Do you regret how much you spent or your wedding?

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Prompted by a wedding thread, whilst I absolutely LOVED my wedding and it was all saved and paid for without debt, I do occasionally think that I could have had a new kitchen by now instead

Nope. Coz we were tightwads.

£2k all in and DM paid so no regrets

Yep, I'm a little embarrassed when I think of it now

No so much regret as I did enjoy it and didn’t get into debt or spent silly money.
However in retrospect I would have done something very simple and put the money for the wedding towards a bigger house deposit.

That’s benefit of hindsight though!

Spent about £3500 on ours 16 years ago. Worth every penny!! We had a church wedding and a traditional sit-down meal for 50 guests at a country house hotel, champaign on arrival and wine provided throughout the meal, extra guests in the evening, DJ and buffet. We saved money on having a friend take photos, I made my dress and bridesmaids, my mum did the flowers, we didn't hire any cars, an aunt made the cake.

Spent £1500 in 2012 including honeymoon. Best day of my life and don't regret a penny. Register office wedding, pub reception for 45people, friend did photos, another did cake. Bought our own gorgeous Prosecco on a good deal, outfits TK Maxx and M&S, wedding rings (thick plain silver bands) Debenhams.

I don’t regret the cost, but if did it again I’d do it differently!

Yes, because it was very much less about what we wanted and more about what my parents wanted/expected. If we had our time again we'd have the party we wanted, with the people we wanted and probably in a massive tent in a field, or upstairs in a lovely pub or something. And it would definitely not be in a church. Ours was around £17k, we paid £15k of it and it took us years to pay off. I can't regret it now because there's no point and it's in the past, but we'd have done it for so very much less if we'd had our way.

No and we spent a lot!
But we saved and had a little put in by parents.
We got married in the lake district, hired a country house for the weekend and did exactly what and how we wanted. For example hog roast for the 'wedding breakfast'. We also covered most costs for guests. It was a brilliant weekend. And I would do the same again.

@DDIJ what do you mean somebody like you? That’s sad I’m sure you were well deserving of your wedding!!

We spent quite a lot (less than UK average but still a LOT) but we could afford it, our parents wanted to help with costs a small amount and it was the best day ever. I’d do it again (and again and again) if I could. I look back only with fondness. However 2 houses, 2 kids and a long awaited extension down the line you’ve got me pondering whether I would trade that day for a new kitchen/diner now

No, the wedding cost about £100 all in, 18 years ago. Still happily married...mostly!

I think we’d have spent less if I hadn’t felt guilty after talking to MIL about the guest list. Love her but she did guilt trip us!

Yes, what we wanted was a small wedding in a small church in the lake district with just close family and friends staying over in a nice hotel.
Decent meal, and a few drinks in the bar around a roaring fire in the evening.

What we got was a big fat Irish wedding (even though only my DM is actually Irish) complete with 250 for a sit down meal in a corporate hotel (just off the motorway) because that was easy reach for everyone.
Cheesy disco, oh and did I mention that the Arsenal team were staying in the same hotel and all the blokes buggered off and got sloshed with them.
It ended, as our family events often do, with a fight between 2 brothers who are both in the marines.

Cost a fortune as well.

Absolutely not. Had the big white church wedding with all the trimmings and enjoyed every minute of it. Money well spent

Yes! We had an enormous wedding as was quite common in 2010, it cost quite a bit over £10K, I would never, ever spend that much on an event now!

No idea how much was spent. It was a lovely day but with hindsight I would have done things differently. I want to renew our vows sometime, maybe for our silver wedding, so that would be a chance to celebrate as we want to.

@Serin - sounds like a great wedding.

Not really, the costs were split - we're Jewish and our parents paid most of the costs (I'll admit I had no idea until I went on wedding forums that most people now pay for theirs themselves! ). The whole thing cost about £20k, my parents paid the venue and catering costs, ILs paid transport, flowers and entertainment, we paid for other bits and pieces. My biggest indulgence was that I paid to stay at the wedding night hotel myself the night before

No, not at all. It was worth every penny and we could easily afford it as we were late 30s by the time we got round to it. No debt and we’d already bought and renovated our lovely house so we had done things in order of priority to us. It was a very special day. We’d suffered a lot of heartache prior to the wedding due to infertility issues and a day that celebrated us was much needed. Spent around £12k and that was with a lot of DIY stuff too - it could have easily cost twice as much!

Not at all. We had the wedding we wanted, didn’t go into debt for it and everyone had a great time.

No.
Less than £500
We were skint, just bought our house 3 months before so it was all we could afford.
Was a great day!

I would elope to a nice beach if I did it again. We could afford it though, no debt and everyone enjoyed themselves just wish I had thought more what I wanted.

In 2004 we spent about £3k, which was every spare penny we had, on a smallish wedding and it was fab. I don't regret spending that much

I dont regret it as such, it was a fairly modest affair anyway and we didn't borrow or experience particular hardship because of the cost but I wouldn't do it again.

If I was doing it now it would be very close friends and family, maybe 30 people in total, a pub lunch or picnic and a dress I could wear again.