Is a wedding day worth it?

[CallieCat19]

Hi,
Posting on here for traffic

Just wondering what people thoughts on their wedding day was really, is it worth the money?

Like most girls I’ve been imagining what my wedding would be like since I was little but now I’m older I’m wondering if it’s worth all the money? I’d feel so guilty spending thousands of pounds on a day when there’s so much more important things the money could go on. But then if I didn’t have a wedding day I think I would feel a bit sad because it’s what I always imagined.
Any thoughts?

It's always worth getting married, if that's what you both feel is right for you!

My first wedding was in a church, very traditional but not overly expensive as we were still quite young. Lots of family made things for it.

My second wedding was a smaller ceremony but cost more because dh and 8 of our friends/family all travelled abroad so we could marry on a warm beach. This one also included a two week holiday/honeymoon as most countries have a minimum residency period before you're allowed to get married. We then had a huge party/bbq in a friend's garden when we were back - we bought everything from the local market and budget supermarkets, friends lent us a big bbq to use so this wasn't too expensive either.

Our wedding cost a few hundred pounds and I don't regret it at all.

Registry office, meal for 8 of us, night in a nice hotel. I don't feel any less married because we didn't have a big day. I wouldn't want to spend thousands on one day.

It's a personal choice, I'm sure plenty of people would tell you their wedding day was the best day of their life.

But then I've never been one of those people who dreamt about my wedding day in fact the whole idea stresses me out.

Yes it is worth it.

Ours was worth it. Really was once in a lifetime and the memories are fantastic.

We spent more on my ring than the wedding (3.5k for ring about. 500 for wedding ). Big events just aren’t us and being the centre of attention would be horrible for me. We had a great meal with close friends and had a lovely time. There are no rules, people think that much for a ring is disgusting but I love my ring and I think it was money well spent

I had a big expensive wedding having said I would never do that. It was amazing. One if the best days of my life. Definitely worth it.

We got married abroad with 10 or so close family guests. It cost us around 6k including a ten day holiday, definitely better than 25k for 12 hours!

Whereas I think having all our family and close friends there made the huge spend totally worthwhile. Couldn't think of anything worse than having to exclude people I care about and then essentially spending my honeymoon on holiday with my in-laws. Horses for courses 🤷🏽‍♀️

We had a lovely small wedding...it cost 3k. And even now I think that something even less would have been nice... like a hotel and spa or a weekend away with just our parents and siblings
So glad I didn't spend thousands

My wedding was brilliant. Cost around £12k but was in an amazing venue, great food and just a lovely, fun day with all our family and friends. It was a lot of money to spend on 1 day but my parents and MIL chipped in, we could afford it and we didn’t go overboard on extras (eg my entire outfit was

I opted for a quiet registry office wedding and a small party. Arranged in 10 days. Never regretted it. I hate all that stress and being the centre of attention. Horses for courses though. If you enjoy all that fuss and have a lovely day, then good for you. Hopefully rich parents too.