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I'm glad it's not just me who thinks expensive weddings are ridiculous.

I don't even like them. More money you spend, more organising there is to do, more stress.

2k seems a great price!
My friends are getting married soon and think they are looking at 15+.

They aren't poor but aren't rich. Think of the holiday you could have for 15k.
Or a deposit on a rental property.


As for the actual question.. Sorry, can't help! :D
 
413x said:
I'm glad it's not just me who thinks expensive weddings are ridiculous.

I don't even like them. More money you spend, more organising there is to do, more stress.

2k seems a great price!
My friends are getting married soon and think they are looking at 15+.

They aren't poor but aren't rich. Think of the holiday you could have for 15k.
Or a deposit on a rental property.


As for the actual question.. Sorry, can't help! :D
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I wouldn’t say that expensive weddings are ridiculous, it depends on the individuals involved, if you and your intended don’t have the proverbial pot to **** in, then spending, or borrowing bundles is a bit dumb IMO.
At my first wedding, June 24th 1961, (a day that will live in infamy), my prospective father-in-law was a park keeper, so had zilch, my parents were divorced, and my dad was swanning around in California with his latest young squeeze, and all his dough was committed to his hedonistic lifestyle, so it was all down to me.
I was pulling down some long green when I was 21, so my bride and her mother just pointed, and I pulled up the scratch.
Cars, flowers, reception, honeymoon, more booze and food than you could shake a stick it, just bring it on, and give the bill to Jean-François, it was ever thus, c’est la vie!
At my second, and emphatically LAST wedding, in 1994, we were married in Hernando County Courthouse, Brooksville, FL.
We were staying in a rented pool home in Spring Hill FL, my best American friend flew down from NYC with her husband, she was scheduled to be my best man, but as the wedding was conducted by the Chief Clerk of Hernando County, she had to settle for being a witness.
That evening I sprang for dinner at an upmarket restaurant, so the wedding, marriage licence, ceremony, dinner for four, probably came in at circa $1000, plus £800 for her wedding ring in Hatton Garden.
I didn’t count the flights, house rental, car rental etc., we were there on holiday after all.
 
If you are saving with a view to withdraw at a particular date within the next 2/3 years putting money into stocks is a very bad idea, the day before you are due to withdraw the market could crash and you would be stuck with having to withdraw at a big loss. Saving for long term like pension, stocks are the way to go as over long time frames they will always beat savings accounts. Just find a regular savers account with >0% interest and use some self control.
 
Keltyx said:
If you are saving with a view to withdraw at a particular date within the next 2/3 years putting money into stocks is a very bad idea, the day before you are due to withdraw the market could crash and you would be stuck with having to withdraw at a big loss. Saving for long term like pension, stocks are the way to go as over long time frames they will always beat savings accounts. Just find a regular savers account with >0% interest and use some self control.
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Putting money into a 0.1% savings account is also a terribly bad idea when inflation is going to hit 15% if it hasn't already.
 
I have opened my savings with my bank and all is set. Now to save and start planning/getting ideas. Well the planning is done by most of my fiancée friends and family as they love this planning malarkey. At least i get a little say hopefully.
 
End of the day it's all luck though, if your number(s) come up, they come up if you have 100 or 10s of thousands
 
Blackjack Davy said:
... asking here for financial advice is like asking for medical advice i.e. don't.
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Why do you think that? Nothing wrong with asking for certain types of financial advice. It's not like he's asking for stock suggestions where he can drop 20k to try and make a quick buck.
 
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