traditionally the brides parents pay for the wedding. the grooms parents should pay for the rehearsal dinner. but as has been said, nowadays, the bride and groom pay a lot of the expenses themselves.
2007-01-19 00:47:31
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answered by Anonymous
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These days the parents don't pay, the bride and groom to be pay for it all. In ancient times when women had no rights the bride's father paid for the wedding and the groom's family coughed up for a honeymoon. Planning the wedding shouldn't cost anything though!
2007-01-19 00:50:10
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answered by Susie Drew 3
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Discuss it with the parents. We offered to put int for our wedding but both sets of parents didn't want us starting our lives together with a loan so they decided to go 50/50 with all the costs. My parents paid for my dress but other than that it is even. We are paying for the honeymoon and odds and ends.
It depends on their situations. Like my husband to be has no sister so they know they will never have to pay for a whole wedding also if one family is better off than the other it can chane things.
In the old days The brides parents paid for reception. Grooms parents paid for cars, alcohol and the rehearse dinner.
2007-01-19 01:42:40
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answered by jenifajen 3
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Parents can pay for what they want. It used to be that the bride's parents paid for the wedding, but often now the parents split it or the couple pays themselves. It's whatever goes nowadays.
2007-01-19 00:56:30
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answered by shannonscorpio 4
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Custom says that the brides parents pay for the wedding, and the grooms parents pay for the honeymoon.
2007-01-19 00:42:02
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answered by Curly 6
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Traditionally the brides side pays for the wedding and the grooms side pays for the rehearsal dinner. Now days it doesn't seem to matter who pays, sometimes both sides agree to split the bill evenly, or according to what they can afford. Some couples even pay for it themselves.
2007-01-19 01:26:12
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answered by Jnine 3
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Our wedding was about $3500,- altogether. We payed for most of the wedding day ourselves, our parents helped out on the extra bits. My father payed for my dress(which I got from an on line store, costing new, $225, incl shipping, (see, link). He also payed for our stationary and flowers.
My mom knew people that have access to a church, a cute small chapel, which we were able to use for free, incl.the coffee facilities. My mom just brought coffee and tea to them the day before and she decorated the church for us.
We payed ourselves for the buffet dinner, cake and reception. I also payed my hairdresser and make-up.
His parents payed for our bridal suite. and his mom both him a gorgeous silk suite.They also had to pay for their own tickets, since I am dutch and my husband American, they all had to fly to the Netherlands, so we didn't expect them to do more, When expecting your parents to pay for your things, realize that not all parents will have the financial supply to do so. They may just have a regular income like you both do and like you don't want to go in dept ( too crazily), don't have them do that for you either. Just have a wedding according to the finances available, or postpone and save up, if you really want an expensive one.
Nowadays, the couple is working most of the time and could have saved up. The parents involvement is based of the tradition when brides still moved out of her parents house without any income and about to start a life with her husband.
2007-01-19 01:13:43
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answered by Anonymous
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The brides parents traditionally pay for the wedding, but nowadays, couples pay for their own weddings.
2007-01-19 00:42:11
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answered by rtobor84 3
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Traditionally ... brides family pays for majority, like the reception and the dresses etc, grooms family pay for grog and flowers.
But in todays society ... you are better off paying for it yourself, get friends who do certain things or have certain things ie at my wedding our friend had a great car we used for wedding car, my sister in law does photography, ours wasn't a church wedding...cut the costs anyway you can
2007-01-19 00:46:15
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answered by phantasmagoriajewellery 2
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These days, the traditional outlines of this have gone out the window. With couples usually both working they pay for their own wedding.
2007-01-19 02:28:02
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answered by Lydia 7
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