Who paid for your wedding?

I paid for my wedding. It was in my home. Was it everything I wanted... well I never really thought about it because I was never getting married, until I did. I was never having kids, until I did. Would I change it... Well yep I change the second husband to the first and not even had married the real first one! I probably would have had a bigger wedding but more importantly, a honeymoon.

My husband and I paid for as much as we could but we didn't have a whole lot of money when we were planning our wedding. He is an only child so his parents paid for our rehearsal dinner, reception and our honeymoon. We didn't get everything exactly the way we wanted but seeing that they gave us so much money toward things we didn't really feel like we had a right to complain. We ended up inviting people that we didn't know and having certain foods we didn't really want but it all worked out in the long run and we are grateful for all the help we got.

My husband and I paid for our wedding. Well, we wanted the wedding to be simple too, but we also knew that there are some traditional cultures that our parents want us to follow. We have the traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in the morning, and the wedding dinner in restaurant in the evening. The night before our wedding, we invited relatives and friends to our house for buffet dinner. It's really a typical Chinese wedding. Although this is not really the wedding I wanted, I was really happy on that day too, coz there are many relatives and friends coming to greet me, I'm really glad for that.

We didn't really had an extravagant wedding. My husband and I went to the county court dressed in shorts and shirt...then we got married. He paid for it. I think it's less than $100 for everything.

When we plan the wedding we decided to pay it for ourselves we never ask help from both our parents but my father in law gave us a check as our wedding gift and that amount can pay for the restaurant reception and since we're both have Chinese blood one of the traditions of chinese is to give a money gift and put it in a red envelope called "ampao" and that would lessen our wedding expenses, we were able to spend less because of the cash gift.

We paid for our own wedding. We were married in a church and we had a few friends and my husband's brother. It was pretty cheap.

My husband did. No one knew about it as we eloped! We didn't even have a witness, so we were given one. As I was marrying my husband I had all I needed for my wedding, because he was all I needed.

The first time I got married I had the big wedding and all. My husband and I paid for almost everything our selves. My parents gave us $1000 and his parents didn't give us anything because they couldn't afford to. I got married back in 1984, the first time, so back then $1000 was a lot of money. It paid for the dinner back then, but wouldn't come close to what it would cost now. The second time I got married, in 1996, I didn't have a wedding at all but just went to the justice of peace and got married. Since it was my second marriage and my husbands third marriage, we didn't want to do it big again. My son just got married almost 2 years ago, it will be two years on Christmas day. He didn't have a big wedding either because they just didn't want a big wedding. I gave them $1000 for a wedding gift although I would have liked to give them more but I couldn't afford to give more. My daughter isn't married yet so when she gets married I will have to give her the same as her brother, $1000. Alrighty then, talk to you later my friend, Your friend, Chris

I would like a small wedding too when I'm getting married. I don't have much money, I'm 57 years old and, most likely, my bride won't have much either. Although I could see where her family might insist on something different.

I haven't gotten married yet, but in my country, the norm is that the groom pays for all wedding expenses. of course, it is unavoidable at time for the groom to be poorer than the bride. In that case, the families may split the bill or maybe the bride's family will take care of the expenses. in most cases, the parent are the ones who finance the whole thing. but sometimes, the son is very successful and wealthy so he uses his own savings and doesn't ask from his parents.

My hubby paid everything for my wedding. He saved all his money for this purpose. When he had enough he told me his wedding proposal which I readily accepted. Everything was prepared and organized through the money that he saved except for my wedding gown because my Boss voluntarily said she'd pay. I never paid anything from my pocket. It was actually a grand wedding attended by around 700 people. There was bountiful food prepared for the guests and a very big wedding cake was there for us to slice. Certainly all the savings of my hubby was used up for the once in a lifetime occassion. However, after the wedding, he was penniless and both of us were to start from the scratch in order to start our new life. Of course we were both working and could still earn money but we realized it was such a big waste to spend that much just for a one day affair which could anyway be done in a much simpler way and the money saved should have been rather reserved for our necessities in starting our married life. Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Well that is a lesson to learn but quite late though. I'm just happy that God has been very good to us and by His grace we were able to pick up and up to now we are living a well provided life.

we had a simple wedding... only my husband's and my families were there... my husband and i paid for the wedding...

I've never been married yet, but here's an interesting arrangement my friend made for their wedding. Both of them are web designers. What happened was, none of them spent a penny for the wedding. Nor did their parents. What they did was, they struck up a deal with the event organizer and the photographer services that, in exchange for their services, they will design and maintain the services' professional websites. Very ingenious! The only money they spent I guess was for the reception, which I heard was held on their own to minimize expenses.

My husband and I paid for our wedding. We save money from our salaries and other extra income for 1 year.

my hubby and i got married 21 years ago and since i am an only child, my parents paid for our wedding (that was what was done then). it wasnt huge, but it was big -120 people. if i had to do it over again, i would definitely elope or have a much smaller one the second time around.

I did all the planning, but my husband paid for all. We wanted a very simple church wedding and a simple reception in a hotel. It was a quiet and solemn wedding just like we really wanted, attended by our immediate families, relatives and very close friends. I can say that it had everything that I wanted and expected.

We paid for the majority of it and then my hubbys parents paid for one thing and my parents paid for another. My wedding was definately on a shoe string budget and we only spent what we had and did not have any loans or anything but it was just how I wanted it to be.

hello ebsharer,I didn't get married,but i wish my husband and i could pay for the wedding in future. i don't want both parents worried too much about us. so work harder to earn the money is the importment thing for me now~

My wife and i did the planning,and we made our giveaways by ourselves and we shared for the expenses on our wedding.We save for almost a year for our budget.

I don't have every thing that i wanted yet. I accidentally pregnant during my studies time, because of he is a foreigner, there were many things to discuss and settle. Now i'm pregnant, and i don't want to have a wedding when i have a big tummy. My parents paid for his ring, and my husband paid for my ring. I wish we will have a small wedding after the baby is already there. :-) Perhaps my family will pay half and my husband pay half of the cost.