In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:05:02 -0400, Goomba >

> >No, what I find "stingy" is the attitude that weddings are doomed from
> >the start so why waste money on such a "non-event" and that anyone that
> >does is silly and frivolous??
>
> Spending 28 grand on a party that so many need to take loans out for
> is both silly and frivolous. And a young person who "expects" parents
> to pay for it is a greedy idiot.

> If they want that kind of event they can pay for it themselves.

Sadly enough, I think it is sometimes the parents who want it. That's
how it worked for us. My parents weren't willing to spend money,
because they just didn't have it. The groom's parents are supposed to
pay for the rehearsal dinner. My mother made potato salad and bought
cold cuts. My wife wanted the wedding and reception at the church she
had grown up in. Her mother wanted something fancy. They had many
battles over this, and my wife finally agreed to have the reception at a
restaurant. It was OK, but it wasn't what we wanted.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA