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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I swear that all the posters who bash weddings are just annoyed that their parents can’t or won’t pay for them.  It’s jealousy.  Plain and simple.  [/quote]

Wrong, my parents paid for my wedding almost 20 years ago and if I had the chance to do it over again, I would not have let them pay or had a traditional wedding. I would have gone to the courthouse or elope. People are are allowed to have different values and opinions than you. Also, the obligation that some parents feel when it comes to weddings causes them to jeopardize their finances. My parents pulled out from their 401k to pay for my wedding, something I didn’t find out until after the wedding was over. So yes, I will cast a critical eye towards the overall wedding industrial complex, with the way it brings out the worst in people, and I will especially judge parents who will help with weddings but won’t help with other stuff like paying for college. [/quote]

Well you had to have had an idea that your wedding was a stretch for your parents to afford unless they kept you completely in the dark about their finances.   In our case, our kids knew we could afford nice weddings and that it wasn’t a stretch.  We have zero regrets and nothing but fond memories of each of our daughters’ “extravagant” weddings.  [/quote]

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