Quote Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama View Post
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!