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Just a little fun poll for you guys. I'm really curious to know!
My future in-laws are paying for the majority, my parents are contributing as well, and my aunt and uncle gave a little bit too.
We're paying it all because we want complete control and wouldn't have it any other way.
My parents paid for most of it, but my in laws paid for rd and alcohol.
@kankanwed: We got lucky, my parents gifted us the money and said do what you want with it, so we still had complete control.
We are paying for it all because it would just get nuts otherwise. Besides we already have a mortgage and stuff so for us not to pay would just seem...wrong.
We are paying for it but now I am like what the HECK did we get ourselves into!?!??!
We're planning on a destination wedding so we are just thrilled if you can get yourself there for the event.
No one needs to pay for anything or even give us gifts for that matter.
My Mum is going to help with my dress though. She's been waiting a loooonng time for that! :P
My dad contributed a sum and then my in laws paid for a lot of it and we paid for some expenses as well.
Agreed; we own a house and have a child together already, so approaching my dad and being like, "Can you pay for our wedding?" would just seem so silly. (Though I won't turn down money if he just gives it to me as a gift, LOL.)
My FI just got a job in January (this month), so I have pretty much paid for the entire thing, thus far. Hopefully, he will be able to pitch in soon and take care of the honeymoon.
my parents offered us an amount of money and his parents decided to "match" them and offered us the same amount. any overflow from that, my husband and i covered.
@artbee: You are lucky. My parents have drove us nuts by taking over our original idea of having a large wedding at home and it snowballed into a disaster. Hence why we chose on a very very small DW instead and are paying it on our own.
DH and I paid for 50%, My parents 25% and in-laws 25%. It worked out fabulously for everyone involved.
We are paying for all of it. My MIL has said she will contribute, but has never said how much, so we are just counting on paying for it all and any contributions will just be a nice surprise!
My FIL plan to contribute money, but we are going to pay the majority of it.
Me and my fiance are paying 100% of it.
We both come from Single parents, and neither one of our mothers have $$ like that.
I voted "other" since I didn't fit into any other category...
My parents: Ceremony and reception (including all food and alcohol)
FI's parents: Flowers and rehearsal dinner
My Aunt and Uncle: Wedding cake
Us: Everything else
We are paying it ourselves. Our parents mentioned about giving us money for gift after the weddings. Any money received from the wedding will go to down payments when we decide to be homeowners.
We plan to pay for it all except the rehearsal dinner. I know my parents will probably chip in some money for "extras" here and there, and his mother has said she will give him some money to make the honeymoon special, but I don't expect a lot of extra money springing up from anywhere! (That'd be nice though!!)
The majority is from my parents with a chunk from FI and I.
FILs make it very clear that it is the "brides family's responsibility" to pay so they will not be contributing. Fine by me!
I've planned a wedding we could afford to pay for ourselves. My mother has graciously offered to buy my dress and pay for the food, so we are receiving help.
My parents offered us a very generous contribution to the wedding, and his parents are paying for the rehearsal dinner and honeymoon. We are super lucky, but are ready to cover whatever doesn't!
our parents gave us a budget and are splitting it down the middle. if we go over that budget, we have to contribute ourselves. We're very lucky!
We had planned to pay for everything, but my parents gifted us generously at our engagement party. It will cover more than the wedding.
eek I still want to tell everyone that we're paying for our own wedding though. I hate when people think someone is just giving me something.
We are paying for half. My parents are paying for half. My FI's parents are jerks and probably won't attend.
My parents are definitely helping us out for the wedding.... However, we will be paying most of it. So blessed that we are receiving that little help 
My parents saved 10K for my wedding and we're working hard so that amount covers almost all the expenses (dress, venues, caterer, dj, decor, invites, photog, etc). FI's father is paying for the rehearsal dinner and we are chipping in whatever else is needed (favors, little details here and there that i pick up, bridal party gifts, and the honeymoon).
I would say it's about a 65/35 split between us and both of our families.
FI and I are paying for the majority of it. His family is paying for certain things like rehearsal dinner, our wedding bands, airline tickets for our honeymoon, one night of lodging before the wedding and tux rentals for all the wedding party. My family is not as well off but will be graciously gifting us with the wedding cake. Everything else will be paid for 100% by us.
"Other" - our parents are splitting it three ways: my mom/stepdad, my dad/stepmom, his mom/dad. They're each putting in $4000, which is extremely generous and kind of them.
We are paying for the whole shabang. Neither of our parents is in a position to help and thats just fine.
We are prepared to pay for everything, but are willing to accept donations. My parents have helped some, though mostly with specific elements that they want to be nicer. We're really lucky that they're pretty intent on letting us do what we want... the only thing they insisted on was nicer champagne - which I have no issue at all letting them pay for. :-D
My parents paid about 50%, DH's parents paid about 40%, and we paid about 10%.
My hubby and I paid about 65%, my parents paid about 25%, and his parents paid about 10%.
My parents are paying $5,000. I have no clue how much his parents are wanting to pay in the end but they make significantly more money than my parents so I'm sure it will be a little more than $5,000 and Mr. Shef and I are paying for the rest. We have payed for odds and ends right now so not sure how much of it is going to come out of our pocket in the end but it will be some money. There is no way we would be able to afford a wedding on our budget (the kind where our $100 food bill made me stress) so I am so happy our parents not only are in a place to help but are willing to. I think it helps that we are still pretty young and in college so it wasn't that long ago we were living at home.
My parents are paying about 65%, FMIL is paying about 40% and we are paying the rest :)
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