Money Talk Matters

I was pleasantly surprised when I began to read this story that was in the Altanta Journal Constitution titled Couples plan wedding asks guests to foot the bill. Sure, I have heard of money trees and dollar dances, but to ask the guest to help pay for the wedding wow what a tone that sets for the marriage.

Brides and Grooms you must ask yourself what is more important the wedding day or your marriage? The wedding is just one day the marriage is supposed to be for a lifetime. For an older couple getting married, personally I would recommend going to the Justice of the Peace and then maybe having a reception and inviting friends to celebrate there. But this idea that you have to have a dream wedding that you cannot afford, PUH LEASE.

Even if it is a younger couple that is paying for their own wedding, same thing I would say go to the Justice of the Peace. You do not have to let society dictate your wedding.

If you cannot afford to have a big wedding from the outset, then do a wedding later on your five year anniversary. As a money and marriage advocate there are several things I want to point out that a couple should not want: 1) starting out the marriage with wedding debt; 2) have wedding bills that out last the marriage and 3) living beyong your means from the wedding day which can set the tone for financial frustration throughout the marriage.

Remember three out of four married couples are arguing about money. You do not have to be part of that statistic. The important thing in MARRIAGE is the COMMITMENT you make to each other, not the size of the party.