A question for those who got married in the past few years

[Humberto]

How much money did you spend on:

• rings?
• the wedding?
• honeymoon?

 

[Xena1]

Lots :erm:

 

[Sinbad]

R20k, R70k, R0k

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

What is this leading to?

R20k, R70k, R0k

Cheap bastard

 

[3WA]

R6k, R10k, R10k

 

[Compton_effect]

Ok. Its 10 years ago. wtf: almost forgot the anniversary)

When the guest list started hitting uncles with 4 married daughters and their kids, and family from overseas - we did two things to keep costs down without ruffling feathers.
We found a gorgeous (and tiny) chapel on a farm for the wedding - only seated 14. And the reception was at a nearby boutique hotel that had a strict no-children policy. The wedding was small, limited to close family and friends, and the reception was so relaxed and pleasant - it spilled over from lunch at the hotel to pizza at our place that evening.

The wedding ring was made from melted down jewelry gifted to us by her grandmother. Something old turned into something new.

Honeymoon was a relaxing 4 days in the Maluti's.

Probably hit R12K for everything. (in 2003 R)

 

[Sinbad]

What is this leading to?



Cheap bastard

LOL neither of us had leave (We'd already been away for 2 weeks, a month before the wedding)

 

[Purply]

R35k
R40k
R20k

Divorce much more than the above

Freedom.......priceless

 

[Pavan]

25k, 250k (but not paid for by me, family took care of this), 50k

 

[Celine]

How much money did you spend on:

• rings?
• the wedding?
• honeymoon?

nothing. i don't believe in spending my money to make people have a good time at my expense.

i also didn't need a honeymoon to prove i am now married. bugga that i could spend my money on things i need in the home i.e. tumble dryer, washing machine etc. i do not see the point of spending money for such things. :wtf:

 

[Vegeta]

People with more money pay more for weddings, people with less will pay less. But one thing is for certain, a wedding will ALWAYS cost more than you can afford at the time.

Have you ever heard anyone say: "Hey now that was an affordable wedding!"

 

[fastesthamster]

How much money did you spend on:

• rings?
• the wedding?
• honeymoon?

Married in 2010. R15k on the engagement ring. Wedding was covered by my father-in-law thank goodness, I just paid for drinks which was about R6k, my sister works for SAB and organised a keg. Honeymoon was a month in France, so lots.

To Vegeta, my sister had an affordable wedding, this was years ago, but it was at Van Gaalens cheese farm, and it was a ridiculously small budget. Still had a lot of people, and the setting was beautiful.

 

[smallearth]

60k. 50k. 0k.

 

[geezer]

nothing. i don't believe in spending my money to make people have a good time at my expense.

i also didn't need a honeymoon to prove i am now married. bugga that i could spend my money on things i need in the home i.e. tumble dryer, washing machine etc. i do not see the point of spending money for such things. :wtf:

+1 I am totaly against these horrendously expensive weddings. Rather put the money to good use as Celine indicated.

 

[Pavan]

nothing. i don't believe in spending my money to make people have a good time at my expense.

i also didn't need a honeymoon to prove i am now married. bugga that i could spend my money on things i need in the home i.e. tumble dryer, washing machine etc. i do not see the point of spending money for such things. :wtf:

Agree with you here. If I had to pay for my wedding, I would've never had one The money can be put to much better use at that stage of your life. However, it is a union of families and a celebration of love - not to mention a monumental step in both your lives. A honeymoon is not about proving that you're married either - why do you sound so bitter btw? If you can afford a holiday, that's all a honeymoon really is lol. Looking back at it all, the honeymoon was probably the best part of the whole wedding process and probably the best money I've spent in a long time.

Lastly, live within your means and do what makes you happy! If you hate spending money and having fun with your loved ones then do whatever makes you guys happy. In the long run, hopefully you only get married once. And based on that, its a celebration that trumps any birthday, graduation and other major milestones in ones life.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

i don't believe in spending my money to make people have a good time at my expense.

You've never thrown a party?

 

[SauRoNZA]

15k, 25-30k, 20-25k.


Rings included an insurance claim though otherwise would have been less probably.

Can't remember the exact details.

All in cash...I cannot fathom people who make debt to this stuff right when "starting a new life" it's the world beginning to anything that I can possibly imagine.

 

[TehStranger]

How much money did you spend on:

• rings?
• the wedding?
• honeymoon?

• Rings - R200,000
• The wedding - R200,000
• Honeymoon - R100,000

Seems expensive at first, but when you think about it and add together the cost of prostitutes, cleaning services, a chef, a psychologist, a taxi service for when you've had one too many, a nanny and far more besides... It was a relative bargain!

Some and/or all of the above may have been fabricated.

 

[SauRoNZA]

i also didn't need a honeymoon to prove i am now married. bugga that i could spend my money on things i need in the home i.e. tumble dryer, washing machine etc. i do not see the point of spending money for such things. :wtf:

Do you never take holidays? Do you just sit at home with the tumble dryer and washing machine permanently?

What a life.

Honeymoon isn't about proving anything, it's about spoiling yourself after what is normally quite a stressful couple of months leading up to a wedding.

 

[googoodoll]

sheesh was planning on getting away with a 3k ring...