Current Events > Weddings are such a crock of shit.

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Bold take, I know.

I'm a fairly ordinary 30 something year old man I've been to tonnes of weddings at this point, and I can quite seriously draw an inversely proportional graph showcasing how good a wedding was versus how much it cost.

The absolute most boring wedding I ever went to was at the most pompous catholic cathedral in town (the service was about 2 hours of "If you guys ever break up God will never forgive you in Hell" nonsense), followed by a 3 course meal at a reception venue at the top of a landmark. Who decided that sitting next to 8 people you don't know on a table so big you can only speak to 2 of them would be a good party format?

I believe that wedding cost something like $120k and they broke up within 9 months. The ring was $20k and it's resale value was something like $3k.

The best wedding I went to was at somebody's farm. They built the furniture and decorations themselves, they had their friends play in the band and another friend do the catering. There was no sit down part of it at all. And there was no goddamn church. The service itself was on the beach next to their house. Total cost was like $4k, mostly on booze. They didn't bother with an expensive ring and just decided to go on holiday instead. Everyone just camped on the grounds that night.

That's how you do a wedding! A big party with no pomp or circumstance and just good people. Save your goddamn money for something actually fun.

If you had an expensive wedding I apologise. But I stand by my opinion.
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If the person you're choosing to marry is demanding you blow a small fortune on a ceremony just so they can feel better about staying with you...you might want to reassess your investment choices, including the relationship.

This would be especially relevant for couples on the progressive left who claim to be self-conscious about differences in societal privilege. Having an exorbitantly expensive wedding ceremony would of course be a huge contradiction to that claim as it is an enormous sign of wealth and privilege. And, yes, asking the parents or other family members to foot the giant bill still qualifies as flexing that privilege...
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Is the wedding supposed to cost 5x your monthly salary or 10x? What's the accepted standard?

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OpenlyGator posted...

If the person you're choosing to marry is demanding you blow a small fortune on a ceremony just so they can feel better about staying with you...you might want to reassess your investment choices, including the relationship.

This would be especially relevant for couples on the progressive left who claim to be self-conscious about differences in societal privilege. Having an exorbitantly expensive wedding ceremony would of course be a huge contradiction to that claim as it is an enormous sign of wealth and privilege. And, yes, asking the parents or other family members to foot the giant bill still qualifies as flexing that privilege...

Not sure why this suddenly got political but honestly I think progressive lefties are more the kind to have lowkey weddings, something-other-than-diamonds and some vintage wedding dress.
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Tradition says the bride's parents pay for it.
Which is happening in my case. Fortunately we got a discount on the venue (free) as her dad is an Anglican priest and got us the price de jesus
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Ex-Kefiroth posted...

Couldn't agree more.

Big expensive fancy weddings seem like such an obscenely huge waste.

If I ever meet a woman that agrees then Im locking her down. Id rather spend the extra money on a extravagant vacation or something
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