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Married OTers: How much did your wedding cost and did you stay out of debt?
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:45 am
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:45 am
Backyard shotgun weddings and eloping in Vegas does not count.
Fiance is freaking out about the cost associated with a small wedding (50 guests). I'm chalking it up to her being a woman and that they all freak out during this process. How'd you guys stay out of debt?
Fiance is freaking out about the cost associated with a small wedding (50 guests). I'm chalking it up to her being a woman and that they all freak out during this process. How'd you guys stay out of debt?
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Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:45 am to PurpGold 14-0
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How'd you guys stay out of debt?
paying for your own wedding is NF
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:46 am to PurpGold 14-0
Weddings are a huge waste of money in my mind. You pay for all these people to come eat and drink and then don't see most of them very often.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:46 am to PurpGold 14-0
Have no idea what mine cost. Inlaws paid that bill.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:46 am to PurpGold 14-0
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How much did your wedding cost
about $8k total, the photog was half the costs
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did you stay out of debt?
of course, I'm not a moron
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:48 am to PurpGold 14-0
Wife's Dad and Stepdad split the cost for our wedding. So yes, I stayed out of debt, and they each did as well.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:48 am to PurpGold 14-0
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. How'd you guys stay out of debt?
Family paid for it. We got married at a Sandals resort in St. Lucia. We went down just the two of us and got married and spent 5 days down there. When we got back we had a party at her parents house with pirogues of beer and Jackie Clement did jambalaya, fried fish and red beans. The sandals part was around $6k and the party after was about $2500. Still cheaper than the traditional church with reception after thing.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:48 am to PurpGold 14-0
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eloping in Vegas does not count.
I don't regret doing this one bit.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:48 am to PurpGold 14-0
I stayed out of debt because I didn't pay for it. I guess it was pretty expensive.
This post was edited on 1/30/14 at 9:50 am
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:48 am to Salmon
We were going to vegas to get married, MIL wanted no part of that. In laws footed bill for wedding, so stayed out of debt.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:49 am to PurpGold 14-0
13k total (includes everything and our travel costs for our destination wedding).
This post was edited on 1/30/14 at 9:54 am
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:49 am to Nado Jenkins83
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You pay for all these people to come eat and drink and then don't see most of them very often.
I'm insisting on an open bar because i'm the asshat having my wedding in Hawai'i where the majority of my family lives, and two because a lot of my friends are from Louisiana. $ well spent imo
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:49 am to PurpGold 14-0
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How much did your wedding cost
No idea. Her dad paid.Like he's supposed to.
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did you stay out of debt?
From the wedding? Yes. From being married? No.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:49 am to PurpGold 14-0
About 8500. That was 12 years ago. The mother in law insisted on paying since my wife is only child. It worked out great.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:49 am to PurpGold 14-0
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How'd you guys stay out of debt?
kickass parents/in-laws
When I saw how much it cost I shat bricks
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:50 am to PurpGold 14-0
neither of our families are poor
that helps
that helps
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:50 am to Impotent Waffle
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In laws footed bill for wedding, so stayed out of debt.
You're smart. I'm marrying a great girl from a poor family
. I'm sure there's a movie about that somewhere.
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:50 am to Epic Cajun
FIL paid for it. About 25k. I paid for the Honeymoon to Jamaica mon - 4k
Posted on 1/30/14 at 9:52 am to Green Chili Tiger
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did you stay out of debt?
From the wedding? Yes. From being married? No.
yeah, the real debt comes in the years after the weddingPosted on 1/30/14 at 9:52 am to PurpGold 14-0
I'm guessing everything was about $16,000. This was 15 years ago and I think the prices have more than doubled since then.
Wife's grandmother had savings bond she cashed in for us.
The whole wedding market is a big racket these days. Decent reception halls over over $60 a person. Rings, dress, cakes, flowers, limos, police escort, photographer, flowers, etc, etc.
Unless you are doing a po-dunk community hall with your family cooking, it will cost a small fortune.
Wife's grandmother had savings bond she cashed in for us.
The whole wedding market is a big racket these days. Decent reception halls over over $60 a person. Rings, dress, cakes, flowers, limos, police escort, photographer, flowers, etc, etc.
Unless you are doing a po-dunk community hall with your family cooking, it will cost a small fortune.
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