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« on: July 14, 2009, 08:32:25 PM » |
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Do yourselves a favour and elope. That is all.  |
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2009, 08:33:21 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2009, 10:30:12 PM » |
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Do yourselves a favour and elope. That is all. I'll take a guess that you've hit the 20K mark, and the figure is still increasing. |
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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2009, 06:10:41 AM » |
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« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2009, 06:13:15 AM » |
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I'll take a guess that you've hit the 20K mark, and the figure is still increasing.
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2009, 09:09:05 AM » |
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I'll take a guess that you've hit the 20K mark, and the figure is still increasing.
I'm just taking a guess when I say 20K, and I am probably under estimating it. 50K is common. Its a f***ed up world we live in. This whole "fairy tail, I'm a little princess" bulls*** is pounded into girl's minds from birth. Then the day comes, and with typical american style, you have to keep up with the Jones. Grab any wedding magazine, and it informs you of the "must-haves" and what "required" at any "decent" wedding. So now you have to have this, that, and all those, etc. The big day comes, and its ruined(in her mind) that the color of the tables cloths is slightly off from the sample, and someones not sitting in the right place. Enjoy your 4K an hour event.  ...and least these bulls*** traditions still say the brides parents are suppose to pay. I will be damned if I'm ever paying into such bulls***. |
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2009, 09:32:55 AM » |
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I'll take a guess that you've hit the 20K mark, and the figure is still increasing.
I'm just taking a guess when I say 20K, and I am probably under estimating it. 50K is common. Its a f***ed up world we live in. This whole "fairy tail, I'm a little princess" bulls*** is pounded into girl's minds from birth. Then the day comes, and with typical american style, you have to keep up with the Jones. Grab any wedding magazine, and it informs you of the "must-haves" and what "required" at any "decent" wedding. So now you have to have this, that, and all those, etc. The big day comes, and its ruined(in her mind) that the color of the tables cloths is slightly off from the sample, and someones not sitting in the right place. Enjoy your 4K an hour event. ...and least these bulls*** traditions still say the brides parents are suppose to pay. I will be damned if I'm ever paying into such bulls***. i was just in a wedding that was WELL over $100k. It was AMAZING. My buddy and his wife got married up on Long Island. I should post some pics... lol |
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2009, 09:41:34 AM » |
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i was just in a wedding that was WELL over $100k. It was AMAZING. My buddy and his wife got married up on Long Island. I should post some pics... lol
To each their own, I don't care HOW nice it looks, it IS NOT worth that much money. My best friends wedding was in the 6 figure range, and all I saw was a waste of money. If the couple combined makes a million a year, I can more so see them spending 6 figured. Problem, thats the extreme rarity. You have couple who combined don't make 200K, yet want to spend 50-100K on a wedding. Its f***ing stupid in my opinion. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2009, 09:45:43 AM » |
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Guess you better never fall for a girl that has her heart set on a big wedding...
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« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2009, 09:56:45 AM » |
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Marriage? In the near future? lolz
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« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2009, 10:08:49 AM » |
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I'm just taking a guess when I say 20K, and I am probably under estimating it. 50K is common. Its a f***ed up world we live in. This whole "fairy tail, I'm a little princess" bulls*** is pounded into girl's minds from birth. Then the day comes, and with typical american style, you have to keep up with the Jones. Grab any wedding magazine, and it informs you of the "must-haves" and what "required" at any "decent" wedding. So now you have to have this, that, and all those, etc. The big day comes, and its ruined(in her mind) that the color of the tables cloths is slightly off from the sample, and someones not sitting in the right place. Enjoy your 4K an hour event. ...and least these bulls*** traditions still say the brides parents are suppose to pay. I will be damned if I'm ever paying into such bulls***. Maybe it's my age talking, but... I think this is INSANE, IMO.... I used to want a beautiful wedding, but I'm too "frugal" to spend insane amounts of money for a lot of things others will... IF I were to ever get married, I wanted to do a "destination wedding" & keep it VERY low key... I would only want to insure my & my fiance's parents were able to attend & if my friends were able to & wanted to as well, great, but if not, I could just get together with them after.... I just can't see "wasting" a ton of money on a one time, one day/couple hours thing when that money would be better spent on a house, etc.. again, JMHO |
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« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2009, 10:14:20 AM » |
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Guess you better never fall for a girl that has her heart set on a big wedding...
Well like I said, all the bulls*** traditions end with the bride's parents getting the bill. So if the perfect girl comes along, her parents got some cash, and wanna waste 50K on a 12 hour event, I won't stop them. Now if her parents are broke/dead/whatever, and she things I'm gonna to halves or something, the b**** is wrong! Here's a prime example. This is from another mustang forum... lol my gf and i were talking about this hypothetically the other day. and she said "i want my ring to be $30,000." I almost fell out of my chair in shock when she said that...I'm 23 and would never spend that much on a ring, i don't care how significant or important it is (unless maybe i made atleast a 6 digit number, preferably starting with atleast a 2) For what you guys are saying between 5-10k you can get something gorgeous and memorable and then i could also...say put a huge downpayment on a house. I told her about priorities and how somethings should outweigh the "glamorous" things. She then stated that she wanted her wedding to cost atleast 70-80k...again i was flustered....
