Would you spend about $6,000 on your wife's wedding gown for your wedding event?

Question

Will you try to convince her to try less expensive alternatives or will you just do it? How far are you willing to go to please your wife to be?

Answer 1

sure i would and make sure to keep the receipt and take it back claiming that the wedding is off. but seriously if i could afford it then i would do because yes its only one day but its the one of many unforgettable moments in your life. and if you have daughters you can pass the dress on. or if you get married again, you can use the same dress. and then there is always halloween and other weddings or social engagements.

Answer 2

No way! The ceremony lasts a short time and $6,000 is a good start for a downpayment on a house which will last a lot longer. Or for $6,000 you can take a nice honeymoon. Again, that will last longer than the short time it takes to have the ceremony. I think the average U.S. bride/groom are absolutely stupid to spend so much money on all the accoutrements of a wedding when what counts is the MARRIAGE, not the ceremony to get there! Of course, the more immature the bride/groom, the more likely they want the big party instead of the future down the road.

Answer 3

I'm a female and prefered a very low-key wedding. I wanted to have the money for our life together after the wedding. I was all about cutting corners for the wedding. I wanted it to be special, but I wasn't about to go broke or bankrupt my parents in order to do that.

We rented a 3-tier boat, sailed around the Gulf of Mexico with family and close friends, ate a nice meal while sailing, and danced to a DJ. VERY memorable, and VERY inexpensive. To this day, (15 years later) people tell me that they always remember my wedding as the most fun, the most different because of the venue and the event. Honestly, very few people will ever remember the dress--except through pictures....and the dress is really not, to me, important enough to spend that kind of money on.

Answer 4

I wouldnt even consider spending that on a stupid dress that is worn once. Especially when I know you can get lovely ones so very much cheaper.
But a lot of women do, and significantly more than $6000 too!!! I guess the question you really need to ask yourself is can you afford a $6,000 dress? If you can, then let her go for it. But if not, if it is stressing the budget , you need to talk to her and tell her to pull her head in!

Answer 5

no i would not.i would not spend 6000 on the wedding much less a dress.i think wedding are the most over rated and over priced event of all times. i never understand why people feel the need for a big wedding with lots of people most you of whom you barely know. if the dress she will wear one time for a few hours cost 6,000 how much did she make you spend on the ring. you might want to think twice about this marriage sound like she thinks money grows on trees.....besides why are you paying for the dress? the groom does not pay for the wedding.

Answer 6

My wedding is in 2 mos. and it is less than 6,000 for everything. Like the one said, no one remembers the dress, and the pics don't always show everything. First place, she should have never asked you to buy something like that unless you have lots of money and told her she can buy whatever she wants. Also, like everyone else said, if she keeps spending like this you will have marital problems later on about money if you don't have any now and spending it all on a dress. Like the one said about donating to feed hungry children, We don't have much money ourselves, and we told everyone to bring monetary gifts, we are going to donate a big chunk of it to 2 different childrens chairties and keep a small amount for ourself. We have a child, we just bought a house and could use it for ourself, but we don't want to be greedy. Like the old saying goes, do a good deed for someone esle and watch it come back to you times 2.
Good Luck!!!!

Answer 7

I would try to do a give and take on this one tell her that she has to choose on going on a lovely honey moon 6D7N or so or choosing a dress that she will only wear for about 10 hours. All wedding dresses look the same in the pictures. What I mean by that is that you lose all of the detail that you CAN see in person in the pictures. Either way tell her that she will look stunning if her dress cost her 600.00 or 6,000.00.

Answer 8

I take it you don't have that much in the budget for a dress lol...some people do, and if you can afford it then not an issue. Personally I'd never spend anywhere near $6000 for a dress, that's more than my whole wedding is costing. There is pleasing your wife and being a door mat, this comes across as the door mat option.

Answer 9

if u can afforded it why not , it's her wedding and be sure she want 2 be z best . and she will tell every body that u paid 6000$ for her dress .
but just ask her that children's r dying cause they do not have food , will she send z money 2 help those people and buy a dress at less price?
if she agreed i really wish that u send some money 2 help others.
we r a couple , we work hard 2 get money and 2 have a good life for our children, when we wanted 2 get married my husband asked me if we can tell all z people who wants 2 send us presents 2 send them on an account in z bank of a charity help . first sure i didn't agree telling him that we r not rich and we need this gifts . so he sad that how much we need there is people who need more then us . so i agree. and just imagine how many people prayed 4 us
good luck

Answer 10

As a female who has already brought the wedding dress...$1000 was too much. I wouldn't dream of buying something that cost that much to wear for a few hours. That is absolutely rediculous!! If she must have a dress that expensive, then I would start wondering what other things she's going to be expecting once married.

Answer 11

i think spending $6000 on a wediing dress is outrageous. you could spend that money on the whole wedding. it is for one day. she is probably never going to wear it again. and what are you going to do after the wedding, clean it or seal it and hope you all have a daughter to pass it on, when your future daughter might not even like and never wear it or even worst, you ended up only having sons and then there will be noone else to wear it.
instead, gets s impler dress, remember even though it is your day, simpler is more elegant and classic.
\so just rent a dress. there are a lot of places where they rent bridal dresses because it is more economical and you can still put on a designer dress for less.