Weddings

Should Your Wedding Gift Cover Your Meal?

How much should you have to spend on a wedding gift?

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Getting Married, But Without the Wedding

We got married in a judge’s private office on a Friday afternoon. Besides my husband, the only other people present were my sister, and three close friends. I told my parents a week before we got married what our plans were, and they asked, “Why so quickly? What’s the hurry?” It wasn’t quick or sudden for us; we’d been talking about getting married for months. The major impediment we kept circling around was that we didn’t want a wedding.

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$13,000 Well Spent

This is a little humbling, because I never thought I would be the type of person to write this: My most memorable purchase in 2012 was definitely my wedding.

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The Year I Learned What Things Really Cost

This year was my attempt to work toward soothing the gut-clutching financial guilt.

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A Thank You to My Daughter for Her Untraditional Wedding

Soon after her announcement, I received an e-mail invitation to a “Barbecue Wedding.” What? No official wedding invitations? The dress is casual, the invitation said. Casual? I read on. Please bring a dish? No filet mignon, or stuffed chicken?

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Monday Check-In: A Wedding in Dallas

Good morning!

Let me tell y’all about this wedding in Dallas.

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The Things We Pick Up Along the Way

Our pals at LearnVest have a great story about how a young woman learned to advance her career, save a bunch of money, kick cancer, and have the wedding she and her husband wanted. It’s inspiring.

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Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off

Apparently, “250,000 weddings are called off every year,” which disrupts the Wedding Industrial Complex because it leaves a bunch of venue and vendors hanging. But this Bridal Brokerage firm will buy your cancelled wedding so you can recover some of your deposits back, and resells it to couples who are looking to have “beautiful, pre-planned weddings at a fraction of the price.”

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The Wedding Industrial Complex Around the World

I have one more wedding to attend this year. It’s going to be in Texas next week, and will be amazing.

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Wedding Costs from the Dude’s Perspective

What it feels like to pay for wedding things for a dude.

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