Who Pays?

[mommie_to_be08]

• The bride’s family pays for:
  - Reception costs, including food, music, decorations, rental fees and entertainment
  - Ceremony Costs including rental fees, decorations
  - Flowers for Ceremony and Reception
  - The bride’s wedding dress and accessories
  - Invitations, announcements, programs, and mailing costs
  - Favors
  - Photography
  - Transportation
  - Their own attire and travel expenses 
  - The groom’s wedding ring
  - A wedding gift for the groom
  - Her hair, makeup, beauty treatments
  - Gifts for her attendants
  - Sometimes accommodation for any out-of-town bridesmaids
  
• The groom’s family pays for:
  - The rehearsal dinner, including food, invitations, decorations and entertainment
  - Their own attire and travel expenses
  - A wedding present 
  - The marriage license
  - The bride’s engagement ring and wedding ring
  - The honeymoon
  - A wedding gift for the bride
  - The bride’s bouquet
  - Gifts for his attendants
  - Corsages for the mothers and grandmothers
  - Boutonnières for men in the wedding party
  - Sometimes accommodation for any out-of-town groomsmen
  - Fee for the officiant

When the bride and groom are older, or whose parents don’t have resources
The bride and groom pay for all wedding costs themselves

[holyhanna]

my hubby and I have to pay for our own wedding :(

[mommie_to_be08]

Aw, I am sry..I am sure you will still have a wonderful wedding :)

[holyhanna]

darn straight im paying for it LMAO!

[mommie_to_be08]

lol....thats funny, Hopefully your husband pitches in a lil since your paying for it ;) haha

[mumfashionista]

Ok this is just silly in my opinion, if my fiances parents had to BUY my engagement ring for him I would have said no. *shakes head*

I've paid my own education, my own car, my own house and I'll be paying for my own wedding. I don't see why at any age people think its their parents responsibility to pay for them to go through life. It's great if they can help or want to but if you're old enough to be getting married you're old enough to take on the responsibilities of funding the wedding yourself. Just my opinion as I'm used to paying my own way in life.

[mommie_to_be08]

Its okay :) we paid for most of ours to, my parents did help out but we used saved income tax.. I posted this for ppl who were wondering lol

[mumfashionista]

I honestly think most people or if you want to call them children pay for their own way in this day and age. This "guideline" just made me "laugh out loud" literally at how silly it was. How is it the parents responsibility to pay for a honeymoon? Just silly in my mind! It's nice if parents or grandparents can help out but it should never be expected! Especially for things as important and intimate as the engagement ring, wedding rings and honeymoon!

Quoting mommie_to_be08:

Its okay :) we paid for most of ours to, my parents did help out but we used saved income tax.. I posted this for ppl who were wondering lol

[mommie_to_be08]

Yea some is but its the normal wedding payment thing so I put it on :)

[holyhanna]

its also one of those "traditions" as well or just very sterotypical... wish it stayed lol, I know i would definitly at least help out my daughter on her wedding day, they are getting way to expensive

Quoting mommie_to_be08:

Yea some is but its the normal wedding payment thing so I put it on :)

[mommie_to_be08]

Very true the average wedding is like 26,000.00 mine all together, I think was like 6,000 lol I ain't average ..