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Jeebus, you have to rent each individual fork? A dollar fifty per knife rental? I don't even know what a charger is, but it's apparently dish/silverware and it costs $2.50 to rent each one.

Don't even get me started on the "quality" of the food that you get for $35 a head. If you've ever been to a hotel luncheon and tried the charred chicken, you've probably had better.

(expletive)!

Anytime I think I might not like being single any longer, I read a rant like this and sit back and smile.

Good luck my friend.

Jesus,

If you are open to it, consider hosting your reception in a nice restaurant that can accommodate your group. My wife and I are non-denominational, and after looking at a variety of scenic but pricey venues in Chicago (museums, public libe winter garden, etc.) we decided to have the brief (20 minute) ceremony and reception at Spiaggia's private dining room. The money we saved on renting chairs, tables, forks, toilet paper and dealing with overpriced caterers we put toward food and booze. The food was utterly fantastic, our guests didn't have to buy their booze, and no one noticed that we were in a restaurant. It really worked out great.

i just nodded and wrote checks.. there's nothing else you can do..
we did it all on our own too.. no money from the parents.. it was
tough, but i'll tell you what.. there's no better feeling in the world
than the day after the wedding.. enjoy the whole thing though..
it's supposed to be fun.. i think..

omaha_red wrote:there's no better feeling in the world
than the day after the wedding..

Other than every single day before the wedding, he means.

Yep. This is exactly why I wanted to elope but my hubby wouldn't hear of it. So, we compromised and had a small, destination wedding (in Florida) in December...family and a few friends; I think our total was 26 people. This enabled us to have a very nice dinner/reception at a restaurant on the beach...the price they quote per person included forks(ha!) and the food was outstanding

I assume your fiance is planning a large, Catholic wedding or are you going the nondenominational route? Catholic weddings are typically large and the reception is quite a party. Hang in there.....keep breathing and remind yourself that you'll have a blast no matter what......

Overall cost for my marriage was around 3500 dollars and 500 people attended my marriage

Simbagal23 wrote:Yep. This is exactly why I wanted to elope but my hubby wouldn't hear of it. So, we compromised and had a small, destination wedding (in Florida) in December...family and a few friends; I think our total was 26 people. This enabled us to have a very nice dinner/reception at a restaurant on the beach...the price they quote per person included forks(ha!) and the food was outstanding

I assume your fiance is planning a large, Catholic wedding or are you going the nondenominational route? Catholic weddings are typically large and the reception is quite a party. Hang in there.....keep breathing and remind yourself that you'll have a blast no matter what......

Sound advice there. We're going nondenominational - our friend is going to be the officiant! But we both have pretty big families, so it's going to be a big wedding, largely on my insistence, not hers. We already have a venue - a great, pretty, outdoorsy western-ish venue (here if you're really curious) that'll be perfect for an outdoor ceremony. But the downside is that we have to bring in everything - chairs, caterers, salad tongs, etc.

ho well.

DiLLaGii wrote:Overall cost for my marriage was around 3500 dollars and 500 people attended my marriage

yeah, but you outsourced your wedding.

heyzeus wrote:

Simbagal23 wrote:Yep. This is exactly why I wanted to elope but my hubby wouldn't hear of it. So, we compromised and had a small, destination wedding (in Florida) in December...family and a few friends; I think our total was 26 people. This enabled us to have a very nice dinner/reception at a restaurant on the beach...the price they quote per person included forks(ha!) and the food was outstanding

I assume your fiance is planning a large, Catholic wedding or are you going the nondenominational route? Catholic weddings are typically large and the reception is quite a party. Hang in there.....keep breathing and remind yourself that you'll have a blast no matter what......

Sound advice there. We're going nondenominational - our friend is going to be the officiant! But we both have pretty big families, so it's going to be a big wedding, largely on my insistence, not hers. We already have a venue - a great, pretty, outdoorsy western-ish venue (here if you're really curious) that'll be perfect for an outdoor ceremony. But the downside is that we have to bring in everything - chairs, caterers, salad tongs, etc.

ho well.

Wow, looks like an outstanding venue! It will be worth it.....just grin and bear it for now. Afterall, it's once in a lifetime, right?!