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Royal Wedding, Shloyal Fledding
- dfxm12 15y agoDiets only work long term if you have some sort of "cheat day" built in where you can eat outside of the parameters of your diet. Likewise, a wedding (or big vacation, or fancy car) is like a "cheat day" for your savings plan. What's the point of saving money if you can't enjoy it during all phases of your life? Plus, he has overstates some social "norms". Parents more often than not help out with paying for weddings. I can't tell you one of my friends who've spent 2 months salary on a ring (that's not a norm, it's a marketing gimmick), and honeymoon costs can range wildly, but people are going to take vacations anyway, whether they are married or not. I'm not saying he's wrong to have a "low key" wedding (the author in fact had two receptions). I'm saying that people understand what they are getting themselves into, and there is much lower hanging fruit for couples to grab if they want to be fiscally responsible.