It was in 1973

I would say around $3500 dollars it was small about 35 people .

That sounds like a good time Trixxxia, what part of Italy are you from (or is your family from)? I was born in Palermo Sicily, usually go back twice a year to visit family and I LOVE just to sit in the vineyard, talk to everyone, eat and drink and there's NO experience quite like that anywhere else.

no idea, my ex-wife's family paid, but it was at their house for about 60 people and we did all the food ourselves, so I'd guess maybe $1K tops (the wedding dress was $3.50 (plus alterations) at a clearance sale at Filene's Basement in Boston ;-)

Interesting parallels with Filipino culture. We do that dance as well. It's called the money dance. The guests would place money in envelopes and pin it on the bride's dress or groom's clothes. Then the bridge or groom is obligated to the dance with the person pinning the money. Sometimes they would also pin the dollar bills together with the final bill pinned to the bride.

I could see my wedding being close friends, and family barefoot on the beach or in the foothills... nothing big... I'd go nuts :)

Mine was around $12K - but that was 23+ years ago.

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Well I'm not sure if they did the same thing or not back in the day, my Nona's best friend was Polish and she was the one that suggested it when they were planning the reception, we also had special table cloths that were put out that everyone signed (can't remember which culture that's from) but they had to give us a bottle of wine in order to do so. I've still got tons of it that I haven't even touched yet in my fathers wine cellar LOL ...

These are not traditions that you'd see at a "normal" Italian wedding, but anything to do with money and wine, is OK in my family. Not too mention 4 bridal showers and listening to my Nona continuously say (while I was opening gifts), "thadda one is notta so good, we take thadda one back and getta primo" or "huh you owna two restaurants and this is what you give my bella?" LMAO (you don't be cheap at an Italian wedding either, because Nona knows who makes how much money, what gift she gave their kids 20 years ago and there WILL be a comparison in public or not LOL, so you might just be sitting in the hot seat hehe;o)

My last wedding cost me $1200
the first 2 cost me together around $1500
I am a cheap fucker and can't see paying 10's of thousands of dollars for that

Twice? Probably your very own fault.

Mine was about 30k Euro.:2 cents:

I prefer make money out of wedding!!

I prefer make money out of wedding!!!!!!!!!!!

A lot!!!!!! We were living in Spain at the time.....flew in 65 guests and got bungalows
for them to stay for 5 days, etc, etc then the party and entertaining all these
people for 5 days.......but it was worth it every damn euro :thumbsup

My Ex was Polish and they did the evelope things. But most were dirt poor (they didn't make it to the wedding in ATL, we had a separate "reception" in Baltimore for his family) so we didn't make out like bandits but we got a few thousand.

When I called my Dad to tell him I was getting divorced, crying like a baby, needing sympathy, his first remark was "Fathers only pay for one wedding" ;)

I lost a lot of money in some of my weddings. Not any more! Now I prefer make money out of wedding!!!

something everyone should bear in mind before saying vows

I spent a fortune, well over 6 figures. Only had about 100 people invited, cant imagine the cost if we had invited 100's.

95k, a little over 400 guests, ended up about 10k in the hole after the envelopes. the marraige lasted a whopping 9 years.

i was thinking about that not too long ago... that would suck blowing so much $ at once :Oh crap

Wedding? I got married? Boy, I'm glad I missed that.

Can't believe how much some people spend for their weddings. I'm getting married in June, and my fiance's family is taking care of pretty much everything but no way will we even be going over 10k. I think 5k will be pushing it.

$50k in 1996 -- never again.

$8500 for everything for 55 people.... We paid for it oursevles 100% and our Honeymoon.

Had it where we met ( her fathers place in Bucks County PA on a 5 acre estate thats totally landscaped out, now a $1-2m property ) ...

Rented all the tables, charis, silverware, glassware.. Had to set it all up ourselves until 5am the day of our weedding since the delviery trucks came late. Made all the food for 55 people and her dad made the most amazing cake for us.

In the end, it was nice...but, its really just 1 day out of many you'll live through and you dont really get a chance to talk to anyone, you get 10,000 pictures taken so you are blinded from flashes and all your buds are there for the open bar which always results in someone doing some stupid shit somehow somewhere that you have to deal with at that point when its TOTALLY not the time for this shit.

As far as really happening weddings go... $tandaman's was off the chain. He had everything you could imagine to eat and drink and then some more. THAT was a party like no other.

I think you're in the wrong forum... and appropriate forum for the type of wedding you are considering would be: www.gayweddings.net

30K for 30 people at a destination wedding. Most incredible day of my life :)

Yeah you're right--but only from the standpoint that most of the GFY patrons are such monstrous tools that they haven't experienced the pleasure of a nice wedding yet :helpme

Next time I'm doing the drive thru in Vegas and have it officiated by an Elvis impersonator :)

As of now, we are at the planning stage of our marriage. We haven't talked about the bugdet yet. We're willing to spend more if the situation needs because that special day will happen only once.

Sizing up your wedding costs? Who's the lucky guy? heh :1orglaugh

Im a bridal consultant part-time; if anyone is actually getting married drop me a note!