I’m sitting here running sound for a wedding...

How much do you think the average wedding cost was pre-Pinterest vs post-Pinterest?

It’s crazy what people spend on these...

Entirely too much. Pinterest is to white women what meth is to white trash.

Alot. Brother spent 40K my niece.

My 1st wedding was 25K, 2nd was $50 at the JP

Got one daughter wanting to have a wedding December. I'll not dump a large amount on a ceremony. Adequate but not extravagant.

That's just nuts. Princess would have been so much better served with a $20K wedding and $20K towards the down payment on a house or whatever.

I'm trying to remember when weddings went from cake, mixed nuts, and butter mints to 5 course catered dinners that cost $150 per plate.

I'm amazed that some of these kids want to spend it on a wedding instead of using it toward a house, and more amazed that the otherwise intelligent parents will actually assist with it.

A (very well off) friend of a friend told his 30 year old daughter that her wedding budget was $75,000. She and her groom (both employed) added $60,000 of their own cash to finish out the wedding that she wanted.

Unbelievable.

Jesus. $135K on a wedding is just inexplicably dumb.

Hmm lets see. That same $135K just paid cash for the condo I just bought and a $40,000 wedding. But Princess got her dream wedding.

That's an expensive funeral...ba dum tssssss

Good luck with that. Better get ready for changes to plans etc etc which equals more money

We have some friends who spent over $200,000 for their daughter’s wedding. 19 years ago I think ours cost about $30,000. We had about 500 people there.

I saw something the other day that it was around 35k on average. I don't know anyone that has spent that.

Us poor folks don't comprehend one word of this idiocy.

Hell it only cost me a few hundred for mine. Wedding license and ceremony at a chapel in Las Vegas.

It happened a hell of a long time ago. I've seen pictures of weddings from the 60's, 70's, 80's and etc that could have been classified as well beyond extravagant.

Either way, People are crazy to spend that kind of money on a wedding, But I'm not one of those people that get bothered by what people spend their money on.

My oldest daughter's wedding cost me $4000 an hour.

Why did you agree to do that? I'm honestly asking.

My wife was in a wedding about a month ago. Just sitting back and looking at all of the nonsense that went on, id say the girls dad easily spent $50K-$60K. Most likely im not even close.

Mine was a shade under 5k and I thought it was great. I got married in 2009. Will be a cold day if I soent 35k on a wedding unless inflation goes nuts before my oldest makes it to that step in life

Because she's my child and I love her and it's traditional for the brides family to provide the wedding.
Maybe you don't believe in marriage or tradition but I do.
I also love my son in law and the grandkids, from which that union produced.

IMO, it's Ludicrous to spend lavish amounts of money on a wedding. Hey, look at me!!! Same concept as driving 100k cars

A year ago, my wife's parents spent ~12k. However, that included a lot of discounted things, like photography, catering, etc. Her father is a pastor and a lot of the church members donated their talents. It easily could have been a $20k wedding.

Not saying a $100,000 car makes sense but at least you get to enjoy it more than 24hrs.

IMHO only a damn fool would spend crazy number money on a wedding. We went to see Judge Wise at the Geneva courthouse, bought a $12 license and got married. We've been married over 40 years.

My daughter hasn’t married yet, may never I don’t know.
My oldest son and daughter in law, I paid for everything but the dresses, she came from a single parent home and a tight budget. I gave them $5k, I rented the venue and they wanted me to smoke a hog for an informal reception which I did along with the fixings. They had a great time and I thought it was plenty nice. The brides mother did inform me that night that I could have spent a little more on her daughters wedding and it would have been better, the few things she bitched about most were things they had specifically ask for.
I listened politely until she was finish and then calmly explained that I didn’t give a rats ass what she thought and I didn’t make her fat ass come and hoped I never had to try to cook enough to feed her again.

We’re still not friends and that was about 10 years ago

Damn hoggin sounds like my mother in law.

In all honesty it's not the amount but if they can actually afford it. I've shot wedding that ranged from $3500 to around $400,000 by estimates. I've seen recycled dresses too Vera Wang Haute Couture dresses. I can recall only a handful that had a terrible time at their wedding it usually stemmed fronton having the money or having higher than possible expectations.

One thing that usually happens that most never consider, a major appliance or vehicle will usually crap out a week or so before the wedding.

I've had a great time shooting a $3500 wedding that had ballpark theme reception with hotdogs and popcorn to a wedding that was thought to be around $300,000 where the food was impressive and the reception featured a double tent, the size of a football field, that was air conditioned in July. I've seen a 7 course sit-down formal dinner and another that rented the General Jackson in Nashville and had a Chef flown in from San Francisco that was a 13 course dining experience. My favorite were always the ones at Turtle Point that had the shrimp and grits served in the Martini glass.

