Reply to Is paying for a daughter's wedding still a thing?

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Is paying for a daughter's wedding still a thing?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two boys and in no way do I plan to contribute 50k. It's not because they are boys; it's because that's a completely ridiculous waste of money. I'd rather they get married on a beach somewhere with just immediate family and a handful of close friends. Weddings don't matter that much. It's the marriage that matters. Of course we'll chip in some money but if they want something over the top, that's kind of on them. I hope I'm raising them to recognize the difference between the important and the trivial.[/quote]

We are paying for them to attend private colleges and graduate with no debt.

If we can, we will help with graduate school and with a down payment on a house.

I would love to start a college fund for grandchildren, if we have them.

And we will give them a modest sum towards their weddings, e.g. $5,000 maybe?

We will not fund an extravagant party to celebrate getting married.

The marriage is important; the wedding is not.[/quote]
Okay well some of us had in-laws who paid for neither college, downpayment or wedding. But paid for their daughters weddings instead. We got a token $250 gift. [/quote]

Seriously, I don't even remember or care what the in-laws did or did not give us as a wedding present.  Heck, dh and I didn't even take a honeymoon.  We've never had an entire weekend away without our kids.  Yet, somehow our life together has been truly wonderful together.  Our nest will be empty soon and we've got our whole lives together.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics