Weddings are...
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:confused: Have I missed something?
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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! :)
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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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Only the sound of my sacks falling on the floor. Poor attempt at humour. Sorry. :sigh:
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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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£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...
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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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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!
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.
and that's guaranteed to be more enjoyable than marriage... ;)
jim
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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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...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
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...
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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MidwestLimey wrote:
very frugal woman
What?
BDF People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. -- Moliere
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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
how about those who do not have life savings? Do they stay single? (Or maybe wait for the next life, when they have savings from the former life...)
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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.
BDF People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. -- Moliere
Unless you're an idiot buying a house strictly as a status symbol as a single person/childless couple your house is almost certainly smaller than that of a parents house because you don't need as much space. Then factor in that since you have no direct use for an excellent school you don't need to pay extra for a location that offers one.
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Only the sound of my sacks falling on the floor. Poor attempt at humour. Sorry. :sigh:
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MidwestLimey wrote:
very frugal woman
What?
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There are such models. I never saw them personally but the rumor has it that they exists.
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