Mainly because she didn't even know what she wanted, just what she wanted it to cost...
She is also in debt for her college education and is about to get more loans for law school and other living expenses... I really don't think she has any idea on how the whole money thing really works, cause her parents still pay for EVERYTHING and her loan debt hasn't set in cause she's still a student....fml Thats honestly laughable. The b**** is probably a solid 100K in debt, has no real guarantee she'll make the big bucks she's hoping for, yet thinks some fool is gonna pay 30K just to ask to marry her. |
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« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2009, 07:35:05 PM » |
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I'm just taking a guess when I say 20K, and I am probably under estimating it. 50K is common. Its a f***ed up world we live in. This whole "fairy tail, I'm a little princess" bulls*** is pounded into girl's minds from birth. Then the day comes, and with typical american style, you have to keep up with the Jones. Grab any wedding magazine, and it informs you of the "must-haves" and what "required" at any "decent" wedding. So now you have to have this, that, and all those, etc. The big day comes, and its ruined(in her mind) that the color of the tables cloths is slightly off from the sample, and someones not sitting in the right place. Enjoy your 4K an hour event. ...and least these bulls*** traditions still say the brides parents are suppose to pay. I will be damned if I'm ever paying into such bulls***. Maybe it's my age talking, but... I think this is INSANE, IMO.... I used to want a beautiful wedding, but I'm too "frugal" to spend insane amounts of money for a lot of things others will... IF I were to ever get married, I wanted to do a "destination wedding" & keep it VERY low key... I would only want to insure my & my fiance's parents were able to attend & if my friends were able to & wanted to as well, great, but if not, I could just get together with them after.... I just can't see "wasting" a ton of money on a one time, one day/couple hours thing when that money would be better spent on a house, etc.. again, JMHO You're right, Laura, spending that kind of money for a wedding IS insane! My husband and I spent less than $1000 on our wedding and reception. We had the wedding I wanted (on the beach at sunrise - he was very sweet to agree as he is not a morning person  ), and we are just as much married as the couples who spend ridiculous amounts of money for their wedding. Our wedding was beautiful IMO. |
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« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2009, 07:40:24 PM » |
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You're right, Laura, spending that kind of money for a wedding IS insane! My husband and I spent less than $1000 on our wedding and reception. We had the wedding I wanted (on the beach at sunrise - he was very sweet to agree as he is not a morning person ), and we are just as much married as the couples who spend ridiculous amounts of money for their wedding. Our wedding was beautiful IMO. Amen to that!! Very low key... and, I too wanted it on the beach... |
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2009, 05:50:01 AM » |
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My brother's wedding in May is going to be on the beach at Indialantic with a reception at a place within walking distance.
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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2009, 11:22:55 PM » |
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Did the Vegas deal and got married at the Mandalay Bay, with reception for 50 people, and we couldn't have been happier! Everything all said and done, we spent 8K on the entire wedding / trip etc..... The kicker, I had some good runs on the tables and nearly won the entire cost back! Risky, cause I could have easily doubled the cost due to gambling.  As for getting married BTDT. If this one doesn't work out, I won't be doing it again. |
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« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2009, 09:08:01 AM » |
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I'll take a guess that you've hit the 20K mark, and the figure is still increasing.
I'm just taking a guess when I say 20K, and I am probably under estimating it. 50K is common. Its a f***ed up world we live in. This whole "fairy tail, I'm a little princess" bulls*** is pounded into girl's minds from birth. Then the day comes, and with typical american style, you have to keep up with the Jones. Grab any wedding magazine, and it informs you of the "must-haves" and what "required" at any "decent" wedding. So now you have to have this, that, and all those, etc. The big day comes, and its ruined(in her mind) that the color of the tables cloths is slightly off from the sample, and someones not sitting in the right place. Enjoy your 4K an hour event. ...and least these bulls*** traditions still say the brides parents are suppose to pay. I will be damned if I'm ever paying into such bulls***. You sir, are 1000% correct. It's insane what they put in the wedding magazines. I'm soooo glad Jodie is down to earth and we didn't spend that kinda money. We paid for 80% of the wedding our self and with cash (I busted my ass with OT and side jobs) and I'm glad I don't owe anything. Next week we take our 1 year, we are renting a cabin that we can drive too. Again, paid for in cash, down to earth on how much we spend. |
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« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2009, 06:56:33 PM » |
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If this one doesn't work out, I won't be doing it again. I'm with this guy. |
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« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2009, 08:11:28 PM » |
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« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2009, 03:42:11 AM » |
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My brother's wedding in May is going to be on the beach at Indialantic with a reception at a place within walking distance.
