[hd2000fxdl]

Originally Posted by John 070

Nah this view doesn't make any sense. Have you been married before?

When you're 24, play for the Chicago Blackhawks, and are dating a supermodel, sure, life is good, why get married? One day, you turn 30, and suddenly, that 22 y.o. model thinks you're old. So if you want to keep her, you have to marry her.

It's a Joke John, but like I saud above, if you really did put it all down on paper and applied it to something else, how would it really reaad and if a Lawyer supported it, well I wouldn't want to keep that lawyer on retainer.. LOL

Harry

[davis449]

Originally Posted by hd2000fxdl

Yup, one of the oldes in the jokes about marrage, but if you really look at it in how it reads, it's very true, but hey, if you have the right one, it doesn't really matter.

Harry

And everybody laughs until the day that contract screws them...I have witnessed WAY too much of that to roll the dice.

[zx10guy]

I paid for the majority of the expenses with my now wife chipping in on things where she could. We went over the budget we had set and I can say I'm just making a guess on how much was spent. I'm actually kind of scared to know the actual number. I'm pretty sure my wife has all the numbers in her spreadsheet. But I can say we're not in debt and all of it was paid off when the bills were due.

I did subscribe to the notion of keep it simple and cheap....it's all about us not everyone else, etc, etc. Well, a lot of that went out the window when this was a big deal for both families; with my wife's family flying in from overseas to attend. Also my wife and I went through something many people don't have to deal with before they got married. I had a major health situation where it was touch and go on whether I would even be alive to be at my wedding. When you're faced with death like I have, it really changes your perspective on things.

In hindsight there were some things I would probably not spent money on or diverted the funds for to something else, but I don't regret the overall amount we spent.

[persian54]

Originally Posted by FwdFtl

^^Haven't heard from you in a while...you got rid of the M3?!

yoooo

yeah, I have an E350 BluTech and a SL550 now. I've switched sides lol

[Nkc]

Originally Posted by persian54

yoooo

yeah, I have an E350 BluTech and a SL550 now. I've switched sides lol

Let me guess, you just turned 60? lol

[Uber V8]

Originally Posted by persian54

yoooo

yeah, I have an E350 BluTech and a SL550 now. I've switched sides lol

Two torque monsters! haha

Nice!

[persian54]

Originally Posted by Nkc

Let me guess, you just turned 60? lol

I feel it lol
Guess I'm having a quarter-life crisis hah

E350 lease is up soon and I'm wondering what to get next… Considered the M3 but not sure yet.

Originally Posted by FwdFtl

Two torque monsters! haha

Nice!

Yeah crazy among of torque. I tuned the E350 and it's pushing ~400wtq

[Taskmaster]

55K+ for a wedding?! F that noise.

[rjpeaks]

^^hahahaha in a sensible thought - you are so dead on correct. makes no sense.

until you are in the moment - and money is flying left and right.

[Uber V8]

Originally Posted by TheAxiom

55K+ for a wedding?! F that noise.

+1

My fiancee and I will be spending around $10k cash. No loans from anyone.

We plan to invest more into our marriage than our wedding because typically the marriage is supposed to last longer.

[Taskmaster]

My best friend told me that his mother warned him of that.

"Be careful of these women - they think all about the wedding, but it's really about the marriage"

[hd2000fxdl]

Originally Posted by davis449

And everybody laughs until the day that contract screws them...I have witnessed WAY too much of that to roll the dice.

Yup, I told the wife I can't afford a divorce, we would move to seperate ends of the house or I'll have a really green patch of lawn in the backyard, she just laughs everytime I say it.

Also I have had my fare share of friends that nerver knew the woman they married, actually none of us do, until we meet them in divorce court when you really get right down to it.

Harry

[cialz]

just had one


45k
memorial day weekend
220 people
i'm a grown man so I paid for all of it.
i'm also Chinese but she isn't so we didn't get my money back which im okay with since that wasn't the point of having a wedding.

i'm never doing it again

[MrPrena]

Originally Posted by cialz

just had one


45k
memorial day weekend
220 people
i'm a grown man so I paid for all of it.
i'm also Chinese but she isn't so we didn't get my money back which im okay with since that wasn't the point of having a wedding.

i'm never doing it again

Me neither. It was very stressful for me to satisfy my in-laws. Heck , I even had a wedding planner for < $14k wedding.

[dmk08]

Including rings I spent about 40k including 90 guests. Engagement ring was pretty close to half the bill lol.

[dtwyim]

Originally Posted by davis449

This thread, and others of the like I have read over the years, is one of the MANY reasons why I am NOT getting married.

If you think wedding is expensive, you do not want to hear about divorce.

Originally Posted by benbo5

What a waste of money, just like someone said, it's all a two day show then everyone goes home forgets about the whole thing and all that money gone. For What? To impress some folks and say look at me " its my day", blah blah blah. Stupid

Just wait until the right girl come your way, you'll pay...

[cialz]

Originally Posted by dtwyim

If you think wedding is expensive, you do not want to hear about divorce.

Just wait until the right girl come your way, you'll pay...

For those that say they will never pay. My wife is worth it. My cost didn't even include the ring lol

[cialz]

Also I'm not trying to show off how much I spent. It is definitely money that could have gone elsewhere.

I do know plenty of people who love to show how much they spent because apparently it makes them look cool.


End of the day my best present was to enjoy a day with people I wanted to spend time with.

[bumere90]

fml
I am never getting married

[davis449]

If you think wedding is expensive, you do not want to hear about divorce.

Already "heard" about divorce. Too many times...lesson learned by the example of others. No need for further convincing.

For those that say they will never pay. My wife is worth it. My cost didn't even include the ring lol

For those that say "Meet the right girl, you'll pay" or what you just said above, you must understand there is a different type of person out there (like me) who really won't...seriously.

[Lups]

I have had the grand wedding plan on a table once, and I can only speak for myself when I say, that if I were to do wedding again, I would do bigger than we did (4people, paper work only), but not the way you guys have done. I would not enjoy the whole circus, but I think a ceremony on a beach could be doable stretch for me. Oh well, never gona happen.

[Billup]

Originally Posted by davis449

Already "heard" about divorce. Too many times...less learned by the example of others. No need for further convincing.

For those that say "Meet the right girl, you'll pay" or what you just said above, you must understand there is a different type of person out there (like me) who really won't...seriously.

Amen. I'm not sure if my SO thinks I'm joking, but we just attended her brothers wedding on Friday. Everyone then asks us when we were getting married, she says not for a long time, and I usually say never.

I'm beginning to think that she feels I'm joking. Sucks for her. It's not that I don't love her, its just that I don't love signing documents with fine print.