CAN YOU GUYS SHARE YOUR WEDDING STORIES AND IDEAS???

Spending a ton of money on a wedding always seemed dumb to me. Spending tens of thousands of dollars on what really is a romanticized party when if you are really planning to be with this person forever you should take that money and do something practical with it like put down on a house.

Go get married in the courthouse and take that 30k and do something else man
 
KillTheHype said:
Are you a feminist or something? **** out of here dude.
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This is THEIR wedding.
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Nah he was right. It is HER wedding. Weddings are days for the women. Like Bill Simmons said, husbands could just hire stunt doubles and nobody would notice forreal
 
MikeyCorleone said:
Regarding the guests for my wedding when we sent out the invites we asked for no children and pre wrote the total attending. We had a couple people asks us why. I said who's going to watch your children? Don't you want to have a good time? So that worked. But Then again your doing it at disneyland.
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Wait, you had to explain why you didnt want kids at your wedding? I hate that about people.

Granted, some people took their infants, which thankfully, none of them cried.

We put people's names on the RSVP cards and that worked well for us. Someone on my wife's side tried substituting her husband for her son, which we didn't know at all. Eff outta here.
 
beh235 said:
So I'm marrying my girl in August of 2018


I know weddings take time to plan,  but I had to stop right here. Peace OP.
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I did that too. 3 years away? You need a little time as it's a big step and also for planning - but that's excessive.

I hate the whole industry around weddings too. It's just gross and repugnant to me - excess and waste and doing things because they're expected of you. Just a disgusting waste of money.

A fun day doesn't have to be nearly that expensive - there's just a crowd of people trying to milk you for what they can.
 
From folks I have seen get married, it almost comes off as the wedding crew is trying to impress/do it up for the people that are coming to the wedding. Like, YOU are getting married, why are you trying to impress other folks with this extravagant ceremony that YOU have to pay for. And then............it is over and as LeBron said, "You have to go back to living your regular life."
 
^ True. Some people are caught up with having a grand wedding well over $30k. Hey, that's your thing. Cool.

I'm thankful my wife wanted something intimate that reflected who we were.
 
Fozzy Badfeet said:
Wait, you had to explain why you didnt want kids at your wedding? I hate that about people.

Granted, some people took their infants, which thankfully, none of them cried.

We put people's names on the RSVP cards and that worked well for us. Someone on my wife's side tried substituting her husband for her son, which we didn't know at all. Eff outta here.
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yea unfortunately most understand. Hell even with my kids i will leave them at home. I want to have a nice time and not constantly be taking came of my kids. You just need that alone time.
 
Fozzy Badfeet said:
^ True. Some people are caught up with having a grand wedding well over $30k. Hey, that's your thing. Cool.

I'm thankful my wife wanted something intimate that reflected who we were.
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Same here i mean i had around 200 people at our wedding but it was the best time i had. Im not a hardcore penny pincher but i saved alot of money doing most of the work.
 
DCAllAmerican said:
From folks I have seen get married, it almost comes off as the wedding crew is trying to impress/do it up for the people that are coming to the wedding. Like, YOU are getting married, why are you trying to impress other folks with this extravagant ceremony that YOU have to pay for. And then............it is over and as LeBron said, "You have to go back to living your regular life."
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Exactly. The whole idea of a wedding is idiotic. Burning 30k in a day for no value.
 
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I look at everything in life now as an ROI. What's in it for me, other than the saying, "Happy wife, happy life!".
 
Op regarding alcohol/open bar we had purchased one drink for everyone (that drinks). And gave out tickets to redeem it. The rest was on them. I wasnt about to spend alot of money on people getting wasted. Or end up with unused alcohol. Plus it was given alittle above cost.
 
nawghtyhare said:
KillTheHype said:
nawghtyhare said:
as well as our guests
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I think that's a great idea. Just remember that this is your wedding. Don't worry about the guest too much. This is YOUR day.

