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Older couples: did you feel more $ pressure?

Michelle, on January 25, 2022 at 12:04 PM

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Another post got me thinking about societal pressure and how we are influenced. If you are older and having a first, second, or third marriage, do you feel pressured to have a bigger or more lavish wedding because others expect you to have (and spend) more money on your wedding? On the flipside, do...

Another post got me thinking about societal pressure and how we are influenced. If you are older and having a first, second, or third marriage, do you feel pressured to have a bigger or more lavish wedding because others expect you to have (and spend) more money on your wedding?

On the flipside, do you, younger couples, feel more free to think outside the box (if paying for your wedding)?

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  • Pat
    Rockstar May 2023
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    Beat ya by 12 years LOLOL I'll be 66 at the time of the wedding, and FH will be 68. Smiley laugh

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  • Sloane
    Super May 2022
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    I would have to agree with you. It is so much easier at this age it’s about the end game and none of that other typical wedding etiquette. I also think the road to commitment and engagement is easier. By this age you know who you are and what you want. When you meet the right one the engagement comes fast and furious.
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  • Samantha
    Super May 2022
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    I agree with this! Being that its his and my second marriage, people think we don't need to do the traditional stuff. But we are doing what we want! lol

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  • Cece
    Rockstar October 2023
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    Yes! This is your special day and you should be free to celebrate it as low-key or over the top as you want! This is the first marriage for both myself and FH! I don’t feel like just because we aren’t 20-year-olds, that we shouldn’t get to celebrate being married for the first (and hopefully only) time with an expensive wedding! If we want it, and we are paying for it, I don’t understand why anyone has an opinion on it 🤷🏼‍♀️
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  • Rosalie
    Dedicated July 2023
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    We are in our 40s and we are having an extravagant wedding, but only because we want that. Not because of age or pressure. We just like the extra formal weddings.

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  • Sloane
    Super May 2022
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    We are considered an older couple I suppose and we didn’t feel any pressure necessarily, but we chose to have a lavish wedding because that was culturally expected, and we really valued that in the opportunity to celebrate in a big way
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