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Despite getting married young, my husband and I paid out of pocket for our entire wedding. Weighing in at about $7k for the entire event for 100+ people, we still felt like we got robbed by our vendors and each bill sent us over the moon with financial stress. So just the idea of having a wedding that costs more than a downpayment on a house feels completely asinine and foreign to me. With that in mind, I fully side with the financially smart dad in this next story, who would rather start his daughter and future son-in-law on a path of financial freedom instead of throwing them a lavish, one-day event.
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Dad refuses to pay $100k for his youngest daughter to have a 'princess wedding,' blames the in-laws for pressuring a frivolous formal event: 'The in-laws want a big splash'
Having a wedding like they do in the movies is no simple task. Flowers, cake, decor, chair rentals, catering, bartenders, and a venue to host it all is just scratching the surface of the carnage that a parent's bank account faces when their child agrees to marry their beloved. Arguably, any parental contribution to the event is much appreciated, but sometimes the bride and groom have a huge ask that needs to be run by the big bosses of the family. It's rarer, however, to have in-laws pushing for a showy event, pushing the limits of what their future extended family can afford.
No parent should be taking out a personal loan to bankroll their kid's wedding…
… Which is why this frugal dad drew the line in the sand with his pushy future in-laws, even when his daughter couldn't muster the courage to stand up to them.
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