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NewMrsWesely
Master September 2016

questions on who is fronting the bill

NewMrsWesely, on June 10, 2014 at 12:33 AM Posted in Planning 0 42

For the couple who are paying for the wedding yourselves how did you decide to break up the cost? With FH and I I decided that I will pay for most of it since I want this more then he does.(He would be happy with just us and parents) he being the awesome person he is(lol most the time) will be paying for a good amount of it also.

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Latest activity by ELFie, on June 11, 2014 at 2:59 PM
  • Heather A
    Master September 2014
    Heather A ·
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    My parents are paying for a good portion. We had to come up with around 9k more for the wedding and our honeymoon.

    I make a bit more than FH so I am paying the 9k more towards the wedding and he's paying for the honeymoon.

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  • TooManyMistys
    Master June 2014
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    We are on a joint account already so there isn't a split of cost in our case.

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  • OMW
    Master August 2013
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    I had money, he didn't. I paid for the big things, like the venue, the cake, the police officer, the decorations, the flatware and dishes, etc. He paid for the food and the beer. In all, I paid about $4,000 and he paid about $1,000.

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  • KarenM
    Master November 2014
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    I'm paying for the whole shindig. I make a lot, lot more money than FH, so it just made sense.

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  • Elle
    Master March 2015
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    My parents are paying for the venue, which is all inclusive so that means venue, catering, dj, and cake are what they are paying for.

    My fiance and I are paying for everything else. He and I have just been splitting it down the middle. I've given him a few things he's in charge of buying (favors, and crayons for our coloring book programs), but usually I tell him that "Hey its time to pay such and such" and he gives me half of what we need, and I pull the other half out of my savings.

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  • Kelly
    Expert March 2015
    Kelly ·
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    We are paying 50/50.

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  • Maltese
    Master June 2015
    Maltese ·
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    FH and I (well, mostly him as he makes a lot more money) are paying for half, and then our parents are paying a quarter each. He's done the big things like the venue deposit and photographer, but I will be taking care of the smaller costs such as the hotel room on the wedding night, guest shuttle ($250 at the hotel we chose to block rooms at), BM/GM gifts, photo booth, and any smaller misc items.

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  • KayDwitWill
    Master May 2015
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    We have a joint account so we are just paying. I haven't really broken down who has paid what but thinking about it now off the top of my head so far I've paid more for the small stuff like the videographer, cake, my dress and accessories, flowers and wedding decorations. In the end he would have paid for the DJ, photogrpaher, caterers and wedding rentals. I'm about to be jobless come September so I guess thinking about it he is paying more but over time.

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  • MichiganBride104
    VIP October 2014
    MichiganBride104 ·
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    FH and I share all our money, and we are paying for about 98% of this wedding. His parents paid a few things down for us, but for the most part, we are writing the checks with our money. I'm sure he has paid more, because he makes way more than I do, but like I said, we share our money and pay everything 'together' instead of saying 'shannon, you owe this, so take X amount out of your bank account to pay it.' We just pay our bills/wedding with our combined money.

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  • Leanne
    VIP April 2017
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    We look at money as our money. He earns about 3x as much as I do. BUT I am the one who attends school events, chauffeur the kids around to various activities etc. We don't have a 50/50 split on anything.

    That being said, it works for US but may not work for other couples.

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  • jenna_
    Master March 2015
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    Both of our checks are auto deposited to our joint account. our money is... "ours." we share it. we just deposit a lump sum over into the wedding account every month. so, we are paying equally.

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  • Caylin C.
    Master August 2015
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    We decided how much we were able to contribute monthly and decided on a budget from there.

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  • Suzi
    Master June 2014
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    We already share an account so FH and I aren't splitting costs. My parents are footing some of the bill. My dad got my dress and dj, and my mom is catering.

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  • Tiki Bird
    Expert May 2016
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    We just pool all our money and pay for expenses from the total between us.

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  • ValZtoB
    Master March 2015
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    Our money is combined, but he makes more so I guess he is technically paying more. Second marriage so no parent contribution. (Actually, they didn't the first time either LOL)

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  • Melissa
    Expert September 2014
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    We haven't really had to pay for anything. We wanted to elope and his mom nixed that so she's paying for 80% of it. My mom has paid for the other 20%. We'll pay for the gifts.

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  • Mrs. Noratel
    Super June 2014
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    We paid for all of our wedding ourselves...all except 5k which my mother and step father gave us for the wedding. Each kid in our family gets 5k. How we split things up was I put down money for all the deposits for things and mostly purchased all the things we needed for the wedding...guestbook, card holder, etc. etc. and at the end..both of us are picking up final bills...mostly him though since I paid for all the deposits and everything else we needed for the wedding which was quite a bit.

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  • Sarah
    Super August 2014
    Sarah ·
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    We are paying 50% (all our finances are shared) my parents are paying 30% and his parents are paying 20%

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  • Emily
    Super October 2021
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    We are splitting it proportionally to our salaries (in our case, about 60/40, with me paying the greater percentage).

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  • Genevieve
    Devoted June 2014
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    I have had to spend about 1K on gifts & decor & shoes, he has spent around 500$ on his groomsmen gifts, parents gifts, tux rental, and my parents have picked up the rest which is really wonderful. We are paying for our honeymoon which we are just using my credit card but paying it off with money we have both saved up in the bank, since we are doing a joint account anyways there is no need to track down what he & I both owe.

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