How much did your wedding cost?

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  • Cutemesoon
    Cutemesoon Posts: 2,646 Member
    edited August 2019
    cbstewart88 wrote: »
    I was married for the first time right after my 60th birthday. Don't ask me why. I'm still contemplating that one.


    Is it bad that I laugh everytime you say this? I'm wondering what happened after saying I do to make you feel this way? 🤔

  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    edited August 2019
    I'm a real cheapskate always so keep that in mind.

    First wedding (2002) my fiance and I were young & couldn't afford a lot.
    My dad would have paid for a large church wedding but I am not religious and was not interested.
    We wound up with a small wedding at a B&B, the entire package was under $1k and it was honestly very nice. The theme was 40's/swing so it's cheesy looking back but in 2002 it was kind of neat.
    I borrowed a friend's ~$800 dress so that was pretty cool too, and I only had a MOH and found her outfit on clearance for less than $100.
    We had a larger reception later w/ a lot of favors & decorations, but I'd say everything total it was maybe $2500.

    Second time around (2013), my husband and I both wanted to elope so we did it ourselves (legal in Colorado) at Garden of the Gods. It was awesome. We made it into a 4 day long weekend and spent a bit under $1k total including travel/lodging, sightseeing, 2 fancy dinners, etc.

    I do NOT like weddings, to be honest. I strongly prefer the intimacy of an elopement. But it's kind of funny, because I am thought of in my friend circle as the go to person for wedding planning, theme-y decorations, hair/makeup, etc.

    ETA: USD
  • emmies_123
    emmies_123 Posts: 513 Member
    Married a couple years ago, 10k US Dollars for about 45 guests. My dress was 950 including alterations but I don't normally spoil myself so i figured if not with wedding dress then when?
  • Americanbabydoll
    Americanbabydoll Posts: 1,255 Member
    edited August 2019
    2001 American Dollars

    My Dress: $500, His suit: $40. Our wedding party paid for their own clothes, I just gave them an idea and they picked what they wanted.
    Our rings: $200
    Flowers: $0 (my grandma made them, her gift to us)
    Cake: $40 (a friend of his family made this and only charged us a little) We didn't have any food other than the cake. We had punch that his mom made but that didn't cost us anything.
    Minister: $25 (friend of his family)
    Decorations: $50-$100 (all bought on clearance)
    Church: $30
    Music: $0 (CD, friend ran it)
    Marriage License: $25

    Total: Less than $1,000

    We didn't have a honeymoon.
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    American Dollars 2014

    Engagement ring - $5500

    Wedding - totaled about 18,000 for 70 people
    I don't remember the break down of everything exactly but I do remember my dress being ~1300. I have mixed feelings about the dress, seems obsurdly expensive but I did really like it.

    The rest seems pretty expensive but I am not sure I would change much about it either, most of the cost was venue, food, and open bar which was all a package from the venue. We selected the venue because it was a hotel with a nice outdoor ceremony location close to where we lived, and since 90% of our guests came in from out of town I really didn't want to have to run people all around to get to the ceremony and reception.

    Now, if I ignored my mother and cut %75 of my guest list to only people I really care about we could have gotten off way cheaper and easier. But it was the first wedding for one of her children, so yeah.....
  • RunDesprate
    RunDesprate Posts: 63 Member
    More expensive. How much did your divorce cost you?
  • yelliezx
    yelliezx Posts: 633 Member
    Our wedding cost around $25,000 and we live in Canada. My dress was on sale and cost around $1250 for the dress and veil. We got married at an outdoor garden venue and had our reception at a country club. We only had 75 guests and while we had a great day, I would go to a Sandal's resort and have a close family and friends wedding if I could go back. The in-laws were very involved and invited some of their friends which wasn't ideal. If it was up to me it would've been a lot cheaper and smaller.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Helois3 wrote: »
    More expensive. How much did your divorce cost you?

    not always...mine was $550.
    No kids, of course, but there was real estate involved.

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