

Statistics can be easily skewed, not only that, it's not exactly the best way to gauge the efficiency of every scenario or choice you make. Besides, if you really want to stalk 'statistics' don't forget a big portion of that number includes the marriages between people who clearly were not compatible from the start. If I was even forget marriage and just do a standard relationship,even then statistics show them to have an extremely high 'failure' rate. Guess I should avoid relationships based on some 'statistics' right bud?


Not srs.

Sometimes I eat yogurt. Yogurt is good.

[Timmy_522]

It's going to cost as much as you are both prepared to spend. If you want to take the cheap option, shop around and cut out chit you don't absolutely need. If you have an unlimited budget, go nuts. Just remember that whatever you don't spend on the wedding can be spent on the honeymoon.

[KUSK]

It's going to cost as much as you are both prepared to spend. If you want to take the cheap option, shop around and cut out chit you don't absolutely need. If you have an unlimited budget, go nuts. Just remember that whatever you don't spend on the wedding can be spent on the honeymoon.

Don't listen to this guy, OP. You deserve nothing but the best for your special day. All the cutlery the guests use must be silver, the table clothes must be diamond encrusted, the table centerpieces must be encased in ivory. You will look like a complete failure if your wedding isn't extravagant.

[cookiefiend]

It's going to cost as much as you are both prepared to spend. If you want to take the cheap option, shop around and cut out chit you don't absolutely need. If you have an unlimited budget, go nuts. Just remember that whatever you don't spend on the wedding can be spent on the honeymoon.

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Who cares what the average is. Set a number you can afford and work within it.

[Konrai]

Sometimes I eat yogurt. Yogurt is good.

Glad you enjoy it.

[fitfinealways]

No, but we often talk about wedding and I want a big fat wedding with every perfect detail. From what I have estimated, it would end up costing around 75K.

[FU3L]

No, but we often talk about wedding and I want a big fat wedding with every perfect detail. From what I have estimated, it would end up costing around 75K.

High maintenance are we?

[fitfinealways]

High maintenance are we?

My fiancé is completely ok with it.

[Bettabez]

My fiancé is completely ok with it.

Disgusting srs. What a sucker.

[motilynn]

Probably 5 bucks... The courthouse wasn't far. Lol srs.

[gleason73]

We had a big ceremonious wedding planned and was going to cost close to $45K, so we decided to get married in Jamaica at Sandals Whitehouse, and had a small reception upon our return. Cost $15K ish.

[scottp75]

Just got married in August. Honestly, I don't have an exact number. But I do know we saved a ton of money by doing much of the decorations ourselves. If I had to guess, we spent around 20k, but also had some very good hookups (very cheap reception area, sister works for a DJ company so we got a huge discount, free videographer, etc). The biggest money saver - we didn't do any flowers other than her bouquet.

It all depends what you two are looking for. If you want more of the traditional ballroom-type venue with the "usual" stuff, there will be a pretty consistent price floor. If you choose to have it at more of a casual location like a restaurant, someones house, etc then your price floor will obviously be considerably less. And then you have the higher end venues like museums, high end hotels, landmarks that will make your costs skyrocket.

There are literally endless options you can add. The number of guests is also going to determine a lot of it. We chose to keep ours relatively small and had just over 100 guests. Once we got that number, it helped rule out some of the really small or really big options.

Also, costs for us in Chicago will probably be higher than they will be for you in Texas, so I'm hesitant to even give you price examples.

[nightmare69]

No, but we often talk about wedding and I want a big fat wedding with every perfect detail. From what I have estimated, it would end up costing around 75K.

Why spend 75k on something that will last less than 12hrs? Take that money and have a badass honeymoon. I spent less than 6k on mine, we paid for ours though. Urine idiot paying that much for a wedding.

#GOLDDIGGER

[CheeseFreak]

I've been hearing around $40K

You know better than to ask about marriage on here, as the guys on here are negative about marriage.

This ^

[missalexx]

engaged crew---> i kinda want to elope and then go on a baller af honeymoon instead

2 week luxury eurotrip

amalfi coast
ibiza
french riviera

[fitfinealways]

Disgusting srs. What a sucker.

He and I have a big list of invitees and the place we want to have really cost money. Plus, I am checking out bridal catalogues and all my favourite dresses are between $7000-$15000. Besides, the fact he told me he wants the wedding to go exactly how I want it to be.

[FU3L]

My fiancé is completely ok with it.

That's a new car and a down payment on a house, seems like a massive waste.

[motilynn]

engaged crew---> i kinda want to elope and then go on a baller af honeymoon instead

11 years later, but heading to Punta Cana In the Dominican Republic this year. Never even did a honey moon because we were active duty. Treating our entire family, but they don't know yet. They've also never met eachother.

[missalexx]

11 years later, but heading to Punta Cana In the Dominican Republic this year. Never even did a honey moon because we were active duty. Treating our entire family, but they don't know yet. They've also never met eachother.

that sounds awesome! i love punta cana

[IH8RICE]

Probably 5 bucks... The courthouse wasn't far. Lol srs.

This. We eloped at the beach with our daughter and my best friend and his girlfriend as witnesses and were in and out in no time. Used the wedding money from my folks for the deposit on our house. We weren't ever big on marraige( or the extreme expenses) in the first place but decided to do it. Would never spend a fortune on a marraige ceremony.

[fitfinealways]

Why spend 75k on something that will last less than 12hrs? Take that money and have a badass honeymoon. I spent less than 6k on mine, we paid for ours though. Urine idiot paying that much for a wedding.

#GOLDDIGGER

We are planning a honeymoon too which is why we haven't decided to fix a date yet so we can have the wedding right before he has enough time off to go for a honeymoon.

[motilynn]

that sounds awesome! i love punta cana

I've never been. Looking forwards to it. Splurged on the on bungalows on the water. Figured we earned it.

This. We eloped at the beach with our daughter and my best friend and his girlfriend as witnesses and were in and out in no time. Used the wedding money from my folks for the deposit on our house. We weren't ever big on marraige( or the extreme expenses) in the first place but decided to do it. Would never spend a fortune on a marraige ceremony.

At least your witnesses showed! Lol nobody supported it, and our family was 2500 miles away. Our witnesses are literally the clerk and secretary. Haha

[FriendOfFrank]

Probably around $20k. We married young and my father in law paid for it. We both have big families, but my wife tried to be considerate about cost. I stayed the fuk out of 90% of the decisions.

I went to my cousin's wedding this weekend. I could see it easily costing $50k or so. They had about 300 people and it was very nicely done. I'm not sure who was paying for that one.