We got married for $42. Squirrels as groomsmen. Borrowed the cage from a neighbor to catch them. Stole peanuts from a traveling circus elephant to train them. If you’re paying for your own peanuts you’re crazy.
My hot take...
There is absolutely no reason why you should spend more than $5,000 on a wedding if you’re making less than $1M a year.
I literally got married in a parking lot wearing a $150 dress from Anthropologie with roses from the grocery store… and I was worth a few 8 figures.
The modern wedding is nothing more than a huge financial cosplay we’ve normalized for pure performance sake.