I'm 24 yrs old and my fiancee is 27, we want to get married asap - my ideal wedding will cost about £10,000, we also want to go travelling before we settle down properly, which will cost around £3000, and then we want to buy a house, the deposit for which will probably set us back around £10,000. But as we only have a joint annual income of £35,000 along with loads of bills to pay, it all seems so impossible and expensive. Anyone got any advice?
2007-07-12 04:17:00 · 8 answers · asked by sumaspikey 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Don't spend beyond your ability to pay. If you can't afford it all, then that's just tough. Save as much as you can, trim back your dream wedding, travel somewhere cheaper, and rent until you can afford a home. If you are not rich, then you are not rich. Sorry, but that's life.
2007-07-12 04:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Question, have a simple wedding And don't spend alot of money on it. The most important thing is not all the money spent on your wedding but that you got married. If you look at how long some of the people you know stayed married, after a big expensive wedding, You'd think mostly about how much money was wasted. It didn't make their marriage any better . And they're still in debt.
2007-07-12 11:26:55 · answer #2 · answered by fuzzykitty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do you have to have such an expensive wedding?
Before you buy a house, make sure you are totally debt free otherwise and have at least 3 to 6 months living expenses saved up for emergencies. Then start saving for a large down payment on a house.
2007-07-13 09:20:13 · answer #3 · answered by shrsandy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if you don't start living within your means now dear, sorry but you'll be miserable for the rest of your life.
Your ideal wedding? How about the perfect hubby and the perfect job and then perfect kids- Do you think a L10,000 wedding is better than a L1,000 one? The money isn't what determines it's value.
2007-07-12 11:27:00 · answer #4 · answered by MeaCulpa 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should accept that you don't have the means to do all that at this point. You can get married, but don't get all extravagant with it....wait and save your money for the house and put the travelling on hold. You just need to figure out what your priorities are....
2007-07-12 11:25:51 · answer #5 · answered by Kristina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do it all. You just can't do it all right now. Start saving your money. Before you know it, you'll have enough for your wedding, or traveling, or a house. Once one of your dreams has been fulfilled, start saving for the next one.
2007-07-12 11:26:26 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You won't like this but you need to accept that you can't do it all and decide what is more important to the 2 of you and do that. If you try to do it all, you will be deeply in debt and that has killed more marriages that anything else.
2007-07-12 11:21:21 · answer #7 · answered by Michael B 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
sounds like your priorities are based on $$$$ which for you is normal, you cant get everything you asked for without working for it, take a step back and decide whats more important...
2007-07-12 11:33:48 · answer #8 · answered by Maindrian Pace 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