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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much money are you willing to spend on your children’s weddings? [/quote]

I had a big wedding with all the trimmings and it cost my parents $10,000.  So, $10,000 for a dress worn only once, a 5-hour party--mainly friends of parents--what a total waste of money!  I have told all three children, two sons and one daughter, that big weddings are ridiculous and to use that money to save to buy a house.  I will give each $10,000 and if they are smart they will have a tiny wedding and save for good down payment for a house.  We are paying for their bachelor's degree but graduate degrees they are responsible.[/quote]

Hopefully for your kids sake you’re more realistic about today’s college costs than you are about weddings[/quote]

We paid for their BA/BS degrees and it was a lot more than $10,000. The $10,000 will be their wedding gift and if they are fools then they can spend it on a 5-,hour party.  In any case, the bride's parents can pay for weddings to my sons.  For my daughter, she gets the same $10,000 to spend as she wishes.  On the other hand, I would mortgage the house for a serious medical condiion.  Big weddings are riduculous unless you're British royalty.
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WHAT? WHY WOULD BRIDE’S PRENTS PAY FOR THE WEDDINGS? [/quote]

Traditionally, in this country, the bride, or her parents, pay for wedding.  Groom's parents pay for dinner night before wedding.  In this day and age when couples are much older and have been working for years, plus living together, they should pay for their own wedding.[/quote]

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