Wedding Planning

illinoisgolf99

As many of you know, I was laid off last week. My fiance and I are working on planning our wedding, which has become a bit more difficult now with the money situation. Are any of my fellow B/SOTL in the wedding planning mode right now? I'd love any wisdom/advice that anyone has to help make the wedding planning less stressful and a bit easier. Thanks to you all, cheers!

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jasonusa1

Yeah. Don't do it.

beatnic

Give her old man a box of cigars and ask nicely!

Lee.mcglynn

No advise but wish you luck budget or not it's a pain in the a$$!!!!!

phobicsquirrel

well it's more or less her day so you need to talk to her. My wedding was really cheap. We both didn't want to spend a lot of money on it, however we probably should have spent a bit more than we did, it was really thrown together. However we spent a lot on the honey moon. Wedding stuff and weddings in general are way overpriced, I mean anything with "wedding" in it is like double the price. Maybe have it in your yard or a friends yard. Maybe do a bbq or something. We even had our "pictures" taken over at a lighthouse near our house that has an incredible view. It was free and had great scenery. Though my parents had a really nice camera which helped. There are ways to do it cheaply, u just have to think outside the halmark box.

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beatnic

Thirty something years ago I was married. We had a backyard reception. My brothers-in-law were the cooks, bartenders, gofers, and what ever else was needed (6 of them, LOL). Still married. I suggest you invite you family and friends over for a pre wedding rehearsal, and walk in already married. But, if your fiancé has her mind set on anything, you gotta go with it, or there will be HELL to pay. LOL. Good luck.

jthanatos

Definitly DIY as much as you can, everything is stupidly expensive when done by a "wedding person"(planner, chef, such). If you have time, invitations especially are so much cheaper when done by you. Maybe even get some friends to help, and make a herf out of it. I know one friend that saved a ton on photos by have a pro do the wedding party photos only, then left a punch bowl full of cheap disposable cameras out at the reception. Got tons of pics a pro would have missed, and everyone had a blast doing it.

jgibv

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Bigshizza

First off, sorry Jarett but it is temporary even tough the timing sucks. I just got married for the 2nd time in April. At first, we wanted a reception with all the family etc.. The more we thought about it...it became clear we were spending money for other people to have a good time. Plus, who wants to deal with 90+ year olds in 90 degree weather. So, I lost my $500.00 deposit. We decided on the big island of Hawaii. Just the two of us, flew first class, a minister, 2 photographers at a beautiful beach. My wife made her bouquet and it was great! Well except that I laid out the same day at the pool and got damn near a 3rd degree sunburn. Her mom thought I looked like a native Samoan. Just make it fun for yourselves, not anyone else. Meet your expectations, not everyone else's. She's available to answer your questions, especially about sun block!! P.s. I got to meet Mick Fleetwood at our dinner...that was the icing on the perverbial cake.