Money help: How does one go about fundraising for a wedding?

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How does one go about fundraising for a wedding?

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Cole Becket 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (8 minutes after post)

I thought people(or their parents) just paid for their weddings.

Vim 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (12 minutes after post)

I am working class, out of college, parents are retired, and I’m on my own. I’ve been engaged for five years and would like to have a decent and memorable wedding event though it will most likely have to come out of pocket for the most part since my parents are retired and all my current money goes towards paying the bills. I don’t have really any extra expenditures and I’m not buying the hype of technology, aka wasting my money. I just don’t have much after food and bills. So, fundraising…hmm…

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Cole Becket 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (16 minutes after post)

It would be the first I’ve ever heard of fundraising for weddings. Most of the people I know(including myself) are working class, they just have a small wedding.

Vim 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (18 minutes after post)

*sigh*

Couldn’t it be a first?

Does it always have to be about saving the world? Am I not doing my economic part by getting married and reifying the insitution of marriage and family? I plan to put in my own dollar but I need some help. And credit cards are not in the picture.

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Vim 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (19 minutes after post)

I guess I’m just tired of small and I’m tired of doing without.

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Cole Becket 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (23 minutes after post)

I don’t want to sound like an a$$, but I wouldn’t donate to a wedding, there are better causes.

Vim wrote:
I guess I’m just tired of small and I’m tired of doing without.

I know the feeling, you’re talking to a guy who had hand-me-down clothes, it sucks doing without. If you can get away with it, go for it, but don’t expect a warm reception from most people.

Vim 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (24 minutes after post)

Lol, thanks for the support. Maybe if I turned it into a community affair on some part then it would be a warm reception.

I just wanted to bounce this hair-brained idea off of someone.

Thank you for listening.

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Cole Becket 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (27 minutes after post)

No problem.

I know once upon a time, people used to do double or triple weddings to bring down on costs, but you might not want to share the limelight.

Cole Becket 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (36 minutes after post)

mas1s wrote:
Trust me - marriage is an institution that doesnt get enough respect.

The problem is that people live together before they get married, except for the actual act of getting married, they act they are married. The only difference between living together and getting married is really a ring.

KT1 1 #
San Francisco, CA, US | 1 year, 8 months ago (41 minutes after post)

Fundraising for your wedding is considering by many to be a severe breach of etiquette and extremely tacky. (www.etiquettehell.com) Do a small ceremony and reception you can afford or save up for the wedding you want, but do not ask others to foot the bill.

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els 2 #
San Diego, CA, US | 1 year, 8 months ago (48 minutes after post)

Why don’t you start by saying to everyone you are going to invite that you would love to throw a party but as you don’t have the money you’ve decided to raise some by having a huge garage sale. Ask them to donate the stuff they don’t want to that. When I was getting married I loved bridalinsider.com. It was created for people in San Diego/LA/San Francisco, but you can ask for a ton of ideas for having a wedding on a low budget. There are organizations such as Brides for Breastcancer, who do a U.S. tour of wedding dresses people have donated which they sell for a vastly reduced price. Also, instead of asking for money you could maybe go and find a local community center or church hall where you could get married and say you will volunteer a certain amount of time in return for free use. Try and get on your local radio station and just get your story out there, you never know who will help you, you will probably get a ton of stuff donated.

els 2 #
San Diego, CA, US | 1 year, 8 months ago (1 hour, 9 minutes after post)

There is so, so much you think you need for a wedding and don’t.

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