On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:16:34 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:28:14 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:
>
>
>>Let's see here. We got married on December 26, 1960. I spent $45.00 (a
>>months rent on my apartment) for flowers for the church, gave the
>>retired priest who conducted the ceremony $20.00 (my FIL sent me $15.00
>>of it back as it was a "retired" priest), wife spent whatever her dress
>>and my Robert Brooks suit cost her (didn't want me to get married in my
>>old Navy uniform), suit I know was $15.00 at the discount store, she
>>made the dress, plus the $10.00 for the marriage license, MIL made the
>>refreshments for the wedding party at her house, probably another
>>$10.00. Probably roughly $100.00 total. I was making $1.05 an hour plus
>>a 1% commission at a Sears store so we didn't have a lot of money. We
>>were very happy being married with family and friends around us though.
>>
>>Someone else will have to do the math to amortize cost of wedding versus
>>47 years of wedded bliss. <VBG>
>>
>>George
>
>sounds like you got the deal of the century, george.

And they lived within their means. Actually the deal was hooking up
with the right person.

Lou