Who’s going to pay for the wedding?

It’s no joke having a wedding these days – you want fairytale, you’ve got to expect the bill to be a ROYAL one as well. So, who’s going to foot the wedding bill in that case? Not every one’s with a huge bank account and neither one of us want to see out credit card line of credit explode. But worry not, this doesn’t mean that you have to cancel your wedding plans yet. There are options for you to consider. For instance, you can consider the traditional method of settling the weddings bills. None of them perfect, but at least you can find a balance this way.

Traditionally speaking, the bride’s parents foot the wedding bills. Surprisingly, many people continue to use this method and although there are benefits to having the bride’s parents pay for the wedding, the disadvantage is this…whoever foots the wedding bill gets to have the biggest say! Isn’t this the way things work? So, you have to take that into consideration.

The other method is to have everyone pay a ltitle here and there for the wedding. Which means that your load is lighter and your parents don’t have to worry about what to get you as a wedding gift. The wedding couple will also fork out their part for the wedding. Sounds simple? But it’s not always that way. You see, if you use the ‘you pay for the limousine and I pay for the hall rental’ way, you might have problems deciding why one person is paying more than the others. So, the only solution is to work out how much, in total, the wedding is going to cost and then split the wedding bill equally between bride’s family, groom’s family and the wedding couple.

And finally, you can choose to pay for the whole wedding yourself, split between the marrying couple. I mean, it makes sense these days since we’re all working adults and we should not burden our parents with the wedding bills. When you pay for your own wedding, obviously, you’ll get to have the final say and no one can make you change the wedding venue if you don’t want to. But the downside is that you might end up saddled with astronomous weddings bills and a huge credit card statement after the wedding…which might affect the honeymoon.

Anyway, there is no one single perfect solution for something like this, so, be wary. Still….if you work things out amicably with a sensible mind, you’ll have a wedding you’re going to remember for a long time to come!