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Hi ruby, Mine was also very simple..I want to be very practical and maybe when we renew our vows after 10 years or so..LOL! I will prepare for that.LOL! My Sister's wedding was quite expensive but they prepared for it...My husband and I helped a lot also in their expenses!

ruby - hi. It doesn't make sense to have huge lavish weddings, spending so much for one day. After the wedding is over, most people come to the same conclusion. I got married twice (that sounds so bad) and both weddings were small and intimate. My first daughter got married on her 5 acre horse ranch and the reception was in the immaculate barn. We bought the cake from Publix, a grocery store with a fantastic bakery. The food was basic, sandwiches and so on. I bought her wedding dress at a resale shop. My second daughter's wedding was the full fling lavish wedding she wanted. I paid for only a small portion of it, I didn't have money at the time. Her wedding day was like a dream, she put so much effort into making sure everyone who got invited felt special. She made a point to give the most important people in her life some way to be acknowledged. For example - My daughter had her best friend, who was very talented, sing the bridal couple's wedding song. Our family's ancestory is Polish and my daughter researched online and included some of Poland's wedding traditions at the reception. So, while the wedding was lavish, it wasn't overdone, because of my daughter's warm heart and her generous love. I've mentioned only a few things she did to make her wedding feel personal to everyone she invited. With all that said, I think a wedding day shouild not cost a fortune. I'll stop now, because there's so much more to say. Okay, bye.

Well Indian marriages are a very extravagant, pompous and definitely expensive affair. We like to show off to the hilt. And the best part is that most parents bear the lion’s share of the burden of getting their sons and daughter’s married. Mine was no exception. My parents supposedly spent Rs. 400,000/- (equivalent to $ 10,000 approx) on my marriage about 11yrs back. It was of course as lavish as they could afford with guests running to about 500 people and food of every conceivable type from starters to the desserts and the people actually ate so much that by the time the wedding was over and my hubby and me sat down for dinner (past 11pm), there was hardly anything left from the main course. We had to do with starters and ice creams. Anyways, for my son’s wedding (its still far far off, he’s only turned 9 this July) I do plan to have as big and grand an affair as I can. After all, he is my only child and hopefully, he will not marry again and again.

am not married yet, but my long time boyfriend and i are already planning to get settled. we're getting married in 2 years, and i am just excited about it. we are already talking about the details, and we are starting to save up for it as well. i want a simple wedding, nothing extravangant..just close friends and relatives showing up on my wedding..a little merry get together..what's important anyway is that we'll get married and start our lives together. my boyfriend wants me to have the dream wedding of every girl.. but i really dont want it to be expensive, i want us to save money for our future together, not just for our wedding!:)

No, I do not expect to have a fabulous wedding of mine either to my Daughter what ever things will come on them or on us it is sure fine for me because that is God's will upon us.......

My wedding didn't cost much, all people settled this residental area spend for it almost the same level. There is a president in charge of wedding affares around the area. It easy to arrange a wedding because he know all the procedure and details. The wedding can be decent and not cost much even for a not wealthy couple.

I have never been married, but most of my friends either spent little to nothing on their weddings, or they eloped and went to Las Vegas to get married. I plan on doing the same. I will with spend little to nothing on my wedding, or I will elope.

Our wedding was also on a budget as well, being an only child I had kind of hoped my parents might have put some away for me as they were earning pretty well LOL. But I was not that bothered really, we had a pretty good day for the little we spent! I am putting money away for my daughter and have been since she was born, I am not sure whether I will keep hold of it for the day she gets married or just let her have it at a certain age. She may not even ever want to get married.

When I got married it was overseas so things were done a little differently then in the u.s. got dresses had my makeup and hair done at home by a professional with video and photogropher taking pics but not while getting dressed of course. Then had a whole line of cars with horns beeping taking me to church. after church a nice little buffet diner at my husbands home then honeymoon. It was different somewhat romantic and cheap and very nice. For my daughters I think that I would want the whole shabang but at the same time I would respect their wishes as to what they want.

good day.. We're planing a simple wedding but we plan on going to Phuket Thailand for our honeymoon. Can't wait.

I'm an incredibly cheap person when it comes to spending money. I will not want a big wedding when the time comes, who wants to be in debt on their first day of marriage anyway haha. If I do have some sort of ceremony it will be very small and it will only include close family and friends. I'm not religious anyway, so the ceremony doesn't even matter to me- you can just give me the marriage papers to sign and then we could be off on our honey moon vacation, no hassle at all haha. That's a nice wedding in my eyes

Wedding today is very unexpected. While I married i had spent about 5k for only the reception. Now with the high price of fuel and the lifesyle of community, the buffet style for the reception is use high cost. For one head dish of food we need to pay about RM3-6. The time had change, world had develop. All thing become expensive