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Angel
Dedicated August 2021

Am i the only

Angel, on November 24, 2019 at 7:12 PM Posted in Do It Yourself 0 28
Hey ladies I was wondering am I the only bride that is along with paying for the wedding as far as me and my fiance see we are both adopted My adoptive family has already passed my family is definitely not rich so they definitely can't help and his family couldn't really help too much neither just little here and they're not much at all so that's why I'm trying to have a really strict budget plus a lot of people that already is married and has been telling me you only do the reception and everybody else gets to enjoy the perks and they're not really understanding their there to celebrate you and your husband so a lot of people telling me just to do a destination wedding and take the closest friends and let that be that but I always picture myself having my first dance and the entrance the speeches I want the whole shebang I found a great venue including catering for only two thousand bucks and it is really nice I live in Cleveland Ohio by the way I'm trying not to go over 10,000 for everything including the honeymoon our wedding is in August and we haven't even began to pay for anyting but after the holidays we are putting the fire under our ass LOL but I do see a lot of ladies are going all out having the extravagant weddings which is awesome congrats but we don't have that family back up it's just us so I was wondering am I the only one

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Latest activity by Jessica, on December 1, 2019 at 11:25 PM
  • Laura
    Master October 2019
    Laura ·
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    My husband and I paid for everything for our wedding last month. No one else offered or did anything to even help.

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  • A
    Super February 2020
    Andrea ·
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    My FH and I are paying for the wedding ourselves. No one else is helping out.
    Also, since it’s a DW and only immediate family are invited we offered to pay for their plane tickets and hotel rooms. We aren’t expecting our families to help with anything and don’t want to take their money either.
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  • Kristen
    Master November 2020
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    We're paying for it. My parents are deceased and his family except dad are poor or don't have much. If you want a wedding you can. It's the reception you'd have to budget. Do a wedding in between lunch and dinner to cut costs asks cut the guest list. I am in my 30s but at that point my end weddings aren't big bc it's money. You could do a light reception and state that on the invitation. You can have your wedding but b being realistic probably won't be a lot of people.
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  • Angel
    Dedicated August 2021
    Angel ·
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    Yeah it kind of sucks when you guys have to do it by yourself but I don't want to look towards anybody to help us we can get it done slowly but surely
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  • Allie
    Expert April 2019
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    We paid for our own wedding.
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  • Angel
    Dedicated August 2021
    Angel ·
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    What was your limit and did you stick to it how many people did you have
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  • Kathryn
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    So my FH and I are lucky that we're both in a field that pays very nice salaries - software. We both have always had good jobs, so we saved up a bunch. That being said, we're not going crazy with our wedding. We kept the guest list small and aren't going overboard with anything. My father is very wealthy and could pay for the wedding - we've elected to keep control for ourselves and pay for what we can afford. So we're allowing ourselves some niceties - the venue has included catering, and a day of coordinator who will handle the actual day- but also cutting costs. It's really doable if you stick to your budget and know what you have to have to really enjoy the day. Like for us the cake wasn't a big deal - we went with a simple one for a hundred dollars.
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  • Allie
    Expert April 2019
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    We didn’t find it feasible to have a local wedding (cleveland) with my husbands large family (guest list would have been around 200) at a reasonable cost. So we went to Mexico and spent $10k.
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  • Angel
    Dedicated August 2021
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    So who went to Mexico with you guys we thought about having a destination wedding but I figure if I'm going to pay the same thing that I must going to do the wedding I really want
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  • Allie
    Expert April 2019
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    We invited our parents, siblings, and their significant others. We invited 23 and 15 came. Last years national average was $40k and we spent $10 on two parties. We had the wedding we wanted. On the beach. In paradise. I had the dress, he had a suit. We had flowers and our families. Music and amazing food. Open bar. We did not want a bridal party or speeches, so we had neither. We wouldn’t have done it any other way.
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  • Jai
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    My parents paid for our honeymoon and are paying for the DJ. Other than that, my FH and I are paying for it ourselves. Nobody has offered.
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  • Angel
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    That sounds so beautiful yep it's been look for him he don't care about the bridal party but I already have four girls as my bridesmaids but I have three daughters so I can definitely wants to be in the wedding
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  • Angel
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    I wish I had somebody just to pay for my honeymoon that will be awesome I can take care of everything else my DJ is free because my cousin is going to do it for me he is awesome he's doing it as a wedding gift but of course I'm going to tip him
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  • Jai
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    Oh that's nice! Our DJ is a friend of my moms n hes doing it for $400. We lucked out there lol
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  • Angel
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    When is your wedding dates
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  • Sexypoodle
    Master October 2021
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    No. You’re not the only one. FH and I are paying for the wedding ourselves... because it’s our wedding. I think it’s best this way because no one gets to have any input into our plans or how we spend our money. All they have to do is show up and enjoy.
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  • Jai
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    May 9 2020. U?
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  • Mrs. Bubba
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    I really tried to cut costs as best I could.


    What saved me was my strong ability to save money. I also had already purchased some items with my Mom before she got sick and then died.
    My 92 year old Granny (RIP) was the ONLY one to even offer to help financially.
    And she did, SIGNIFICANTLY!
    She decided not to leave any money when she died. She died not even a month after the Wedding where she had just been so lively.
    Her health went down hill right after the Wedding.
    I didn’t want to take it, but how do you say “No” to the person whose 🏠 you live in for the first at least 2 years of your life when you finally came home from the 🏥?
    Other than that, I had people that I had done a lot for trying to figure out how to get MY 💵 in their pocket. So, I didn’t invite them.
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  • Mrs. Bubba
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    Correction: ...”🏠you lived in”...
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  • Mrs. Bubba
    VIP September 2019
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    I had people providing input, but not contributing anything but 🗣.

    With one, it boiled down to “You should just pay me to decorate for you”. After all that I had done to help her save 💵‼️
    If you want to help, then help. But don’t try to get MY 💵 in YOUR pocket‼️
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