Unless you are the caterer. Then it's probably just about right. Or maybe on the low end :)

Yeah, that data was pretty much the jist of the story I heard. And the average US wedding is $30K??

I have two daughters and that just isn't going to happen.

Thats a great story, glad it worked out for them. My wife and I had mutual friends that introduced us at a nightclub in DC. She came home with me and we've been together ever since. Almost 30 years later we're still on our first date. I guess it's too late to drop her off back at her place.

Sometimes shit just works out.

Oh yeah, welcome to getting old.

While driving the other day I heard a report that there is a direct correlation between the cost of the wedding and divorce rate. The more expensive the wedding the less chance the relationship will survive. Sorry I don't remember the source. When we were discussing it that evening it seemed to ring true in our own circle of friends.

I'm guessing the loan thing won't help those odds.