Paying for groomsmens tux

No.

Heck NO!

It's a good idea to talk about potential expenses when asking someone to be a part of your wedding. Some people do not know that typically the wedding party pays for their attire. Some people also cannot afford it, so consider that before getting offended that they asked.

Nope!

We didn't. Most guys and girls assume that when they say yes to being part of a wedding that they have to shell out for dresses and tuxes or suits.

We are paying for all tuxes and we paid for all bridesmaids dress. We will be paying for girls hair and possibly make up. Everyone lives in reasonable distance except for his sister who chose to move across country a month ago. When we went to go reserve the tuxes the guy told us how cool it was that we were paying for everything, he never heard of anyone doing that. We have 6 bridesmaid and 7 groomsmen. And we are paying for his dad, my parents paid for my dad and uncle tuxes. We are not gifting them anything we feel this is better than something they will never use, basically the girls are just paying for their shoes and alterations. I should mention I am not doing any kind of shower.

Nope --- the girls and guys are taking care of their own!

Yikes I feel kinda bad but still why would you think someone would pay for it I feel like it's pretty presumptuous these are 'big boys' too if you can't swing 100 bucks with six months notice...

FH is contributing $50 to each of his GM as part of their gift and to thank them. We got his free, so that helped and he wanted to use the money to help them with their tuxes. But none of the GM asked and they certainly weren't expecting it. That's a bit much that he asked you.

Yes to both groomsman and bridesmaid clothes. In the Chinese culture, it is customary to pay for this since it is for the wedding.

No. Traditionally it's their responsibility. We're having them buy dickies and white shirts but gifting them bow tie suspender sets. Mainly so they have the right color.

I want to also reemphasize that some people who never been in weddings don't know what to expect. I spoke to a friend who was was genuinely shock that it was expected to bring a gift to his other friend's wedding.

We told the groomsmen to wear black suits, white shirts, and black shoes. They can either get it from their closet or rent it. We are, however, providing them with matching ties and matching pocket squares. It's part of their present.

We are paying for their shoes, shirt and ties. They will cover the cost of the suit since they are buying not renting.

I'm paying up to $200 for each bridesmaid dress, if they want a dress over budget, they will pay the rest.

We are also doing this instead of buying them gifts they will never use.

We are paying for their rentals. It's only about $100 each for the entire ensemble and there's only 3. The only reason we are though are they are all still university students and all have to fly to Vancouver, BC from Germany to be part of the wedding. And we are definitely not paying for their plane tickets.

We are paying for their rentals. It's only about $100 each for the entire ensemble and there's only 3. The only reason we are though are they are all still university students and all have to fly to Vancouver, BC from Germany to be part of the wedding. And we are definitely not paying for their plane tickets.

We are because its just FHs 2 brothers who are younger than him and they're still in school. $180 each so they couldn't afford it otherwise.

I'm paying for $50 for the bridesmaids dresses. It was the one I really wanted and I compromised and said I'd pay $50 so the girls weren't over paying. For the groomsmen we are giving a $20 credit so the price is $60 per tux. We got his for free (for having 5+ GM) and we figured that was only fair. Our friends aren't made of money and people forget that bridal party can easily back out if they want to and if they feel they are being taken advantage of. These are our closest friends, and we would never want a friendship to be damaged because of what is "expected" of the bridal party! We want to make everyone happy! That is until I finally decide to join IDGAF club! I'm just about there with dealing with my parents!

No, though I know one of the GM had financial issues and if he can't afford it FH and I would be willing to help him out and cover at least some of the cost. Having them there is important to us so if they can't afford what we picked out (for a good reason) then we are willing to help. We tried to keep the costs as low as possible.

FH offered to throw $40 towards each rental. 2 groomsmen took him up on the offer.