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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s probably not a wedding, it’s probably a weekend with multiple expensive functions.  We’ve had sons marry, and have an unmarried daughter.  In the sons’ cases, we paid pretty equally with the brides’ families, but it involved zero contribution to the reception — just totally paying for other expensive shindigs over three days.

In the case of my daughter, we would pay for her wedding and reception, but not contribute to the other stuff.  [b]But it might involve less money, to keep the tone of the different parties in the same ballpark[/b].[/quote]

What does that mean? Does you daughter know that she will get less of a wedding and reception if she marries down?[/quote]

PP here:  I just think that weddings should strike a balance so that one family isn’t making another family look poor or cheap.  So if she marries someone from a family not wanting to pay for expensive festivities we would downscale/downsize the wedding/reception.  It’s not like we’re rich:  we probably spent beyond our comfort zone on the sons’ weddings, but felt that it wasn’t fair for the brides’ families to bear the brunt of the expenses.[/quote]

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