Getting married may be the happiest day of your life… if you are part of that lucky 45%. However, I know that there will be other great days. Like the day you graduate, the day you have a baby, and the day you find an amazing pair of Italian shoes for 99% off. Ok, so maybe that last one is just one of my amazing days. But regardless of your definition of the happiest day seriously, STOP spending exorbitant amount of money on weddings.
As far as weddings go you could say I am an expert. I am sort of like the girl from 27 dresses that can’t commit, but I am so organized that everyone wants me in their wedding. I have been in at least two a year for the past three years. I know it isn’t 27, but I am on my way! With this experience I have learned that you can spend a little and enjoy the day just as much. The $5,000 wedding I went to had a bride that was just as happy as the bride at the $50,000 wedding. Brides and Groom’s everywhere need to remember that this is their happy day, and it is not about impressing the guests.
The keeping up with the Jones’ mentality has leaked on to the wedding circuit, and movies like The Wedding Planner and TV shows like Whose Wedding is it Anyway and Don’t Stress the Dress have not helped matters any. People, WAKE UP, not all of us can afford a $5000 wedding dress. Not all of us are meant to wear Vera Wang. It is just a fact of life… deal with it! You are not going to have J.Lo’s wedding because you don’t make $50 million a year… it is common sense!
Weddings need to get back to the reason the people want to be together. When did a relationship become the wedding? I think the brides and grooms need to all take a step back and decide what is important to them. A large party? Or a future investment? Suze Orman once said, “People need to start thinking within their means to have a dream marriage, not just a dream wedding.” I couldn’t agree more!
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