Wonder how many cyclists already figured this out?

[Bluetree]

I am amazed at my friends who have no plans to keep their expensive cars and continually trade in to be upside down. One of my friends pays $700 on ONE CAR!!

I wonder about priorities, too. My cousin (who is dead broke) is getting married soon and she was given a choice by her father: the $100k wedding she asked for... or the down payment on a house. She chose the wedding.

Then again, my family thinks my priorities are out of whack for riding my bike at 5am in 30° temps.

[mimitabby]

I wonder about priorities, too. My cousin (who is dead broke) is getting married soon and she was given a choice by her father: the $100k wedding she asked for... or the down payment on a house. She chose the wedding.

Then again, my family thinks my priorities are out of whack for riding my bike at 5am in 30° temps.

Did you really mean a wedding that costs 100,000 dollars???

[Bluetree]

Did you really mean a wedding that costs 100,000 dollars???

Yup. Not too unusual around here, young people can be quite spoilt. My brother's wedding cost $150k (dress alone was $20k), but at least her physician-parents could easily afford it. My uncle, on the other hand, can not, which makes me less inclined to want to go to my cousin's wedding.

Everyone thought my bro's wedding was beautiful. Personally, other than the ceremony, I thought it was ostentatious, wasteful and a bit crass. I mean, what's the point in carpeting an entire ballroom in fresh rose petals? They stuck onto your high heels fer crissakes. People... get a grip!

[Blueberry]

I can't imagine having that big a wedding! DH and I had a 20 person very informal wedding to make my parents happy (not that they paid for it, but they wanted the wedding). Didn't go into too much debt, but went through the "wedding day" stuff for the wrong reasons. Given our choice, we would have eloped.

[Thistle]

I can't imagine having that big a wedding! DH and I had a 20 person very informal wedding to make my parents happy (not that they paid for it, but they wanted the wedding). Didn't go into too much debt, but went through the "wedding day" stuff for the wrong reasons. Given our choice, we would have eloped.

I hear you CA. We wanted to elope and got talked out of it. If we had our time again, it would be elope elope elope. Our wedding cost less than $1k all up including my wedding dress ($250). We got married at lunchtime on a wednesday cos we thought it would be just us That way we got the flowers in the church for free from the previous saturday's weddings, and virtually no charge on the church. Admittedly, Wed lunchtime is not a "normal" wedding, but I really cant understand huge weddings

My jaw just dropped when i read $100K... then someone said $150K... are they completely nuts?????? I dont mean to offend anyone, but that's a lot of money!

[mimitabby]

Yup. Not too unusual around here, young people can be quite spoilt. My brother's wedding cost $150k (dress alone was $20k), but at least her physician-parents could easily afford it. My uncle, on the other hand, can not, which makes me less inclined to want to go to my cousin's wedding.

Everyone thought my bro's wedding was beautiful. Personally, other than the ceremony, I thought it was ostentatious, wasteful and a bit crass. I mean, what's the point in carpeting an entire ballroom in fresh rose petals? They stuck onto your high heels fer crissakes. People... get a grip!

Oh, Blue, that much $$ for a few hour of one day?? sounds like people
do need to get a grip. think of all the bikes... You could buy bikes for hundreds of kids with that money. and helmets too!
or... nice bikes for all the bridesmaids and groomsmen! and they'd still have money left over for a decent wedding, with food and favors and flowers

[Aggie_Ama]

I wonder about priorities, too. My cousin (who is dead broke) is getting married soon and she was given a choice by her father: the $100k wedding she asked for... or the down payment on a house. She chose the wedding.

Then again, my family thinks my priorities are out of whack for riding my bike at 5am in 30° temps.

My friend was given the same choice. A $20k wedding or $20k. She took the wedding. That $20k is nearly the traditional 20% down payment on nice starter homes in Texas. And she and her husband are starting with her med school student loans.

My wedding was extravagant for my family at about $5,000. If my parents had offered me that in cash I would have taken it. My wedding was gorgeous, but one day wasn't worth that much. I don't have the fairy tale love affair with my wedding. With $5k to start us off, my DH and I would have had it a lot easier.

[mimitabby]

My friend was given the same choice. A $20k wedding or $20k. She took the wedding. That $20k is nearly the traditional 20% down payment on nice starter homes in Texas. And she and her husband are starting with her med school student loans.

My wedding was extravagant for my family at about $5,000. If my parents had offered me that in cash I would have taken it. My wedding was gorgeous, but one day wasn't worth that much. I don't have the fairy tale love affair with my wedding. With $5k to start us off, my DH and I would have had it a lot easier.

I am glad I don't have daughters. It's sad when even I don't think a 5k wedding isn't extravagant... but I bet it could be done nicely for under 1K!