Also since you're doing it there you may as well book the honeymoon in Key West. It's beautiful.
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I was thinking something different for our honeymoon
Was thinking about japan
Or maybe France or Italy
But seems like you've been to key west
Any pics :nerd:
Mind telling me how the trip went
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Now I see why you are trying to get all those reward points :D... About to hit u with a PM, I'm about to go in on a Discover card:smokin
 
koncrete kickz said:
nawghtyhare said:
KillTheHype said:
nawghtyhare said:
as well as our guests
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I think that's a great idea. Just remember that this is your wedding. Don't worry about the guest too much. This is YOUR day.

Also since you're doing it there you may as well book the honeymoon in Key West. It's beautiful.
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I was thinking something different for our honeymoon
Was thinking about japan
Or maybe France or Italy
But seems like you've been to key west
Any pics :nerd:
Mind telling me how the trip went
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Now I see why you are trying to get all those reward points :D... About to hit u with a PM, I'm about to go in on a Discover card:smokin
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:pimp:
 
ksteezy said:
Anyways, destination weddings>>>>>
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I've been to one destination wedding and been invited to two other one's. All of the couples got divorced within one year. Unless you live out of town, I'm not flying somewhere for your wedding :smh: .


Disney wedding sounds dope though.
 
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I don't regret one dollar I spent on my wedding. It was the best time of my life, having my closest friends and family all together and partying in mexico. Time of our lives. We paid 20k but to me it was well worth it. Now I wouldn't be happy spending that much on your typical country club / banquet hall wedding. Also, we had the money to afford that and our house; if we didn't I no doubt would not have spent that much. Sure we still could have used that money for other things, but that's hat we wanted and we loved it.
 
plansb said:
I don't regret one dollar I spent on my wedding. It was the best time of my life, having my closest friends and family all together and partying in mexico. Time of our lives. We paid 20k but to me it was well worth it. Now I wouldn't be happy spending that much on your typical country club / banquet hall wedding. Also, we had the money to afford that and our house; if we didn't I no doubt would not have spent that much. Sure we still could have used that money for other things, but that's hat we wanted and we loved it.
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My wedding cost around the same.



IMO As long YOU'RE happy that's all that matters.
 
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dakid23 said:
My wedding cost around the same.



IMO As long YOU'RE happy that's all that matters.
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agree. Different people have different opinions on weddings. At the end of the day all that matters is what you and your fiance want and makes you happy.
 
That's the thing though, "As long as you are happy" is fine up until the situation BREAKS you financially. Can we honestly still use the, "As long as it made us happy" card then?

Some folks take out LOANS to cover wedding costs man.
 
DCAllAmerican said:
That's the thing though, "As long as you are happy" is fine up until the situation BREAKS you financially. Can we honestly still use the, "As long as it made us happy" card then?

Some folks take out LOANS to cover wedding costs man.
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that's why I said ee could afford it and if we could not have then we would have not spent that much. And who cares what "card" someone else uses? If it "breaks someone financially" then they are idiots for getaing into massive debt that would ruin them financially for a wedding. I don't really know what point you are trying to make.
 
plansb said:
that's why I said ee could afford it and if we could not have then we would have not spent that much. And who cares what "card" someone else uses? If it "breaks someone financially" then they are idiots for getaing into massive debt that would ruin them financially for a wedding. I don't really know what point you are trying to make.
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The point I was trying to make is clear.

So many people have this idea of what a "wedding" is supposed to be and a big part of it is impressing other people that come. (Some will try to deny it but a wedding is in fact a performance).

Some are willing to pay WHATEVER for that day to be special even though they might already be in debt or become in debted because of this event. Or could have easily put that $ down on more important things.
 
DCAllAmerican said:
That's the thing though, "As long as you are happy" is fine up until the situation BREAKS you financially. Can we honestly still use the, "As long as it made us happy" card then?

Some folks take out LOANS to cover wedding costs man.
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Crazy :smh:
 
Going to wedding expos can save you crazy amount of money. Highly reccomend it for people.
 
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