FH and I are really stressing out about having the traditional wedding and if it is ultimately worth the cost? Weddings in my area average $32k and we tried squeezing our "dream wedding" into a $20k budget but are finding that it just won't happen. Ultimately, we want to have a stress free, memorable day, celebrating with our friends and family.
To be honest, FH would want to skip the whole wedding if it wasn't so important to me. He hates being the center of attention and would rather go on some VERY nice vacations with the money we would be spending on a wedding.
But the more I go into planning, I am having doubts as to if a traditional wedding is worth the expense. We are a young couple who just bought a house and maybe that money would be better spent on paying off student loans or put that money into buying furniture or redoing a bathroom? On the other hand, we only do this once, and we are lucky enough to have the budget that we do so I feel silly having these doubts.
Did you guys have any spending regrets? Were you able to stick to your budget or did you go over, and if so, how much?
