Weddings Are Not Expensive

[higginst]

Tough (and common sense talk) about weddings from an outside-of-mustachianism source:

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/weddings-are-not-expensive-whims-are-1567218860/+AlbertBurneko

[Amanda]

+1

[pachnik]

"Life in a merciless, pitiless capitalist dystopia is already hard, and frequently miserable; to adopt language implying that the outrageous optional luxuries of the rich are, in fact, requirements of that life is to adopt the value system of those trying to convince us to purchase those luxuries. It is to accept the consumerist notion that your life is incomplete unless you have all the same fancy bullshit as Bruce Wayne. It is to be a sucker."

That's a very good article.  Concise and to the point about consumerism also.

[lifejoy]

Perfect timing! I'm sending this to my mother haha

[wealthywinters]

My husband and I had our wedding at the (lovely and fancy) registry office in our capital city for $250, a work colleague (who I'd not met previously) volunteered his photography service for free, I got a lovely dress which I late wore for work for $110, and my mother paid for the reception at a lovely hotel across the road (we had planned to have lunch a local vegetarian hotspot).

The most important thing was that we were married, and we had close friends and family there to share the day. We got that, and photos for the memories, for $360 (and could probably have spent less if I wore something I already owned).