How much?

[jonbuoy]

That's a bit morbid isn't it ?

I'm pretty sure everyone who came to our wedding had a ball. It looks like it from the photos.

Small private church, photos through a friend, cake through a work contact, hirage of a venue, catered meal for 65, drinks for about 90. 1967 Impala for wedding car, hirage of wine glasses, home made invites, DJ, flowers...........probably forgot a few little things..all for about $10k.

Definitely pool any resources you may have though - we must have saved at least a grand.

Not really, just don't like gettin dressed up and wasting my precious days off......Close family is fine though.

[kro]

- f*ck all this shit about "what if you break up... etc" If you're wooried about that then you haven't chosen right in the first instance. It's really all about you two not everyone else.

It doesn't work that way dude, my Mum and Dad were married for 35 years, split up, and two years later got back togther, even the "solidest" of relationships suffer sometimes. What I am saying is you spend mega bucks on one day in your life, and then the meaning of that day is bunkered by a break up, then the money seems like a waste. We have so many friends in this boat its not funny, and they all regret spending big coin on marriages (one of them in excess of 50K) its a damn shame if you ask me.

We didn't spend what we did because we had this fact in mind, we spent it because it seemed a sensible amount for one day.

[Hitcher]

DISCLAIMER: This question in no way means we are getting married or plan to.

But MissSniper and I were discussing the cost of a wedding. She mentioned some extraordinary amount that made my eyes water and my testicals shrink into the safety regions of my stomach. For those that have been married and those planning to and those who may one day meet a blind person, what would be your thought to the average cost of a wedding? Also, what would you include in that cost, if you want to, you can add why.

Poll included.

Have a chat to MissSniper's folks and negotiate a cash settlement to elope...

[Deano]

Not really, just don't like gettin dressed up and wasting my precious days off......Close family is fine though.

I fully agree about not going overboard with the costs -I didn't want to spend more than $7k, but to try and get close family and friends together for a good time isn't cheap. And a good time it was. (Maybe I'm biased having just done it)

Ours was a very precious day to me, and I hope too the family and friends who came and helped celebrate with us. You can't ride every day.

What I am saying is you spend mega bucks on one day in your life, and then the meaning of that day is bunkered by a break up, then the money seems like a waste.

Isn't that a bit like saying why spend a lot of money on a bike cause you may crash it ? Live for the moment (but don't make yourself broke over it)

You should only spend what is comfortable for you - at the end of the day it's about celebrating with friends and family, not having gold plated cutlery or whatever.

[kro]

Well said Deano, I often come acorss as the prophet of doom, it's just my bad way with words.

[Deano]

Well said Deano, I often come acorss as the prophet of doom, it's just my bad way with words.

Maybe I've become a little ghey after getting married recently.

[Skunk]

We had a the wedding and reception at the same venue ($35-40 a head). Put on Trap shooting, driving rang, slingshot target shooting and some wine (all other drinks were buy your own at the bar) and a spit roast.

Best part of the wedding was having friends and family around.

And photos to remind us where $20,000+ went...

[kevie]

hahahah our wedding was like that .... I went home from work for lunch ... on way home decided Lois and I should get married, picked her up from home, took her to Marton Courthouse and got married.
Dont know who the witnesses were ... just grabbed anyone available.

Then dropped wife off at home and went bak to work ..... Dam romantic type arent I !?!?!

BUT ... that was wayyyyyyy bak in 1975 and we still together........ but then, I was 18 and she was 16 when we met, moved in together when she was 18 and married when she was 19 so I often joke she stays because I was her first and only boyfriend so shes got no-one to compare me to

Just recently payed for daughters wedding, that was just under $5000.

[froggyfrenchman]

Miss Gn1nitestnd and I are planning on spending sweet fuck all. What point is there in going all out. How is a $5000 dress any better than a $200 one? I refuse to wear a suit (its just not me) and the whole thing is gonna happen at my folks house.

[Cookie]

We did our wedding in 1990 for $1600 bucks. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.

I sourced my gold ring from an "antique" store for $150.

I was a student and didn't have squat so that was all we could do.

I have just polished my ring up because I figure I can put it on tardeme and spend the money I get on some more tattoo work.

I am with Finn here. Get out of it while you still can. It's not too late.

[Albino]

Be very frugal. If you spend up large all that happens is that your mates have a great time and you end up fucked.

:rootingsmilies:

[vtec]

Haha, sounds like there's a lot of smart dudes on here who know that an expensive wedding is just an imagined necessity that many women think proves your commitment.

In my opinion spending heaps on a wedding is as farcical as abstract art, truffles and government policy.

In the extreme off chance that I was to get married. I would do it as cheap as possible while still making it enjoyable. Would just make it a big family affair with the BBQ like the type of thing we have on Christmas day, except this time it would be with two family's worth of people, and a celebrant.

Don't get roped in to hiring fancy cars, fancy clothes, fancy cakes, fancy venues. This is all just trickery and deception that wedding planners say that you need to show your love (or some bullshit), so they can rake in thousands. In my opinion they are worse than lawyers... or even worse than real estate agents.

[vtec]

Another point to watch out for. Don't spend sweet fuck all on Diamonds. They are one of the most common precious stones out there, but they are priced really high, cause the jews in Antwerp have their shit sorted and control the supply of diamonds very carefully. Again with really manipulative marketing. And for some reason chicks are attracted to things that are not only shiny, but are also expensive while being in effect completely useless. It's like a big price tag gets them all randy or something. Yeah diamonds are nice, but 10 Bridgestone Battlax BT090's are nicer.

[Sniper]

and you end up fucked.

No complaints from this side.

[Cajun]

Okay me and my wife got married about 2 1/2 years ago, cost us around $12k(i think) and that was including honeymoon.

Friends of ours just got married for ($1500) just done at there place, bbq, and sorta for dinner.

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Next time - i be going to vegas or simlar to doing it, cause all in all the wedding you are paying to feed other people, and by all in all you don't get a chance to talk to most of people you invite, due to being busy with other things.

It really depends on how close you are to you family, or she to hers. If got a small family might not be to expensive. If big family, and 'parents' want to invite this friend "oh she looked after you when you were a kid" bullshit.