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Post by nam2013 on Feb 19, 2021 9:45:32 GMT -6
I finished my masters two months before our wedding, we wanted to honeymoon on the west coast of the us and spend more on that then on the wedding. Also alcohol prices are a lot (and I mean a lot!) cheaper over here. Also a lot of diy, favours and friends helped out  . You guys do not want to find out what we paid for our wedding 😂. I’m sure it was really reasonable. You said you had like 40 guests? We had ~200. We did a lot of DIY things and didn’t really take a honeymoon. We drove up to Minneapolis for a few days. Stayed in a hotel (that DH booked, and didn’t have a hot tub) and shopped at mall of America. Very unromantic. I meant I wasn’t a lot  . But we had a great day! We skipped on things like flowers, I collected tiny vases from everywhere and got flowers at the market the day before, my mil made the table runners, we decorated the place ourselves, made our own favours. I had a blast and would do it all again in a heartbeat. We had 50 ‘day guests’ but a 110 guests at the wedding. Eta I guess as long as you make amazing memories it all just doesn’t matter! |
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Post by peachsmama on Feb 19, 2021 10:34:52 GMT -6
peachsmama how many of your ribbons were broken 😉? Pretty sure all of them lol |
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Post by inthekitty on Feb 19, 2021 10:35:31 GMT -6
My wedding cost just under $1k. The dress, tux rentals, food, photos everything.
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Post by peachsmama on Feb 19, 2021 10:40:05 GMT -6
Mine was close to 10k. But that was 5 on the out of town wedding. And 5 on the family reception after. I wish we had skipped that. My parents got so trashed they were driven home in the beds of pick up trucks and carried into their house. I had my moms cash for tips and gave each bar tender 200 because I was soooooo mad. They should of had a lot left over, there was 0 🤷♀️
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Post by guster on Feb 19, 2021 18:32:06 GMT -6
The only cringy gift we opened was from 2 of DH’s best friends (joint gift) that was full of sex toy/candy bra type things. I opened the box and closed it immediately so no one else could see in. Open bars are pretty bougie for here. A lot of times there will be weddings with a free keg (or 2) but everything else is cash. When I was a kid it was much more common for the wedding food to be made by family members, potluck style. But now it’s all catered. That's the other thing that's different here - all weddings are open bar. I don't think I've ever been to a local wedding that's not. and the amount of food is usually ridiculous. I remember at our wedding after the cocktail hour my inlaws were confused that there was a full dinner. They were like... but we just had all this food!!! We definitely do it big here. Cocktail hour is the best part of any wedding! We had the caterers pack up a big picnic basket of the cocktail hour leftovers and have it in our room when the guests finally left. It’s the one thing I always tell people who are planning their weddings. |
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Post by wineallthetime on Feb 20, 2021 7:20:47 GMT -6
I've never been to a dry wedding or cash bar wedding. I did go to one that just had beer and 1-2 kinds of wine.
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Post by guster on Feb 20, 2021 7:40:44 GMT -6
I've never been to a dry wedding or cash bar wedding. I did go to one that just had beer and 1-2 kinds of wine. Me too, and the beer/wine one was in Virginia, not in our area. |
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Post by jewels on Feb 20, 2021 8:10:34 GMT -6
I've never been to a dry wedding or cash bar wedding. I did go to one that just had beer and 1-2 kinds of wine. Me too, and the beer/wine one was in Virginia, not in our area. Oh I just remembered I went to a vegan wedding with only wine once in Maryland. They had 4 trays of food and some crackers set up. MH and I hit up Wendy’s on the way home lol. |
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Post by guster on Feb 20, 2021 11:01:05 GMT -6
Me too, and the beer/wine one was in Virginia, not in our area. Oh I just remembered I went to a vegan wedding with only wine once in Maryland. They had 4 trays of food and some crackers set up. MH and I hit up Wendy’s on the way home lol. Oddly enough, the wedding that was just beer and wine was also vegan! It was tasty, but I remember not a lot of variety. They did have really good cupcakes though!! |
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Post by jewels on Feb 20, 2021 11:57:21 GMT -6
Oh I just remembered I went to a vegan wedding with only wine once in Maryland. They had 4 trays of food and some crackers set up. MH and I hit up Wendy’s on the way home lol. Oddly enough, the wedding that was just beer and wine was also vegan! It was tasty, but I remember not a lot of variety. They did have really good cupcakes though!! Haha now I’m wondering if mine was in VA and not MD - it was like 12 or 13 years ago. Maybe we were at the same wedding!!!!!! |
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 20, 2021 12:07:09 GMT -6
I went to a wedding that was BYOB. However they informed by word of mouth and we didn’t get told so we had water and people willing to share. Being the only people who had to fly for the wedding my friends took pity on us.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Feb 20, 2021 13:09:01 GMT -6
I went to a wedding that was BYOB. However they informed by word of mouth and we didn’t get told so we had water and people willing to share. Being the only people who had to fly for the wedding my friends took pity on us. Was that the one you came here for a couple years ago? |
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 20, 2021 13:14:02 GMT -6
I went to a wedding that was BYOB. However they informed by word of mouth and we didn’t get told so we had water and people willing to share. Being the only people who had to fly for the wedding my friends took pity on us. Was that the one you came here for a couple years ago? Yes |
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Post by guster on Feb 20, 2021 13:54:35 GMT -6
Oddly enough, the wedding that was just beer and wine was also vegan! It was tasty, but I remember not a lot of variety. They did have really good cupcakes though!! Haha now I’m wondering if mine was in VA and not MD - it was like 12 or 13 years ago. Maybe we were at the same wedding!!!!!! Virginia Beach in May 2012? A very old hotel? |
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Post by jewels on Feb 20, 2021 15:13:04 GMT -6
Haha now I’m wondering if mine was in VA and not MD - it was like 12 or 13 years ago. Maybe we were at the same wedding!!!!!! Virginia Beach in May 2012? A very old hotel? That would have been hysterical if it was the same. But. I, this was someone’s yard probably around 2008 |
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. You guys do not want to find out what we paid for our wedding 😂.
. But we had a great day! We skipped on things like flowers, I collected tiny vases from everywhere and got flowers at the market the day before, my mil made the table runners, we decorated the place ourselves, made our own favours. I had a blast and would do it all again in a heartbeat. We had 50 ‘day guests’ but a 110 guests at the wedding. 
