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  • 1 1 21 Gigawatts

    Are you serious? $221,000 ??? *Grabs scalpel*

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    You must be feeling brave, if you plan to do that to yourself, even though you would only be able to see where you're cutting without any form of anaesthetic :omg:

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      Are you serious? $221,000 ??? *Grabs scalpel*

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      Uh... What are you planning on slicing? :~ I hope its just your veins and nothing else.... Not that I want you cut your wrist in the first place... I'll shut up now :sigh:

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        I reckon the cost of the wedding will be at least £30,000

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        Okay maybe not 30,000 but could be 20,000 250 people at £50 a head Hall £2000 Band £1500 Dress + clothes costs £500 Video + photo £900 Table decoration £250 night in hotel £150 Car hire £200 Misc £1000 and that would be cheap. You could get food for £100 a head. or a better hall. Some of the central London Hotel's charge £10,000 just for the hall.

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          I went to a wedding last night.... Very nice but finished today. what do you call expensive? If I ever find a girl to marry me I reckon the cost of the wedding will be at least £30,000

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          That sort of cash could fund a lifetime of sitting under a palm tree on an exotic isle watching the tide roll in.

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            1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

            Do you think I'll be able to un-propose?

            :laugh: I assure you, she (and probably your mum and her mum and any females in both families involved) would sacrifice you on the nearest make-shift altar. It'll become more gruesome the closer it is to the wedding. Still funny though :laugh: Here, in the Middle East, getting married is a back-breaker. I coughed up my life savings for: 1. a house (3 bedroom apartment) 2. the wedding (about 23,000 JOD not counting the miscellaneous expenses and the honeymoon) (that's just over 19,000 GBP) 3. the bridal gold set (this set me back 13,000 JOD alone) Its expensive, but if she's the one, its so worth it :)

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            What does a bridal gold set consist of?

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              Okay maybe not 30,000 but could be 20,000 250 people at £50 a head Hall £2000 Band £1500 Dress + clothes costs £500 Video + photo £900 Table decoration £250 night in hotel £150 Car hire £200 Misc £1000 and that would be cheap. You could get food for £100 a head. or a better hall. Some of the central London Hotel's charge £10,000 just for the hall.

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              Three weddings at under £10K.[^]

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                1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                Do you think I'll be able to un-propose?

                :laugh: I assure you, she (and probably your mum and her mum and any females in both families involved) would sacrifice you on the nearest make-shift altar. It'll become more gruesome the closer it is to the wedding. Still funny though :laugh: Here, in the Middle East, getting married is a back-breaker. I coughed up my life savings for: 1. a house (3 bedroom apartment) 2. the wedding (about 23,000 JOD not counting the miscellaneous expenses and the honeymoon) (that's just over 19,000 GBP) 3. the bridal gold set (this set me back 13,000 JOD alone) Its expensive, but if she's the one, its so worth it :)

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                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                Here, in the Middle East, getting married is a back-breaker.

                Yeah, I think it's probably the same all over then! So far, we've looked at venues and food, which comes to about £10,000. That's obviously not including all the other bits and pieces like honeymoon, rings, clothes, flowers etc. Luckily, we are already living in sin together as we bought a house a few years back. Unluckily it is a house of horrors that hates me and wants to devour any surplus cash in my wallet at every opportunity. Even after 3 years I am still fixing problems. I call it "Event Horizon". :-\ I think I'm going to be working lots of over time...

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                  You must be feeling brave, if you plan to do that to yourself, even though you would only be able to see where you're cutting without any form of anaesthetic :omg:

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                  *thud thud, splash* ..eh? Did you say something?

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                    What does a bridal gold set consist of?

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                    From memory, the double marriage rings, a bracelet, a necklace, a pair of earrings and a watch (all gold, preferably white, decked with diamonds) there are several other optional accessories, such as tiaras (the one we bought had a tiara), what are known as belts, anklets, toe rings, and anything else that can make a man go bankrupt. In my case, it wasn't my then fiance or my mother in law that went overboard, but my own mother :(( [modification] fixed typo

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                      Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                      Here, in the Middle East, getting married is a back-breaker.

                      Yeah, I think it's probably the same all over then! So far, we've looked at venues and food, which comes to about £10,000. That's obviously not including all the other bits and pieces like honeymoon, rings, clothes, flowers etc. Luckily, we are already living in sin together as we bought a house a few years back. Unluckily it is a house of horrors that hates me and wants to devour any surplus cash in my wallet at every opportunity. Even after 3 years I am still fixing problems. I call it "Event Horizon". :-\ I think I'm going to be working lots of over time...

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                      1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                      Luckily, we are already living in sin together

                      I really, really hate that expression. Before I married, we lived together like man and wife. You know, no sex and lots of arguments. :-D The divorce solved the arguments bit anyway. :laugh:

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                        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                        Here, in the Middle East, getting married is a back-breaker.

