Who Pays For The Wedding? – The Rules And The Exceptions
For a very long time in the past, the burden of shouldering wedding expenses fell on the family of the bride. This was probably because of some gender issues that were unresolved in the past. Whatever the reason, the traditional ways of financing the proceedings of marriage are no longer followed by majority of families.
To clarify the differences between traditional ways and the way the financial issues of marriage are resolved today let us first take a look at how they did it in the past.
Formerly, the bride’s family took care of wedding expenses at the engagement party, if such a party was celebrated.
On top of this, all the costs incurred by the wedding itself, including; transportation, rentals, musicians and various other professional and religious fees was also charged to the bride’s family.
After that, the expenses for the wedding reception, including the music and entertainment, the food and party favors were all paid for by the bride’s side.
The family of the bride also bought the bridal gown, a pair of wedding gifts for the couple, the bouquets for the bridesmaids and all the flowers needed for dcor. They also paid for photography sessions, the photographs and the refreshments.
The groom’s side answered mainly for honeymoon expenses. Besides this, the side of the groom also gave out gifts to the couple.
In modern times, people think more about making wedding expenses convenient for both sides of the union. There is a tendency for apportioning the costs depending on the relative financial standings of the families involved. This usually ends up with all common wedding expenses being halved.
In the matter of guests, each family pays for the portion of the reception dinner that is allotted to the number of guests it invites.
For families who belong to the same income bracket, the above manner of dividing wedding expenses is prevalent. But the idea behind the sharing of marriage costs is not really dividing everything evenly between the two couple’s families, but in contributing to the occasion in proportion to the family’s financial status.
If the groom’s side (to describe it in terms of percentages) is ‘twice as rich’ as the bride’s side, they usually end up paying 2/3 of the common expenditures. But in some situations, a highly advantaged family my even want to pay for all wedding expenses: gowns, rehearsals and all.
For the sake of all relationships that will be involved in the marriage, that situation has to be averted. The family that is less fortunate money-wise should insist on a less expensive wedding that they can easily afford to contribute to. They should also make it a point to give their share of the expenditures, however little that may be.
In such a case, it will be far better for the less well-off side to insist on an inexpensive wedding in which both parties can afford to split the wedding expenses, if not even, at least to some extent.
Giving each part equal importance will work very well towards making sure their relationship lasts and continues lovingly. The same will also hold for the in-laws
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