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Weddings are a scam :platyhappymerchant:

It's unbelievable how expensive all this is :marseytrollcrazy:

Initially, we were going to do a courthouse wedding. A photographer and wedding clothes would have been under 5k, and we could save money for the honeymoon :marseycalebhammer: Just our parents, and we can go visit everyone else after the honeymoon. Neither pair of parents were impressed with this :marseybardfinn: Facing pressure, and with the idea that they would pay costs :marseyfry: (getting back to this), we decided to plan a simple one day ceremony+reception :taynod:

It is not so simple. It's astounding how greedy :marseyjewish: nearly every private vendor is. I have to explicitly make a remark about private vendors; state parks :marseystalin: have much lower fees to reserve venue space. I do not know why you would choose to rent a private space other than being a brat :marseybacktotiktok: with stupid amounts of cash. No, we are not going to spend $300 :capymerchant just to do some taste testing for a reception dinner. That's the price of a small cake :dramacake2nd: I am sick of calling up vendors only for them to demand several thousand dollar minimums, of which our guest list does not even come close to reaching via a price per plate :marseydisagree: Oh by the way, don't forget that a service charge :marseywaiter: is calculated as a percentage of a minimum :landlordpride:

This is mortgage money :marseyabandoned:, baby money :mcbealdancingbaby:, ANYTHING-ELSE money that instead we are suggested to spend on other people. This is all to put up a Victorian-era farce that should have stayed in last century. What's next; I have to rent out seating for the consummation? :horny: :hump: :!horny:

This would all be fine and dandy if the proponents of these ideas would come forth with funding. But talk about money and they are quick to drag their feet :marseysigh: Obviously I am not interested in pissing off parents because I am trying not to pay for daycare when the time comes :marseybeggar: No one is even stepping up to offer their property as a venue.

Someone even suggested we take a personal loan out to pay for all this :marseyschizoshaking: :marseyraging: :marseyraging: Why would you EVER do that?

I want to spend money to build a family, not on ornate crap that does not matter. This is just a hypercapitalistic version of dowry; instead of buying something useful for the other family, like a cow :marseylolcow: :!marseycow:, I'm expected to pay OTHER people I will never speak to again an inordinate amount of money :marseycuck::marseycuck::marseycuck:

In short, the west has fallen :chuditsover:, millions must pay billions for, uh, hors d' oeuvre, chud? :marseyfrenchitsover2:

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It's not a real wedding if you don't spend $30k and invite 250 people.

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$30k will cover 250 people in 2024

Oh sweetie... :marseylaugh:

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Indians spend >200k for these massive, ridiculous 3 day affairs

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