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Weddings in general are just a huge waste of money. Why put people into debt to start their lives? I don't want that burden put on parents either. Keep it simpl
by overcast 8y ago
Weddings in general are just a huge waste of money. Why put people into debt to start their lives? I don't want that burden put on parents either. Keep it simple.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoWe went in with that approach - we got married earlier this year in a lovely little restaurant surrounded by 30 of our friends and family. The venue was happy to have us as long as we bought roughly as much food/booze as they would normally sell. We had the whole kit and kaboodle there, and because there was only 30 of us they could go all out on food - it was some of the best food I've ever eaten. We had a great, intimate night and walked out with no debt. Wouldn't change it for the world.
- overcast 8y agoThe struggle comes when you have large families. Who do you cut? At this point in my life, I'd rather just elope to the justice of peace.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoYeah, we said siblings, parents, and grandparents only. Went ruthless on it.
- ryandrake 8y agoI got married down at the court house during my lunch break. Invested what we would have otherwise wasted on tradition-worship.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoWe felt it important to mark the occasion - we'd been together nearly a decade, and we're not the sort to go places or do things (we took our first going away vacation with the honeymoon), so we felt it was important to us, but equally fair to just get er done and move on.
- blanderman 8y agoIt's good for the economy, and purely voluntary (if you ignore the manipulative marketing indoctrination).
- overcast 8y agoWhen you meet the girl of your dreams, let me know how voluntary the rest of your life is.