Weddings are unnecessarily expensive
It is a wedding season and many couples want their weddings to be remembered for years to come. To them pulling off an expensive wedding is the most important thing to impress people. What they focus on is giving people a “wedding of the year.”
But before you get carried away by the excitement of a “wedding of the year,” pause for a moment and ponder on whether it is really necessary for you to spend that much. With escalating statistics of divorce, one wonders whether the investment that could have been directed to building the new marriage, went towards the wedding only.
Remember that a wedding takes place in one day, but the marriage follows thereafter. A successful wedding does not even equate to a successful marriage, therefore it is not necessary to spend a lot of money to wed. In fact, this is the reason many have shied away from getting married because they do not have money.
Don’t get me wrong, everyone has a right to have their lavish wedding especially if they can afford it, but in all sincerity you do not need huge amounts of money to have a successful marriage.
Many weddings have been conducted for lesser amount of money and they are doing just fine. It is even sad to see couples splashing money around to host exclusive, expensive weddings and a few years down the line the two have gone their separate ways.
Marriage is a powerful institution. If two people love each other and desire to share their lives in marriage, they should not be restricted by the depth of their pockets. It is high time we allow people to invest in their relationship and their future than in a day of pomp and show off.
Bathong, weddings are unnecessarily expensive! Some couples even go to the extent of sponsoring all bridal party attires. No man! Classy is good, exquisite is great, but if you can’t afford it, forget and focus on the most important thing, the new life you are about to start.
The truth is, no money is too much to marry a good woman, but no good woman will want you to spend huge amounts of money for a day’s celebration leaving the future to chance and uncertainty. No reasonable woman. Of course in some instances it’s this ‘gender’ that creates a lot of pressure for off the top occasions.
Do you know that 20 years from now, people will not necessarily remember the grandeur of your wedding, instead, they will want to see how you and your wife or husband have been able to weather the storms of life together. What would be most inspiring to them is the success of the family you have built. This is not to say expensive weddings do not become successful.
When the time comes, take your fiancé to the altar, let the pastor marry you in the presence of family and friends. Let God bless you and go enjoy your lives, you don’t owe anyone an expensive wedding.