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re: Average amount spent on weddings per state
Posted on 2/21/25 at 12:36 pm to tigerskin
Posted on 2/21/25 at 12:36 pm to tigerskin
and how do these numbers compare to avg household income by state? according to quick google search one source says LA median household income for 2024 was $53k. Can image logical thought processing to spend 60% of years income on a wedding
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 12:44 pm to tigerskin
I’m going to try talk my remaining daughters to get married in Wyoming….
Posted on 2/21/25 at 1:07 pm to HeadCall
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The frick is going on in South Dakota?
I do not believe that number for one second. SoDak should be no different than the surrounding states, probably cheaper considering how tight people are in this state.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 1:21 pm to tigerskin
My wedding in two weeks is a grand total of 110 dollars. I guess we are paying for a dinner (500) and renting out a semi private room in a brewery (1.5k guaranteed tab), but still.
Not sure who these people are dropping tens of thousands of dollars.
Not sure who these people are dropping tens of thousands of dollars.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 7:28 pm to N2cars
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Marriage is an important sacrament, and is referenced in the Bible multiple times.
I've never regretted a penny I've spent on weddings and the memories are more precious than gold
Naw.
The memories are made after the wedding. You now have a lifetime to create and nurture more lives. Who cares about one night, it's a flash in the pan and anybody can make one night work especially when they write a big check. I'm a lot more impressed when I see couples that figure out how to make 10, 20, 50 years work. That's important.
As for the bible. it also laments pride and suggests helping others. An expensive wedding is an immense display of pride and does little to help others excepting keeping some minimum wage bus boys and maids employed. I don't think its wise to cherry pick the bible to justify such an outlandish display of pride. But you do you.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:56 pm to tigerskin
$31k ……what the hell.
My daughters wedding was $10k and I though that was too much. We had a nice venue, catered by decent restaurant, DJ with photo booth for 120 guests.
My daughters wedding was $10k and I though that was too much. We had a nice venue, catered by decent restaurant, DJ with photo booth for 120 guests.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 9:55 pm to N2cars
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Marriage is an important sacrament, and is referenced in the Bible multiple times.
Sure but it doesn’t say anything about having to spend loads of money on it. It’s a big lavish party and a time to show off. The actual wedding ceremony that’s sacred doesn’t require all of that to be sacred
Posted on 2/21/25 at 9:59 pm to tigerskin
This tells me more about the demographics of who gets married than anything else.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 10:46 pm to tigerskin
Do international weddings starting in the states count in that figure. My bro is getiing married somewhere in the Caribbean and it's not just an elopement thing. Over 100 people paying for their own trips will be there. They are budgeting 40k for the actual wedding out there. They both live in La now, but her family is from LA and bro has been gone over a decade before they moved here so they decided on a destination site.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 6:37 am to tigerskin
Mine was in 2007. Between the reception hall, catering, photography, hotel after, dress, tux, DJ, and rehearsal dinner, it might have been 7k
Posted on 2/22/25 at 7:41 am to tadman
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You think a car is a bad investment, a wedding is worth ZERO the next day. At least a car depreciates over time.
Some people really must be in love with themselves to write some of those checks.
+1 big weddings and funerals are the biggest waste of money on earth. They don't make you any more married or less dead. Spend the money on something useful like a boat or new car.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 7:56 am to tigerskin
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Louisiana folks spend 2nd most in the Southeast
Alcohol cost.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:09 am to 1BamaRTR
Of course not.
The last thing I'm going to do is justify what I spend to a bunch of anonymous internet posters.
If you're going to invite family and friends (100-150) and you're going to have food and music and an open bar, at a nice, convenient venue, it cots a bit.
It is obviously not a requirement for a successful marriage, but celebrating a joyful event is a long-standing tradition. If you automatically judge it as showing off, you're missing the point and I hope we didn't invite you.
Likewise, I would never judge someone's small wedding and diminish their marriage because of locale or scale of celebration.
The last thing I'm going to do is justify what I spend to a bunch of anonymous internet posters.
If you're going to invite family and friends (100-150) and you're going to have food and music and an open bar, at a nice, convenient venue, it cots a bit.
It is obviously not a requirement for a successful marriage, but celebrating a joyful event is a long-standing tradition. If you automatically judge it as showing off, you're missing the point and I hope we didn't invite you.
Likewise, I would never judge someone's small wedding and diminish their marriage because of locale or scale of celebration.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:14 am to N2cars
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It's a blessed event.
It's a wonderful family event, a gathering to celebrate love and commitment, before God.
Marriage is an important sacrament, and is referenced in the Bible multiple times.
All of that is true, and, it’s still not a reason to spend the equivalent of a house down payment on it.
I can plan you a wedding and give you everything you just mentioned for waaaay less than 10% of the average in every state on that map. Easily.
EDIT: I agree with your post above. If someone wants to spend the money, go for it, but the fact that it’s the “norm” is insane.
This post was edited on 2/22/25 at 8:17 am
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:23 am to Dadren
It really all depends on the size and # of people that attend.
We have a fairly large family and you don't want to not invite people that you love.
And, as a another poster mentioned, alcohol is a big chunk of the budget.
We have a fairly large family and you don't want to not invite people that you love.
And, as a another poster mentioned, alcohol is a big chunk of the budget.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:27 am to tadman
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suggests helping others
If you're local, I'd like to meet and dicuss this in person.
I could use your help at a food pantry we helped start.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 8:57 am to Loup
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Damn, i think we spent around $5k on mine. Most of that was booze.
I've been married twice. Age 26 and age 54. Neither one cost more than a couple of grand.
My daughter's wedding, however, cost me $22K.
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:12 am to Stinger_1066
16,000 in Utah covers how many brides?
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:24 am to Dadren
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not a reason to spend the equivalent of a house down payment on it.
What if you have your forever home beforehand?
What if your cars are paid in full and you max your retirement already?
What if the “expensive” wedding you have is a fraction of what the couple makes in a year?
What if your parents saved since you were born and gave you money specifically and only to be used on a wedding?
Judging what someone spends by raw number without knowing a single thing about their financial situation, income, or family contributions is some salty Reddit leftist Bernie Sanders shite. (“No more millionaires!” *becomes millionaire* “No more billionaires!”)
Most everyone I know who had a traditional wedding did not poach that money from elsewhere. They still have retirement. They still have savings. They still own homes.
Also. OP posting this without a link to how the information was gathered is weak sauce. Chances are, these numbers are “of people who had a wedding reception”. Of course it’s going to skew high.
The people in this thread who went to the courthouse or justice of the peace and went to lunch did not have a wedding reception. Their numbers are not counted in the average. Nor are the people who eloped.
Go figure the average figure of people who had actual wedding receptions will skew high. That’s how averages tend to go.
This post was edited on 2/22/25 at 9:35 am
Posted on 2/22/25 at 9:38 am to N2cars
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We have a fairly large family and you don't want to not invite people that you love.
And, as a another poster mentioned, alcohol is a big chunk of the budget.
That’s fair, but that was not what you put in the post you wrote that I responded to.
If you only want family and a sacramental ceremony (again, what was in the post I responded to), you can do it without spending tens of thousands of dollars.
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