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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t really care what the traditions or expectations are.

I will happily chip in $10 or $15k for each of my kids, boy and girl. They can spend it on what they like. If the in-laws are super conservative they can say I have paid for the rehearsal dinner or whatever. I don’t really care. It is their wedding, not mine.[/quote]

That’s not much.  Why so little?[/quote]

“Not much” and “little” are relative terms. $15k is 15 times the GDP per capita of many countries. It is enough for 300 bottles of good whiskey. Or 5,000 roses.

There is a whole industry wanting to separate people from their money for weddings, as with funerals. I don’t particularly want to contribute to that nonsense. We are not religious, nor Indian, nor super wealthy. We have a small family. I guess my feeling is that if you can’t throw a great party for $15k there is something wrong with you. I am happy for people to flush money down the toilet for crazy weddings. I just don’t want to pay for it. I would rather use my money on their education or a down payment, or on vacations with my spouse. If that makes me cheap, then I can live with that. I have had a great life by not trying to keep up with the Joneses.[/quote]

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