A Wedding With an $800 Budget!

1. People have different expectations of their weddings. People also have different budgets whether it's $3,000 or $6,000 or $20,000 (just sample figures). If $800 got her the wedding she wanted and loved then awesome for her.

2. Saying that husbands are going to cheat on brides for whatever reason is just rude, mean and wrong.

3. I will always be confused as to why every other bride tries to make Glenn out to be the bad guy. I just don't know if people misread context of posts or they twist what was said or take it some other way. Glenn has never offended me and I have never felt he was being rude or mean to me just to be. In fact, Glenn has taken the time out to help me by providing me with vendors and even help with some other of my planning areas. I have also told him my wedding budget while discussing such things and he never once bashed me for it or made me feel like I was a poor piece of crap person for having decided on the budget we have.

Holy cat claws batman! Reading through some of these posts all I can do is facepalm.

Mrs. G - I don't mean at all to disrespect you but your post mentioned something that I found to be a bit alarming. "Minister - we asked our friend, who later doubled as our DJ at our reception. He became a minister online for free." I would definitely check into this to ensure that your marriage is valid and legal. As far as spending only $800, you go girl. A hundred years ago it didn't cost what you'd spend on a car. I was floored when I saw that the average American wedding costs $27k. My wedding budget is $6k which I do plan on only spending about $2k of that on the wedding and $4k on the rings (Iridium rarest of the metals, only found naturally in asteroids). I guess I'm a bit more offbeat than most that the wedding industry caters to and it sounds like you are as well. Kudos to you!

G - I'm glad everyone had a great time Sounds like a fun party!

Everyone else that hasn't said the same thing - WOW!

EDIT - Never mind.

@Kristina B. I don't think that anyone was purposely trying to make Glenn seem like a bad guy. People were upset at him because he thought the OP said something when she did not, causing him to say things he later apologized for.

I know Future Mrs. J-Mo, I saw that too... I was just saying it as more of a general statement as I see it ALL the time all over the forums. It happens all the time.

Thanks Kristina for backing me up.

Future Mrs. J-Mo: Sadly myself and Shannon have gotten a reputation around here as being mean so anything we post there are certain people will immediately react negatively. Ultimately, if you can't handle the truth that I lay down then I don't care how you react but I'm always trying to help (until you react negatively and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about, which is when I have gotten mean at times).

I'm new and know nothing of anyone's reputation at this point. I took offense at your post for it's face value (and it wasn't even directed at me...just at the people who may or may not have a lot of money for their wedding in general).

We are paying for our weddings ourselves and our budget is low/tight. I have never been offended or felt that anyone has ever put me down, made fun of me or said I was a lesser person because of it by anyone on this site.

I just told my husband about this post and all the unusual crap it accidentally created. He just responded, "oh well. You're my wife and that's all that matters!" Props to the men who keep us grounded!!

Dang! Yall are so hard on people

1st yall don't believe the girl...then when she shows proof, yall still find reasons to bash her.

These posts be off the chain

I would also like to add in that there are a group of people on here that have been labeled as "mean" and etc. No matter what they say, some members on WW automatically assume/take what they say as being mean and such. They get bashed all the time on here by the same members who say "can't we all just be nice and get along?" and claim they don't drama and such. And what gets me is these same members feel that they aren't mean, rude, hurtful, etc when they do all this bashing.

BUT the truth is, if people stopped automatically assuming that they are only speaking to be mean, rude or hurt feelings then they would find out that these same people are truly just trying to help, only attack when attacked aka defending themselves and their opinions.

I am friends with quite a few WW members outside of WW and I can honestly say that IF people would stop doing this and take the time to get know these people then they would see that these people are truly trying to be helpful, are nice and just... well, they are FANTASTIC. They are great people who help and care. While I may not always be a member of WW after my wedding -- I will keep my friendships with them.

Haters gonna hate, trolls gonna troll and drama queens gonna create drama.

@Glenn, I'm new too and I usually never get involved in post that go this way, but I had to make an exception. I have read several of your post on several threads. And no disrespect intended but I have said to myself who in the world is this guy??? But you are entitle to your opinions as well as everyone else. I just thought I would share that with you, even though you may not mean things to come out a certain way they can be off putting, if that make any sense. I applaud you for all that you have accomplish in this life, I say job well done. Life doesn't work that way for everyone no mater how hard they apply themselves. I also pray that life never deals you a hand where Lord forbid you ever get sick, become disable, loose your monetary security or anything that have you fall on hardship. I honestly pray and mean that for you. So with a soft voice and just stating my opinion I felt l had to share that with you. God bless you and your bride, I wish you a lifetime of happiness together.

One other thing I had which I think made the wedding go so smoothly is I actually had a wedding planner. I'm a massage therapist for a living, and I ended up "trading" my services for hers. She was also my vocal and band instructor. Live music is very important for us and my husband asked me to sing "God Bless the Broken Road" which is "our song." The wedding planner kept me from freaking out and such, plus she organized the ceremony. Our minister was a local radio DJ and he did all his services for free. My husband and I are pretty laid back, fun people. I think what made our wedding so special was realizing how many of our friends like us and were so willing to help. If it weren't for them, it could have been a mediocre day I suppose.

Has anyone noticed that the OP doesn't care about the indifference we caused it for?

OMG why are we still posting on this thread?!

Oh and what's OP stand for??

That's the difference between you and me though Claudette, you think that life happens to you, I think that I make life happen. Life will never deal me a bad hand, things will happen sure, but each of them will have been from a choice I made somewhere down the line. I might not even realize it at the time but every single choice I make, from when to hit snooze to what key to type on my computer will have a causation somewhere in my life. So I will never say "this happened to me" I will say " my choices led me here" and then I will have more choices to make to ensure that I get out of those situations as soon as possible and as happily as possible. I've been there before with my unemployment and I'll be there again I have no doubt but it's because of choices I made that things "happened" to me.

So a tornado is a choice? Or cancer?

(just an example.....there are millions I could list)