The average I shot would be around $35,000 I'd guess if you throw out the extreme high end ones.
Leading up to the Big Crash of 08, it did become a race to see how much one could "One Up" previous weddings.

I've been out of the scene for 8 years or so, but I'd guess the average would still be the same. I have talked with a high end florist and ask how crazy it had become, she laughed and said they want Mason Jars as center pieces and those things are awfully hard to make look formal!

At the end of the day, it's about a celebration and having fun, don't lose site of that no matter what is spent!

Ours was 14k, but that included everything from the flights and helicopter ride to and from, wedding ceremony on the beach under an almond tree in st Lucia, to a week all inclusive (all you eat/can drink, alcohol included ) in St lucia in a private bungalow with a butler. I paid for it all and I still have no regrets on the $ or marriage to my bride. Worth every penny. Plan on only doing it once!

My wifes mom offered 20k or furniture for our new house we got married at her mom which is a nice place on a golf course and spent about 500 and got furniture for the house

Friend of mine had a similar type thing. Check for I think it was $40,000 spend however little or much as you want.

I'm honestly not sure what ours cost, but it couldn't have been very much. Her parents weren't going to spend money on it, and we were ok with that. I think we had some snacky foods at the reception, but nothing extravagant. Ironically, her next youngest sister got married and her parents dropped some coin on her...lol.

Amen, Wiley.
We had a nice church wedding 20 years ago. If you count dress, flowers, building rental, rehearsal dinner, everything, it might have been $2,500. And I thought that was expensive as chit.

I got married on my own land..no honeymoon(knowhere off anyways)...her mama made our cake and my wife BUILT HER OWN DRESS.....and it was amazing. It cost me about $300 because i did all the work for my own wedding....and i basically told everbody after it was over...yall can go home or im fixin to put yall to work...i cranked the chainsaw...everbody was gone in bout 10 min. I piddled around the rest of the evenin and i think andmy new wife cooked supper. Weddins is overrated and not worth one iota of what people spend...i mean i went deer huntin the next mornin after mine....poop on makin a big deal out of it.

I will not not pay for my son to marry some female that thinks money matters nor (when I have one) hand my daughter away to a man who thinks that way. If they want it they will buy it. My wif and I had a lot of money wasted on us and we don’t love each any more for that one night. Weddings are complete wastes of money. I’d rather hand my son or daughter 10k for a down payment on land or house than pay for that stupid shucks,

I’d rather hand my son or daughter 10k for a down payment on land or house than pay for that stupid shucks,

This. x 1000.

Regardless of how much money you have, I can't understand blowing a ton on a single day, just so you can show fancy pictures.

I have a friend who runs a gun store, and his wife is an accountant. They are about to drop $15,000 on her daughter's wedding. This chick has never lived in his house, and has been living with the groom for over 3 years.

In this case, they have been saving for over a year to avoid going into debt for the wedding, and need to save for another 6 months to be done.

Nope not even a little bit

Spent 300 dollars and got married by a creek in the smokies. Came home with 3 grand more than we left with from wedding gifts.

I know of one that was to have claimed to be over 100k. Then they divorced less than 5 years later!

(You can also sell the car)

Second half of that sentence explains the first half. Most kids getting married have no concept of the value of a dollar...they just want something, and Daddy is expected to provide it. Period.



LOL...we may be kin, that sounds exactly like something I'd say!

My son is planning his second marriage. He wanted to know how much money we were going to kick in to help pay for it. I told him, I paid for the first one, all others are on him.

Good for you

Should have given Jr. a $20 for a case of Miller Lite

I think ours was about $5,000 or less back in 1989, was wonderful, my wife looked like a queen in her wedding dress and we had a great time. Her folks had, at the time, a timeshare and gave that to us to use for the honeymoon so we went to Bermuda for a week.

I can't imagine spending five- or six-figure sums for a wedding but to each his own. And yes, good for you, TexasNative.


Also, Hoggin is my new hero.

Whose fault is that?

It doesn't matter what Dad says as Mom is going to have the bankroll out. That's what happened to me, spent maybe 30000 when all was said and done.

Oh, and I will say, my wife and I wanted either a destination wedding, or for her dad to cut us a check for $10k and we would go to the court house. Her parents told us no to both and that we were going to get married in her hometown. Soooooo it really wasn't about what my wife wanted lol.