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Wedding pricing makes so much sense.
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Getting married in about 6 weeks. Compared to my first one 10 years ago, it's nuts. One metric I read said that wedding costs were up 40% post COVID. My first wedding was maybe $5,000 and that was super strict budget. This one is closer to $25k.
My fiancée was quoted between $300-650 for makeup only. Seriously?? DJ is minimum $900 for 5 hours of work, I got a lot of quotes in the $1300 range, or $2200 for better lighting ($440/hour??) Look I know you had to buy your own equipment but holy hell.
Thanks for reaffirming my desire to never get married
Its your wedding, you dont have to spend money on things you don't want. Courthouse weddings happen often and are very low cost.
Oh no, I'd never do something as stupid as getting married.
You can get, there is no need to throw tens of 1'000s of dollar at it.
There are a lot of people who just have weddings with only the closest parts of their friend/family circle rather than making it auper extravagant.
I did a private wedding with just my wife, photographer, beautiful venue for $600
My uncle just sent an email to everyone after the fact
And you know what? I highly respect that
Having a wedding at the local all-you-can-eat sounds very enticing.