Who pays for the wedding the groom or the bride?

Traditionally, in American culture at least, the bride's parents pay for everything. But things have moved away from that. My family definitely does not have the means to pay for ours. We have saved up our own funds to pay for it. Both of our parents have given us a little bit to work with, but the majority of it has fallen on us. I personally prefer it this way because we have been able to plan everything according to how we want it and not really have to deal with input from our families.

It's nobody's responsibility to pay for the wedding other than the two people getting married. How they choose to budget and break down the cost at that point is up to them.