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  • 1 1 21 Gigawatts

    *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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      Michael Bookatz
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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

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        Miszou
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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

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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?

            Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow

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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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              Michael Bookatz
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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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                MidwestLimey
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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.

                    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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                    Miszou
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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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                    • 1 1 21 Gigawatts

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

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

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                      :-\ :laugh: Don't worry; my sense of humour leaves a lot to be desired

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                      • M Michael Bookatz

                        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.

                        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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                        R Giskard Reventlov
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                        £30k? You got no chance. I'm trying to persuade my daughter to elope; I keep leaving a ladder and a £50 note in her boyfriends car...

                        me, me, me

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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.

                          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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                          Richard Jones
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                          A co-worker had 650 guests at his *first* wedding. Didn't guarantee a success. :)

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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.

                            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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                            Vikram A Punathambekar
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                            hopingToCode wrote:

                            Plus the presents and the inspiration form the day can help.

                            Inspiration? I can understand somebody wanting presents (I don't agree with it though), but inspiration? :confused: If the man and wife don't have have what it takes to make a marriage work, I don't see how a grand wedding would serve as inspiration. :suss:

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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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                              and that's guaranteed to be more enjoyable than marriage... ;)


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                                Government report takes up cost of raising a child, says it's $221,000 through age 17[^]


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                                That's just over $1000 per month. It's possible I suppose - depends what they calculated into the mix. 1/3 of groceries? I just know it's not additive if you have more than one child. 2 kids cost less than $2000 per month. I have 5 kids and I KNOW I'm not spending $5000/ month on them. The more kids you have the cheaper they become. - Also the older they get, the cheaper they are - Diapers and Formula cost more than buying a trumpet for your high-schooler.

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

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                                  One word: Elope.

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                                    That's just over $1000 per month. It's possible I suppose - depends what they calculated into the mix. 1/3 of groceries? I just know it's not additive if you have more than one child. 2 kids cost less than $2000 per month. I have 5 kids and I KNOW I'm not spending $5000/ month on them. The more kids you have the cheaper they become. - Also the older they get, the cheaper they are - Diapers and Formula cost more than buying a trumpet for your high-schooler.

                                    Brent

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                                    Big Daddy Farang
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                                    I have bothered to read the article, but I heard this reported on the radio yesterday. That report includec the tidbit that a major portion of the cost is for housing. Well, you have pay for that whether you have zero, twelve, or anywhere in between children. Seems like a misleading headline.

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

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                                      1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

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

                                      If you have concerns about wedding cost, think twice then, think about divorce cost! :~ :~ :~ (Modified) Sorry, I hadn't seen Marc's similar post. :doh: (/Modified)

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                                        £30k? You got no chance. I'm trying to persuade my daughter to elope; I keep leaving a ladder and a £50 note in her boyfriends car...

                                        me, me, me

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                                        MidwestLimey
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                                        You should leave 2 tickets to Vegas and some wedding chapel brochures. It's less subtle, still only a fraction of the price and sorts out the honeymoon in one ;)

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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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                                          Big Daddy Farang
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                                          MidwestLimey wrote:

                                          very frugal woman

                                          What?

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