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Weddings for under 4000 bucks? HOW? Don't rings cost 20,000?
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I refuse to believe that you would be shocked by something like that.
(and it's NOT true)
All the rest was true though.
Back on topic... I once sold a diamond solitaire engagement ring to a gay couple. That was weird, I thought one was getting married and the other was coming along to help his mate pick out he ring. Nope... they were a couple.
So there you go... solitaires aren't just for old fashioned girls.
(and it's NOT true)
All the rest was true though.
Back on topic... I once sold a diamond solitaire engagement ring to a gay couple. That was weird, I thought one was getting married and the other was coming along to help his mate pick out he ring. Nope... they were a couple.
So there you go... solitaires aren't just for old fashioned girls.
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The place I held my ceramony was a $350 rental fee which was an old western theatre. The place we had the reception was also $350 and that was a room in a hotel that used to be a bar and dance hall. We didn't pay for caterers, we got alot of our food from pot luck and Costco. I found a 100 serving cake for $75. The photographer was a friend of the family. I did a trade with the DJ in exchange for a website design. All of the decorations I bought at a party place. We didn't rent table clothes or anything, we bought plastic ones to cover the tables. The silverware was plastic. We made the beautiful table decorations. I told the florist that I wanted everything under $600 so she found flowers to fit my budget. I bought Greg's ring on ebay for $20. I bought my ring on ebay for $150. Greg bought my engagement ring on ebay for about $150 too. All of the other little things I bought online for discounted prices or went to craft stores, etc. Most craft stores have a little wedding section. My dress cost $550 on sale. My undergarments cost about another $100. My shoes were $20 at Payless Shoe Source. My jewelery I bought for about $50. My veil I bought for $10 at a craft store.
Really, you just need to be good at finding bargains, and know what your budget is. I could have hired a caterer and spent 4k alone on that. After looking back on it, I don't think I would have changed a thing. It was perfect.
Really, you just need to be good at finding bargains, and know what your budget is. I could have hired a caterer and spent 4k alone on that. After looking back on it, I don't think I would have changed a thing. It was perfect.
Re: Weddings for under 4000 bucks? HOW? Don't rings cost 20,
it all comes down to what you consider important.
IF you think material wealth is important then it will cost you a lot. but if you dont, if you considered other factors more important then it will drop the cost a lot. $54000 seems like a lot of money for a bit of metal and a lump of shaped carbon.
IF you think material wealth is important then it will cost you a lot. but if you dont, if you considered other factors more important then it will drop the cost a lot. $54000 seems like a lot of money for a bit of metal and a lump of shaped carbon.
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[quote="Jezebel";p="493788"]something colored would make me happy.[/quote]
I don't think they like to be called "colored" any more, Freudette.
[quote="Smaointe";p="493840"][quote="Deacon";p="493597"][quote="Smaointe";p="493550"]As far as size[/quote]
OH GOD! *bursts into tears*[/quote]
Yeah, whatever. I have never professed to be perfect. My grammar often sucks, but frankly, I really don't give a toss. ...
Now that all of my horrible secrets are out, now that the mystery is gone, we can move on.[/quote]
Whoa. Wow... I was making a joke along the lines of "size doesn't matter" and "it's the motion of the ocean" and "my dick is bigger than my arm" kinda thing. Such as when Lois Griffin said, rolling her eyes, "Oh, Peter, I care about the size of your penis like you care about the size of my breasts." To which he responds, "OH GOD!" and runs crying out of the room. I was making no inference about grammar, and, as far as I can tell, nothing at all was wrong with your sentence...
I don't think they like to be called "colored" any more, Freudette.
[quote="Smaointe";p="493840"][quote="Deacon";p="493597"][quote="Smaointe";p="493550"]As far as size[/quote]
OH GOD! *bursts into tears*[/quote]
Yeah, whatever. I have never professed to be perfect. My grammar often sucks, but frankly, I really don't give a toss. ...
Now that all of my horrible secrets are out, now that the mystery is gone, we can move on.[/quote]
Whoa. Wow... I was making a joke along the lines of "size doesn't matter" and "it's the motion of the ocean" and "my dick is bigger than my arm" kinda thing. Such as when Lois Griffin said, rolling her eyes, "Oh, Peter, I care about the size of your penis like you care about the size of my breasts." To which he responds, "OH GOD!" and runs crying out of the room. I was making no inference about grammar, and, as far as I can tell, nothing at all was wrong with your sentence...
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Re: Weddings for under 4000 bucks? HOW? Don't rings cost 20,
hmm I think my wedding cost less than $1300. Well, that didn't count the engagement ring, but we were engaged 1.5 years before we were married. . .and I lost the ring 4 months before we were married, so I don't count that (tho I bet it was uner $150) (that is another issue. . .why would you spend $20K on something that has a good possibility of getting lost? Of COURSE it will get lost. . .it's so huge it's not practical to wear it all the time, so it WILL be taken off.)
wedding and took place at my local church. I scheduled the time with the building facilities coordinator and it was free. My husband's bishop married us, and that was free, too, although we bought him a $30 gift as a 'thank you'. I had one maid of honor, and I didn't have to buy her a dress. (don't have to match things if you only have one). There was only one best man, and he already owned a suit. Rental of the Tux: $40. My mother in law made my dress, and I paid her $100 for the materials. I think the honeymoon cost maybe $300 tops? The flowers were $80 - my boquet, hubby's boutonniere, and maybe 4-5 others for best man, etc.
