Can Someone Please Explain Why We continue this ridiculous custom...
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Anonymous
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...of the bride's parents paying for the wedding??? It's 2026.
I feel like we're going backwards. |
Anonymous
| You don't have to |
Anonymous
+1 Why have any customs then? This is the way we do it. |
Anonymous
| If the grooms family was classy they would offer to split. Now at least you know what you're dealing with |
Anonymous
| Spoken like a family with only girls |
Anonymous
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Most don’t.
If the wife’s family wants to they pay for the wedding, they do. If they can’t or won’t the couple does. Most parents don’t have the money for wedding, you’re insane if you think the majority of girl parents pay for the whole wedding. Privileged people keep following this tradition, not normal people. |
Anonymous
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No, "we" don't. |
Anonymous
| Most things even out |
Anonymous
| OP, can you explain why you think you must continue this custom? |
Anonymous
| My family's tradition is that the groom(s) and bride(s) pay for their own weddings. Paying for weddings is something parents did for their kids when they married straight out of high school. |
Anonymous
| Explain to me why we're spending $$$$ on weddings in the first place. One of the most idiotic customs I've ever experienced. |
Anonymous
| Brides paying for weddings was from the days when women did not work and the husband was responsible for all the financial load after the wedding. |
Anonymous
| I think most couples nowadays pay for the own weddings. Since the persons getting married are adults, with jobs. |
Anonymous
Agreed. I think both should split it. I plan on giving my DDs and DS the same amount of money and they can either buy a house or have a wedding with it. I took the money from my parents and bought a house at 22, got roommates who paid my entire mortgage. |
Anonymous
If the parents' splitting, who's going to pay for the rehearsal dinner and honeymoon? |