Getting out of a wedding - advice for friend

[MarillionFan]

I think mine cost about £500 but that did cover hiring a venue, catering and a disco. Another £500 for honeymoon!

Fook me I'm getting jipped. £6000 for the honeymoon and the rest of it is over £25k!!!!

[Platypus]

Fook me I'm getting jipped. £6000 for the honeymoon and the rest of it is over £25k!!!!

Wedding Top Trumps. Ok, you win, you're the biggest fool.

[formant]

Fook me I'm getting jipped. £6000 for the honeymoon and the rest of it is over £25k!!!!

While it's hard to get away with just £500 these days, I'm getting married for less than £4500 all in this August (+3k for the honeymoon). I'm pretty happy with that - but then I'm not one for huge parties and the other half and I have very small families, so overall guest numbers are kept fairly low.

[eek]

While it's hard to get away with just £500 these days, I'm getting married for less than £4500 all in this August (+3k for the honeymoon). I'm pretty happy with that - but then I'm not one for huge parties and the other half and I have very small families, so overall guest numbers are kept fairly low.

£25k is top end but then again you are trying to impress (well either you or wifey's dad is). I think we spent £2k+ and that's going back 19 years with the reception in a Church hall (well we did have a barn dance and request sensible footwear for the evening).

[northernladuk]

£25k is top end but then again you are trying to impress (well either you or wifey's dad is). I think we spent £2k+ and that's going back 19 years with the reception in a Church hall (well we did have a barn dance and request sensible footwear for the evening).

Not sure about that. The average wedding cost in the UK is around £20k apparently.

[norrahe]

I think mine cost about £500 but that did cover hiring a venue, catering and a disco. Another £500 for honeymoon!

Not sure how much mine was as my parents paid for it Wedding dress and car were presents from relatives.

I never understood the fuss the first time around ( me Ma kicked up more of a stink about a full catholic shindig in Ireland, and all I wanted was a registry office ceremony with a few friends and family) and certainly won't be doing it a second time.

Could someone please tell me why some people will shell out the cost of a house deposit on what essentially is a big one day party?

[eek]

Not sure about that. The average wedding cost in the UK is around £20k apparently.

I think that would includes honeymoon looking at Average wedding costs 2013 .

Also I wasn't talking about the full cost just the venue and entertainment side of things. I know our Wedding photographer was £500 grumpy and crap. Thankfully digital cameras make that thing so much easier nowadays (I've been to weddings where my photos are better than the professionals and I'm a total amateur).

[northernladuk]

Could someone please tell me why some people will shell out the cost of a house deposit on what essentially is a big one day party?

If you don't get it you never will however much it is explained to you to be honest.

[formant]

Could someone please tell me why some people will shell out the cost of a house deposit on what essentially is a big one day party?

I second that question. I don't get it.

We'd have gone for the registry office, but that only seats 30 people. Most of my guests are coming over from abroad, so I can't then tell them "Oh, but there's no space for you during the ceremony."
Adding a different ceremony location pushed up the price of the whole thing by 1.5k. :-/

[eek]

If you don't get it you never will however much it is explained to you to be honest.

It will be explained very simply to the eek juniors. You can have this large (well we live in the North East) house deposit or a fancy wedding. Take your pick.