Instead of having a wedding breakfast and a reception, I had a wedding dinner, and an open house. the open house was probably <$80 for the little treats, and I had it at my parent's home. The dinner cost several hundred dollars, but it was at the church and the facilities were free. Decorations were made with pumpkins, fresh fruit, cranberries, pinecones, etc. I can't describe it, but it was great. I got the lasagne from a local italian store, and my sister made the salad, and my mother did the drinks. We rented the tableware. The entertainment was my wonderful great-uncle, and two incredible dancers from the ballroom dance team I was on at the time. My uncle did the photography, since that's what he does, and he did it as a present to me. I paid for the developing, but he did all of the shooting and paid for the film.
Our wedding rings were silver, actually, and we had them made special for us, I had a design I really wanted. They were bands, and almost identical, of ivy wrapped around, continuously. there is no beginning or end to it. The mold cost $40, and the rings were $40 each. One year later, on our anniversary, we took our relationship to the next level, and had the same shop make us 14k white gold bands with the same mold. I think that was about $300 for the two of them. (keep in mind I have to wear latex/nitrile gloves at work, so rocks are very impractical for me. In addition, I have the bad habit of scratching people with a rock. Finally. I had a constant scar/irritation on the finger on which I had the 'rock' because I would jam it on things like doorjambs and the prongs would stab my poor finger.)
Hmm. . I think that's everythign. My parents told me they would give me $2500, and if I spent less, then I could have the extra. If I spent more, I would cover it. I ended up spending much less, and it allowed me to pay off all my husband's debts, and we started our new life with no debt whatsoever. I am proud of the fact that we have both been in school for some time afterwards, and we still have no debts
There is one thing, though, that I must bring up: my wedding took a lot of time and energy and volunteer work from many many friends and family in order for us to keep this budget. They understood that they were involved as our friends and family, not as leeches that we were supposed to entertain and feed with caviar or something. All in all, it was wonderful!
Well, I think that covered everything. It really has to to with the type of woman. Seriously, if your woman expacts at least a $20k ring, they either are 1) insane, or 2) wayy too high maintenance, or 3) they may perceive that you can afford it, and have decided that that's a reasonable amount. If it's the former. . .date different girls. If it's the latter, perhaps you should date different girls, and go to lengths to 'hide' your true income. You do NOT want to date someone that thinks 'oh, he'll be a doctor, I want to marry him because I will be well taken care of, he'll have money.' I can tell you from experience. . .it's not how much you make, it's how much you spend in proportion to that. Someone interested in money. . .will spend it ALL.
wedding and took place at my local church. I scheduled the time with the building facilities coordinator and it was free. My husband's bishop married us, and that was free, too, although we bought him a $30 gift as a 'thank you'. I had one maid of honor, and I didn't have to buy her a dress. (don't have to match things if you only have one). There was only one best man, and he already owned a suit. Rental of the Tux: $40. My mother in law made my dress, and I paid her $100 for the materials. I think the honeymoon cost maybe $300 tops? The flowers were $80 - my boquet, hubby's boutonniere, and maybe 4-5 others for best man, etc.
Instead of having a wedding breakfast and a reception, I had a wedding dinner, and an open house. the open house was probably <$80 for the little treats, and I had it at my parent's home. The dinner cost several hundred dollars, but it was at the church and the facilities were free. Decorations were made with pumpkins, fresh fruit, cranberries, pinecones, etc. I can't describe it, but it was great. I got the lasagne from a local italian store, and my sister made the salad, and my mother did the drinks. We rented the tableware. The entertainment was my wonderful great-uncle, and two incredible dancers from the ballroom dance team I was on at the time. My uncle did the photography, since that's what he does, and he did it as a present to me. I paid for the developing, but he did all of the shooting and paid for the film.
Our wedding rings were silver, actually, and we had them made special for us, I had a design I really wanted. They were bands, and almost identical, of ivy wrapped around, continuously. there is no beginning or end to it. The mold cost $40, and the rings were $40 each. One year later, on our anniversary, we took our relationship to the next level, and had the same shop make us 14k white gold bands with the same mold. I think that was about $300 for the two of them. (keep in mind I have to wear latex/nitrile gloves at work, so rocks are very impractical for me. In addition, I have the bad habit of scratching people with a rock. Finally. I had a constant scar/irritation on the finger on which I had the 'rock' because I would jam it on things like doorjambs and the prongs would stab my poor finger.)
Hmm. . I think that's everythign. My parents told me they would give me $2500, and if I spent less, then I could have the extra. If I spent more, I would cover it. I ended up spending much less, and it allowed me to pay off all my husband's debts, and we started our new life with no debt whatsoever. I am proud of the fact that we have both been in school for some time afterwards, and we still have no debts
There is one thing, though, that I must bring up: my wedding took a lot of time and energy and volunteer work from many many friends and family in order for us to keep this budget. They understood that they were involved as our friends and family, not as leeches that we were supposed to entertain and feed with caviar or something. All in all, it was wonderful!
Well, I think that covered everything. It really has to to with the type of woman. Seriously, if your woman expacts at least a $20k ring, they either are 1) insane, or 2) wayy too high maintenance, or 3) they may perceive that you can afford it, and have decided that that's a reasonable amount. If it's the former. . .date different girls. If it's the latter, perhaps you should date different girls, and go to lengths to 'hide' your true income. You do NOT want to date someone that thinks 'oh, he'll be a doctor, I want to marry him because I will be well taken care of, he'll have money.' I can tell you from experience. . .it's not how much you make, it's how much you spend in proportion to that. Someone interested in money. . .will spend it ALL.
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