A Wedding With an $800 Budget!

Here's my take on this whole situation...

Mrs g saved a crap ton of money and had a wedding she was happy with... AWESOME!

Mrs g decided months after to come on a bridal forum and brag about it like we should be jealous and belittle those who are spending what THEY can AFFORD on their own weddings that they will be happy with... SUPER LOW

A few others calling her out on her pretty rude subliminal messages... WAY TO GO

People going off on a tangent about the quality and fidelity of other's marriages when they know nothing of their lives or relationships... GTH (figure out what that means)

At the end of the day we'll all be equally as married (assuming the legality of an online ordained minister) we will all have days we want and how we want them. If you think spending $800 and rushing into a marriage (although it may have been exactly what you wanted) makes your marriage any better than those of us who have the resources to have our dream weddings you can kiss my (Very White) a$$

Don't like it, Robin? Don't respond it. See how simple it is? Good!

Effin A AP. Right on.

I think you did a wonderful job and paid for the wedding you could afford as well as enjoy. I don't know why some of you are giving her a hard time. At least she didn't take out a loan and she was happy with the way her day turned out. My sister spent less than $200 on her wedding.. She planned it in less than a week because they wanted to move out of state and she wanted to be married before she left. She got married in her church by their minister (he charged them nothing, it was his going away gift)..her flowers were a bouquet of fall flowers from Trader Joes, she had a family pot luck at my other sisters house, with a small cake from Safeway.. she had guest that supported and loved her and at the end of the day they were married. I was actually out of town so I didn't make it but I was told it was beautiful. Remember ladies its not all about the wedding... its about the marriage.. (I've seen that here many times)

It's not about spending more money for my special day. I just wanted something nice, and for your information- I was $3,000 BELOW my budgetted amount. We have paid for this wedding 100% with cash. We wanted something nice, but kept it simple and inexpensive. We have other things in our lives, so we wanted to make the planning process easier. We wanted time to do research, decide what we wanted for the day, etc.

We also wanted to make our day special for our guests. I'm not trying to be rude- but we spent more money on the food than you spent on the wedding- and we're only having 30 guests. We didn't want to use someone's home and inconvenience them. Most of our guests would have had to travel if we did it at our home, so we are getting married near FH's hometown. Our guests that have to travel have the means to do so.

<3 Analy.

Wish I could "like" posts on here. I'd "like" A.P.s post a hundred times.

A P, you are wonderful.

Hmm...rough times? You mean like getting divorced and laid off within 2 months of each other? How about being unemployed for 5 months?

I'm sorry if I made a lot of good choices and worked hard in middle and high school to get a full scholarship to college and that I made good choices within college to graduate in four years and get a decent job that paid for my grad school. Also, sorry that I worked hard in grad school and finished in two years without having to pay anything because I worked hard at my job and they paid for it as a benefit. Sorry that when I finally did get a job that it was one that pays me very well and that I made sure to get a mortgage that was less than 15% of my pay each month so that I could save like crazy. Sorry that I skimp on frill benefits that many people won't so that I can save my money. Sorry that I never once tried drugs and allowed myself to be subject to addiction. Sorry I never started smoking, saving me thousands of dollars a year.

Do you want me to continue on the rest of my good choices?

Alondra, agreed!! Leaving this trainwreck of a thread which has gone waayyyyyy off topic...!

And Glenn, yes, good choices. Good job. But realize that any number of other things could have happened at those times to derail you... and who said anything about drugs?

Everyone has different circumstances and priorities. Just because things worked for you, well thats great but it's not always the way things turn out.

We are having a beautiful, inexpensive wedding that we can afford. I'm glad you are happy with your wedding, but please don't get all self righteous that your $800 wedding is better than anyone elses. You cut alot of costs, but you also didn't give your guests alot to entertain them. Sorry, but I've had backyard bbqs where I've given more to my guests.

Wow people are so rude. So the op cant brag that she had a wedding under $800 but you all can go and brag abotu your expensive weddings? the same people all jump on the band wagon together all the time.

mrs g-glad you enjoyed your wedding. your married and thats all that matters.

I don't ever remember seeing anyone come on to this forum and brag about their expensive weddings.

Lol someone flagged me because I called them childish. How childish.

And we had our 3 favorite things - swing dance, karaoke, and crazy friends!! Haha

To each their own, I actually am a fan of backyard weddings and I think your wedding looks great compared to some I have seen! Great job on the dress, I don't have the b*lls to make my own ;P

My sister had a budget of $1000 and I'd say your wedding looks nicer. Congrats and love the ring!

The guy dancing for you.. is that your husband? That's not the same guy from the first couple pictures..

Hey, Jennifer, did you skip the part where Glenn said he busted his butt to get good grades anda college scholarship?

But, hey, it's much easier to just feel sorry for ourselves...

Mrs. G, congrats on your wedding and having the wedding that was right for you.

As others have said, big wedding, small wedding, expensive wedding or not, we have each had the wedding that was right for us. I think the problem here is that you and some other posters came across as putting those of us with larger budgets down and so of course, feathers are ruffled.

I don't think the cost of your wedding reflects on whether or not one will have a happy marriage and I resent and am highly insulted by the remark.

So for those of you who think that my marriage will fail because I spent more than what YOU deem acceptable - just remember that Karma is a B____h and will come back at you.

As for those with small budgets who enjoy their day - fabulous. For the larger budget brides Rock on and for those who just have to be negative and cause unneeded drama - get a life.