Mine was far below average as well, and I justified it in my mind because I graduated a semester early from college, so that saved my parents money.
Mal: Cut it out. Job's not done until we're back on Serenity. Zoe: Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.
'Ariel'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - May 21, 2007 1:34:27 pm PDT #8558 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
-t - May 21, 2007 1:35:01 pm PDT #8559 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Last year, the average American [wedding] ceremony cost $27,852
Isn't that not very far off from average annual income?
Freaky.
Daisy Jane - May 21, 2007 1:38:55 pm PDT #8560 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
flea is me. We spent maybe $3000. My dress was $500 (bridesmaid's dress in white) rings were $250 and $300. Venue was his parents' front yard. My uncle is a florist. Jon was working for a liqour company. Family made the food. Cake was a little over $100 from a bakery near mom's place. Another friend played piano for music. I bought the bridesmaid's their dresses (little black sheath dresses) for about $40 a piece. Oh and invitations, though if I remember correctly, my mother did those and we just bought the stationary.
I still look at those pictures and marvel that my family cleared me out a beautiful spot in the woods, built me a canopy and an aisle and made me a gorgeous banquet. Makes me tear up a little.
JZ - May 21, 2007 1:40:46 pm PDT #8561 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Ours was not far off from that, but the bulk of the money was spent on the (amazing) venue and the (possibly more amazing) food and booze. eta: Plus, Bay Area blah-blah-incredibly-expensive-cakes; a comparable wedding in a lot of other places probably would've been at least a third cheaper. Though it was probably worth it just for the Oz-and-Willow cake. I'm fairly certain the wardrobe for our entire not-small wedding party, including the flower girl and ring bearer, was less than the cost of the average dress.
Which reminds me, Emmett needs a new tuxedo. We know this because he reminds both of us at least once a week. I think this time he longs for tails, and if he thought he could talk us into a red brocade cummerbund and a gold watch chain he'd go for that too.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 21, 2007 1:41:09 pm PDT #8562 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Isn't that not very far off from average annual income?
About 3/4 of the gross, so probably more than the average adult's net take-home pay.
juliana - May 21, 2007 1:42:02 pm PDT #8563 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Yeah, we spent about $3500, all told. Most of that was for food and booze. My dress cost about $300 between fabric and seamstress time.
I'm really glad we didn't spend any more than that, given what happened after.
sarameg - May 21, 2007 1:50:09 pm PDT #8564 of 10001
So is there a message on my answering machine? What do you think?
And the pine trees are pollening so I've got a fine dusting of neon yellow powder EVERYWHERE.
Allyson - May 21, 2007 2:04:12 pm PDT #8565 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Ailleann - May 21, 2007 2:08:04 pm PDT #8566 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
So, who's got a good fruit salad recipe? I'm supposed to make one for a birthday dinner tomorrow, and I can't get ahold of my mother to get the awesome coconut-laced one. (And I find it hard to believe it has sour cream in it, like the internet's trying to convince me...)
Cashmere - May 21, 2007 2:17:56 pm PDT #8567 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I think we spent $7-9K on my wedding. Mom paid for everything and wasn't that upfront about the actual costs. We cut some places to spend more in others. My dress did cost about $1K.
My sister spent half that for her dress recently. They're keeping the wedding small but splurging on the reception (dinner for 200 people) so they will most likely spend somewhere in the range of $10-12K.
Ailleann, I just mix a bunch of fresh fruit together. Am I doing it wrong?