We got married on the beach in Indialantic. |
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« Reply #20 on: July 22, 2009, 03:44:34 AM » |
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Hahahaaaaa! I WAS a member of the BTDT Marriage Club. I swore I never getting married again, and told my now-husband that very thing when we started dating. You see how that went.  The lesseon? "Never say never." |
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« Reply #21 on: August 04, 2009, 04:50:31 PM » |
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my old lady wants the huge story book wedding. now her parents have money but weather or not they pay for it is another story...
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« Reply #22 on: August 04, 2009, 05:01:13 PM » |
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my old lady wants the huge story book wedding. now her parents have money but weather or not they pay for it is another story...
"old lady", you aren't even married yet and you call her that!??! |
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« Reply #23 on: August 04, 2009, 05:02:04 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: August 04, 2009, 05:07:24 PM » |
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well her names maggie so i usually call her maggot
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« Reply #25 on: September 11, 2009, 06:58:46 PM » |
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I wasnt b****ing about money, just the amount of fussing about bulls*** little things somebody was doing. Mostly getting the house ready for the wedding.
The whole thing went off without a hitch, ended up being a good piss up till around 3am. If we spent more than $1500 on the whole thing i would be suprised, that includes the $500 her parents chipped in for booze and food, and the paint to spiffy this house up. We had a justice of the peace, all the tables and chairs were loaned to us from our friends that own a resturaunt, and we cooked our own damn food.
All in all i wouldnt have done it any other way- 30 people, back yard, good food and a fun time.
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I'm getting married this Saturday. I think the total tally for our wedding is about $8500. Its going to be at the Gilmore Car Museum (Google it, its a cool place) and are having about 115 people, get to have my car there and my friends cars as well. I think that its going to be great and think that we did it pretty cheap after seeing what others have paid.
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« Reply #28 on: September 18, 2009, 07:48:56 PM » |
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We had ours on the beach, and spent less than $3,000. We rented out a beach house for $450 for the weekend. My dress was a David's Bridal $99 special. Our parents made the food, (my mom used to work for a catering company) and some of their friends brought some food as well. We bought a keg from Walmart. I ordered my flowers through someone I knew that worked at a grocer's florist, and I had a private person make my cake. The most expensive part was the photographer, which was still under $1,000. It was gorgeous day, and it all worked out nicely. I wouldn't change a thing. A couple pics of our low key affair: http://yfrog.com/0ocopyofvanessa084jhttp://yfrog.com/2fcopyofvanessa138jhttp://yfrog.com/0cvanessa130j |
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« Reply #29 on: September 23, 2009, 12:53:15 PM » |
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Do yourselves a favour and elope. That is all. Heh....that makes perfect sense! It's supposed to be about vows; nothing more! This whole subject just irritates me. One of the things I've always wondered is why it is all about the bride? Why is it only her special day that she's probably been dreaming about since pre-conception?! What about the groom? Man, I'd so resent all that crappy getting ready only to stand aside while she gets all the glory and her lil dream comes true...shoot, that'd screw the honeymoon for me! I just don't get the whole frilly frill thing and teaching our girls all about the fairy tale wedding...reality is always best, lol. (Fairy tales always turn out bastardly and leave us on the ground and squirming around, huh?) I guess I can see establishing the formality of such a sacred event, but all the satin and lace, linen and tulle, chandeliers, high falutin' crap, booze, band, and perfect scenery in the world don't make an event sacred. (Well, maybe the booze.) Many moons ago, I catered one of my numerous weddings and did double duty serving at the reception.  I bought a fancy lil $99 dress at the mall, my diamond was so small that when I later pawned it, I only got $30, and I used a friends business for the reception. That was the coolest part of all, cause it was an old 3 story building in the historical district that used to be a dime store...everything was in it's original condition. Didn't have any cool music to do the bride boogie to, and had to clean up when it was over, but I surely did play the southern belle part to a tee! lol At another, I held the whole thing in my parents yard, in between two lovely, very old and gnarled oak shade trees, (much needed, it was 105 degrees) with gardenias and roses bloomin' all around us, and held my reception on their brand new deck that we had just spent finishing up the night before, lol, with arms still aching from rolling 5 lbs. of lemons for our lemonade punch. Dress was about $50 and it was PINK,(!!) chosen during a clearance sale (again, from the mall...haha!), didn't get a diamond and only had to tip the preacher man. My first was so, so sad. Justice of the Peace, a short, plain and cheap lil white dress, parents that weren't speaking to either of us cause he was a BIG cradle robber, and no honeymoon. It was over before I even knew it began! The best part was that we moved away to the big city of Charlotte. I never knew any world other than my own lil small town neighborhood, so once we split, I was soon off getting into big city trouble! What a lil hell raiser I turned into, lol. Dang that much older man! Hahahaaaaa! I WAS a member of the BTDT Marriage Club. I swore I never getting married again, and told my now-husband that very thing when we started dating. You see how that went.
The lesseon? "Never say never."Yep, yep! I was in such bad shape after I picked up my pieces the last time that I told the dude I was dating that he better not even think of getting serious and I'd hit him there if he started conjuring up marital bliss. I dunno, I always thought men would love hearing such words, but the lil f'er only wanted me more! Go figure.... We were married one year later and he had really sore balls. |
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