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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op I understand where you are coming from.

My parents forwent items, vacations, meals out in order to save 100% for my wedding.  (hindsight I wish they didn't.)

My brother married a women whose family splurged and contributed nothing to theirs.  My brother (my parents stepped in and contributed a lot, too)  paid a large part.  Did it suck?  Yes.  Did I feel it was unfair/irresponsible, yes.  I felt badly for my brother and my parents for being financially responsible and then that was taken advantage of.  Would I have done it that way? No, but it was not up to me.

But, being a parent of two girls, we have planned a gift to cover half of their wedding with it being up to them and their spouse to find how to cover the other half.  I do  not believe "the brides family pays for the wedding."

OP - consider your gift to be about half of the expenses and leave it at that.[/quote]

I 100% disagree with parents paying to daughters weddings and not sons. My grandparents believed boys went to college and you paid for that but daughters didn’t go to college and got weddings. My aunts all went to college and had to pay for it themselves. [/quote]

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