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I got stuck on a "reality" show last weekend...... Bridezillas
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 365241" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am always floored at the amount of money spent also. From the time I was 16 my parents BOTH told me that when I wanted to get married they would give me the amount of $$ the wedding would cost if I would elope or go to a Justice of the Peace instead of having a big ceremony. When the time came I brought it up. My mother hit the ROOF!! She was furious that I would even bring it up. I even have a letter she wrote when I was in my teens that talks about the offer. We went ahead with a wedding because it was what husband and I wanted. It was NOT traditional in many ways, but it was just right for us. It also did NOT cost the earth. I was shocked when the one bride to be was saying the wedding cost ONLY $16,000 SO FAR. Holy Toledo, $16,000 is a car or a down payment on a small house!!! Heck, that is about half of what we paid for our first house!!!</p><p></p><p>Why does anyone think that everyone they know and everyone else they can pay would devote even a day to doing exactly what they want? Why would they want to have to tell that many people what to do? I got irritated over the stupid questions for my small wedding. Who cared what color the napkins were? You wipe your face on them. Matches? We don't smoke. Why spend $$ on printed matches?? </p><p></p><p>I probably have a very odd view of weddings though. When my aunt got married we spent a week sewing pearls onto the dress that she made. Then she went and bought about 20 big boxes of brownie mix at Sams, along with foil pans to bake them in. There were so many relatives who wanted to help in some way so she gave each one of them a mix and a pan. We didn't have wedding cake. We had 20 different types of brownies. Every decoration and addition you can think of. As we waited in the huge line for the buffet she went and cut some of the brownies. That way there was something to munch on while we waited for food. It was more fun than many other weddings simply because it was so perfect for my aunt and I guess for her husband. He is still hard to get to know, even 20 years later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 365241, member: 1233"] I am always floored at the amount of money spent also. From the time I was 16 my parents BOTH told me that when I wanted to get married they would give me the amount of $$ the wedding would cost if I would elope or go to a Justice of the Peace instead of having a big ceremony. When the time came I brought it up. My mother hit the ROOF!! She was furious that I would even bring it up. I even have a letter she wrote when I was in my teens that talks about the offer. We went ahead with a wedding because it was what husband and I wanted. It was NOT traditional in many ways, but it was just right for us. It also did NOT cost the earth. I was shocked when the one bride to be was saying the wedding cost ONLY $16,000 SO FAR. Holy Toledo, $16,000 is a car or a down payment on a small house!!! Heck, that is about half of what we paid for our first house!!! Why does anyone think that everyone they know and everyone else they can pay would devote even a day to doing exactly what they want? Why would they want to have to tell that many people what to do? I got irritated over the stupid questions for my small wedding. Who cared what color the napkins were? You wipe your face on them. Matches? We don't smoke. Why spend $$ on printed matches?? I probably have a very odd view of weddings though. When my aunt got married we spent a week sewing pearls onto the dress that she made. Then she went and bought about 20 big boxes of brownie mix at Sams, along with foil pans to bake them in. There were so many relatives who wanted to help in some way so she gave each one of them a mix and a pan. We didn't have wedding cake. We had 20 different types of brownies. Every decoration and addition you can think of. As we waited in the huge line for the buffet she went and cut some of the brownies. That way there was something to munch on while we waited for food. It was more fun than many other weddings simply because it was so perfect for my aunt and I guess for her husband. He is still hard to get to know, even 20 years later. [/QUOTE]
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