Married people

[puddlemonkey]

finances are the #1 reason married people fight.

this is Smurfy BTW

Yep, that and kids. Probably the reason my brothers marriage has lasted so long and gone so smooth. No kids and they both have 6 figure salaries. All my friends that are divorced have debt and kids. Imagine that.

 

[Raptorex]

cant the money you get from the wedding pay for the honeymoon?

or a hooker once a week for a year

 

[puddlemonkey]

or a hooker once a week for a year

B: Hooker

 

[jh1]

I'd file for divorce.

 

[Phaded]

as you know Im getting married Nov 10 and my wonderful soon to be wife wanted this huge wedding and I just sat back shut up and didnt say fuck all, but now when its coming to honeymoon planning we are fighting about the fact that we might have to put it on credit and pay it off over a few months, she thinks we should wait till next year when we have more money, however we are both so busy I know it wont happen that we have time off together.

so my question is how important is a honeymoon, it means alot to me,mostly because I havent travelled much.

I want opinions,I think it would be a nice way to unwind after all the stress

dude you can balance transfer debt at no interest for the rest of your life.. dont pass on a honeymoon.. you and your wife will be upset that you didn't do one for the rest of your life bud..

 

[katdav]

Definitely go on a Honeymoon, just tone it down. You can always go on a credit card trip later.

 

[theoak01]

well it was line of credit which is cheap,but either way it appears as ive been a selfish prick lately which blew up tonight when I went out for a few beers to a local strip bar with a friend,apparently thats a big deal and Im not sleepin on the couch

 

[Phaded]

few beers how late were you out

 

[heavy_duty]

very strange

What he said. ^^^

I STILL have not had a honeymoon, an engagement ring or even a formal proposal and we will be celebrating one year in hell *cough* I mean, wedded bliss soon.

My wedding also cost us (hmmmm the price of airfare for the groom) and that's about it. I wore my sister's dress and we had a very small ceremony in my apartment in Jersey with only my best gf (she gave me away dressed as a pirate), two of my girls (we were afraid to tell them that it was my wedding so the third opted to go trick-or-treating with her gf, poor thing cried for days after she found out she missed my wedding) and my sister (trailertrash matron of honor), my brother-in-law (her trailertrash husband) and their three kids. My husband was so broke that my sister actually paid for our rings which though they are uncommon are made of sterling silver so they cost less than 100$ TOGETHER. My sister and gf brought most of the food and we HAD A FREAKING BLAST!!!!

It would be nice to spend all kinds of money, but if you don't have it at the time of the wedding does that make THE MARRIAGE less special?

 

[bigmann245]

if it means that much to you then go for it. me and my wife spent our honeymoon at bush gardens tampa florida and then old town in orlando. very cheap but we had a BLAST. i will never forget it and i will never regret not going on an expensive honeymoon to some island i cant pronounce. trust me sand is sand, palm trees are palm trees. meet half way and go somewhere local or even a cheap flight somewhere and have fun not blowing a load of cash (or credit even) and you can still have a blast. we made almost $6000 at our wedding in cash gifts. we spent about $1500 of it on the honeymoon and the rest we saved.