After going to multiple weddings of friends where they all tried to out do each other (600 people or more, minimum spent was $40,000) we saw that the couple being married had no time to enjoy themselves, in many cases, they didn't even get to eat the meal that cost several hundred dollars a head. They were just shuffled from place to place, and when they weren't taking pictures with each table of guests, they were trying to get to talk to each person who came in between the dances, speeches, pictures, ceremony etc. They almost all got to the end of the night and just went to bed, exhausted.
My girlfriend at the time said "fuck that" and asked me what I thought about going on a vacation and getting married on the beach. Done. It was something like $500 for the ceremony and they took pictures and gave them to us. Then we went to a restaurant. We posted the pictures, and everyone saw thay nobody was invited, so we didn't get many people asking why they weren't invited. We didn't wake up early and have to spend hours getting ready. We slept in and had a nice relaxing day. We got to enjoy our time with each other and had zero stress, hell the appointment to get our wedding permit was that morning, like 2 hours before and we were not worried at all.
That's the best way.
I'll say. We are encouraging our kids to do the same. Everyone that did the big wedding says they wished they could have done what we did.
This is the happiest day of my life!
So you mean every day from here on is never going to be this good? Start off humble and modest, and your life will generally be better every day.
Save your money for something that will get you further in life, not something that the jews tell you to do to get your money.
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