a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3364 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 9, 2015

We did a ceremony on an island on a Wednesday. There were 13 people there.

Then we did a reception a month later at my uncle's house. We sprang for the alcohol and the rest of it was a potluck. The downside? you don't get to extort presents from everyone. The upside? We were less than $2000 out of pocket, including putting up our parents on an island.





Isherwood  ·  3364 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We have 180 invited. It's pretty insane, but that's what she wanted. It's not too bad, the guest list is 80% her side and she knows she's responsible for the size and therefore stress so she's taking on the brunt of the work. It still makes me sad to see someone I love learn a hard lesson.

Cedar  ·  3364 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Jesus. We invited 38 and only about 30 turned up, we spent about £2000 in total (wedding, reception, honeymoon) and received that back in monetary gifts, we broke even!