How do most men define a wedding? An expensive way to get laundry done for free. :thumbsup:
Why does the bride always wear white?
Because the dishwasher should match the rest of the appliances....
I'll get shot for that one.
When we got married, we invited 500 people. We set places for 365 that RSVP'd they'd be there. There were only 6 seats empty when we sat down to eat. Many, many more came for the reception after dinner.
Food was $1900
Bar tab was $1100
We had to hire 4 bartenders
4 cops
Polka band was $500 (a discount because they were friends of my wife)
Flowers were about $300
Wife's dress was around $400
My ring was $90, hers was $10 (yes that's only one zero).
We used 4 gallons of wine, 4 kegs of beer and 56 bottles of hard liquor and 1100 plastic cups.
All-in-all it came out to about $5000 in mid 1980s.
However, we received almost that much back in cash and three vehicles stuffed with gifts and valuable prizes! :laughing:
Now for the good part.... I had $50 in my possession when I said "I do." I think my wife had about $1100. We put that wedding money in the bank and never spent it. We didn't need to. We had jobs and paychecks. We were in the black on our wedding day (meaning a positive net worth) and its been growing ever since. The wedding was a great gift from our parents. In today's dollars, that $5000 wedding would cost about $11,000.00. We have two daughters.... I'd better keep saving!