                        Yeah, I think it's probably the same all over then! So far, we've looked at venues and food, which comes to about £10,000. That's obviously not including all the other bits and pieces like honeymoon, rings, clothes, flowers etc. Luckily, we are already living in sin together as we bought a house a few years back. Unluckily it is a house of horrors that hates me and wants to devour any surplus cash in my wallet at every opportunity. Even after 3 years I am still fixing problems. I call it "Event Horizon". :-\ I think I'm going to be working lots of over time...

                        "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                        1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                        I call it "Event Horizon".

                        :laugh:

                        1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                        I think I'm going to be working lots of over time...

                        I assure you, you'll be begging for more work/cash soon. But, like I said, if she's the one, you will not regret a moment of it :) Best thing she ever did was convince me to marry her :-D

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                          *thud thud, splash* ..eh? Did you say something?

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                          :confused: Have I missed something?

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                            Three weddings at under £10K.[^]

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                            You've never been to a Jewish wedding I take it? If I really pushed and ran around like a headless chicken it can be done for under £15,000 or cheaper if I was to have it in Israel. Or cut down on guests.

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                              I went to a wedding last night.... Very nice but finished today. what do you call expensive? If I ever find a girl to marry me I reckon the cost of the wedding will be at least £30,000

                              Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [31/Jul/2009] 107.7kg Target weight : 80kg Only 28 TO go hope to be there by March Wish me luck!

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                              hopingToCode wrote:

                              If I ever find a girl to marry me I reckon the cost of the wedding will be at least £30,000

                              My wedding cost less than $500 - and that includes both rings and a limo for 4 hours. No guests, no food, no BS, just me and my wife at the courthouse for 20 minutes. We've been married 10 years. It's less about the wedding day and more about every day you'll spend together afterwards.

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                                1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                                I call it "Event Horizon".

                                :laugh:

                                1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                                I think I'm going to be working lots of over time...

                                I assure you, you'll be begging for more work/cash soon. But, like I said, if she's the one, you will not regret a moment of it :) Best thing she ever did was convince me to marry her :-D

                                If the post was helpful, please vote, eh! Current activities: Book: Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Project: Hospital Automation, final stage Learning: Image analysis, LINQ Now and forever, defiant to the end. What is Multiple Sclerosis[^]?

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                                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                                I assure you, you'll be begging for more work/cash soon.

                                You betcha! Luckliy I'm a contractor, so that should make it a bit easier!

                                Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                                But, like I said, if she's the one, you will not regret a moment of it

                                Ohh, she's the one - she's I'm sure on that one! :)

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                                  :confused: Have I missed something?

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                                  Only the sound of my sacks falling on the floor. Poor attempt at humour. Sorry. :sigh:

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                                    hopingToCode wrote:

                                    If I ever find a girl to marry me I reckon the cost of the wedding will be at least £30,000

                                    My wedding cost less than $500 - and that includes both rings and a limo for 4 hours. No guests, no food, no BS, just me and my wife at the courthouse for 20 minutes. We've been married 10 years. It's less about the wedding day and more about every day you'll spend together afterwards.

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                                    Miszou wrote:

                                    It's less about the wedding day and more about every day you'll spend together afterwards.

                                    That is very true. however a good wedding can help set off on the right foot. Plus the presents and the inspiration form the day can help.

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                                      hopingToCode wrote:

                                      If I ever find a girl to marry me I reckon the cost of the wedding will be at least £30,000

                                      My wedding cost less than $500 - and that includes both rings and a limo for 4 hours. No guests, no food, no BS, just me and my wife at the courthouse for 20 minutes. We've been married 10 years. It's less about the wedding day and more about every day you'll spend together afterwards.

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                                      Same here, except her ring was a tad lot more expensive. Otherwise she's a very frugal woman :D Planning a 10 year renewal in a few years, hopefully on a beach with all and sundry present.

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                                        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                                        I assure you, you'll be begging for more work/cash soon.

                                        You betcha! Luckliy I'm a contractor, so that should make it a bit easier!

                                        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:

                                        But, like I said, if she's the one, you will not regret a moment of it

                                        Ohh, she's the one - she's I'm sure on that one! :)

                                        "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                                        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                                        Good for you mate, honestly, its the best thing in the world :)

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                                          Miszou wrote:

                                          It's less about the wedding day and more about every day you'll spend together afterwards.

                                          That is very true. however a good wedding can help set off on the right foot. Plus the presents and the inspiration form the day can help.

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                                          hopingToCode wrote:

                                          a good wedding can help set off on the right foot.

                                          A good wedding is the one where you marry the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, not one that saddles you with thousands of dollars of debt before you've even figured out how to budget together...

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