Do weddings need to be expensive?

I just went to a beautiful wedding and reception and it couldn't have cost more than five hundred dollars. The ceremony was in a forest beside a pond surrounded by wild flowers. The reception was at the bride's home and everyone got a home cooked meal. It was all so amazing.

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Serenitree · F

Weddings don't need to be expensive or fancy. The marriage is what matters. I look at the big fancy weddings and think about how they just spent a good chunk of the down payment on a house, or if they already bought one, they just blew several months of their mortgage money on a party.

The fanciest wedding I ever refused to attend (for personal reasons) was well over $12,000 and that was back in the 1970s. The marriage was over before they got back from their 6 week honeymoon.