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DetroitLegalBeagle

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26. A lot now

Reply to RamblingRose (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:38 PM

22 hrs ago

My wedding cost us about $28k for 170 people in 2014. We had a full bar, good food at a very nice venue, so it definitely could have been cheaper. In comparison, wedding for a friend last year for 200ish people cost them over $55k.

If my wife and I had to do it all over again, we definitely would have gone cheaper and smaller and used the money towards something else.

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Our daughter is getting engaged & is looking for us to foot the bill. $$$$$$ [View all] RamblingRose Yesterday OP

Nope. My daughter paid for her own wedding. SheltieLover Yesterday #1

Congratulations & Kudos to them! RamblingRose Yesterday #2

Thx! 10 yrs ago. SheltieLover Yesterday #5

You're right--better to use the money as a down payment Bayard Yesterday #3

My wife and I got married on my parents' front lawn in July 24 years ago. True Dough Yesterday #4

Mr. Diamond and I had exactly 15 immediate family wedding guests. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #6

Tell them to keep a secret and elope... ZDU Yesterday #7

Our daughters learned very early on that we would Ninga Yesterday #8

We have 2 grown daughters and have poli-junkie Yesterday #9

Having it in Miami will keep our family & friends away so that'll half the cost. RamblingRose Yesterday #11

We paid for it ourselves Nictuku Yesterday #10

Too funny.. cilla4progress Yesterday #14

I Loved Gunne Sax dresses! I had one for prom & homecoming. RamblingRose Yesterday #15

I used to go to the Gunne Sax factory in SF kimbutgar Yesterday #19

Wow! Had no idea! justaprogressive Yesterday #22

I've never understood why anyone would want to pay big bucks for their wedding. Half the time they Vinca Yesterday #12

If you can & want to pay towards a wedding, make the couple sign an iron clad contract: NO DIVORCE or pay $ back Attilatheblond Yesterday #13

My mom would say "The bigger they are the harder they fall." My neighbor was married at The Biltmore, divorced 5 years RamblingRose Yesterday #16

Your mom sounds like a pretty down to earth observer of trends Attilatheblond Yesterday #17

I think Rebl2 11 hrs ago #32

A wedding in May Marthe48 Yesterday #18

My mom is pretty upset about them catering to his grandmother since she's the same age. She had offered to help w/ some RamblingRose Yesterday #24

Those getting married need to understand it's about the marriage Grim Chieftain Yesterday #20

I told my daughters I'd pay for them to elope to Vegas. Dulcinea Yesterday #21

A fun story about our wedding was the photographer we hired. He was a dentist & did weddings for extra income. RamblingRose Yesterday #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles 22 hrs ago #25

A lot now DetroitLegalBeagle 22 hrs ago #26

'Haven't done any research yet,' elleng 22 hrs ago #27

My niece got married last November... Mark.b2 21 hrs ago #28

I'd be inclined to feign disinterest. Or poverty. Aussie105 20 hrs ago #29

They've been dating for about 8 years & moved to Baltimore together in 2021. His one sister does not like her. She RamblingRose 12 hrs ago #30

My husband Rebl2 11 hrs ago #31