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Originally Posted by ckelly78z
We had a small family only wedding in a church. The reception was a hog roast dug into the inlaws back yard with a rented tent/tables. We opened gifts in the repainted garage, and I played 50s music on my home stereo in the driveway. 30 years later, people still talk about how cool/laid back the whole thing was.
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Ours was in a church then reception in a "yacht club" which was this plain building that looked like it was built in the 60's and never touched once completed, we were married in 1989.
Small affair, family and some friend maybe 70 people total mostly because of my parents feeling this need to invite all their friends.
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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Same here, 16 years later we still hear about how fun and chill our wedding was. Our only big investments were in a good DJ and plenty of booze.  We rented a really plain hall and my wife, mother in law, and sisters made all of the decorations.
Funny, I was in a super fancy wedding, it also didn't last a year. I bet they were into solid six figures, the rehearsal dinner was at a fancy steakhouse, the ceremony was outdoors in a really nice place, and they rented the freaking convention center in Kansas City for their reception and dinner that was a solid 400+ people strong. Crazy..... |
Our entire wedding cost less than 5K split 3 ways between us, my parents and her parents. We have no wedding video and no real wedding pictures. An uncle shot video and it is unwatchable. Photos were done by a family friend who was a "photographer" and came out horrible too. My wife cried over that, now we laugh at it.
Less than 1 year later my cousin got married in NY. We went up for the weeding, it was a 60K affair in 1990, string orchestra, fine dining all the frills.
Divorced 10 months later.
We are still going strong about to celebrate #29 next month then off to Greece for our 30th next year.
If I could go back and do it all over again I would have toned down our wedding even more, no tux's none of the frills. We are so much more laid back now, I own a pair of dress flip flops. They be fancy leather and stuff.