A couple of months ago, I went to a co-workers wedding. Everything was beautiful, but nothing was organized. She called me everyday up to the wedding to cry because her wedding planner didn't help plan the locations of the ceremony or reception, help create timelines, or accept her phone calls 6 weeks before the wedding or had to be charged additional. I promise I wouldn't be making a big deal out of this if she was doing everything herself, which I am myself doing everything. But, she took out a $25,000 loan for the Wedding on top of whatever she had in her checking account and paid this lady $5K. She also has 2 kids and lives in an apartment. Is this a normal or a usual occurrence? This is in north Florida in a very rural town, not like a big city. Just very curious if anyone here has also toon out large amounts of money for their Big Day?
FYI, I'm not interested in doing the same.
