Help!! Extremely low budget!!!

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Knottie74412830 said:

I have to disagree with the posts that say you should not ask any guests to provide anything for the wedding. I helped my (at the time) boyfriend's sister plan her wedding and she had a pretty similar budget. The dress she picked out was about $200 over budget, so I paid the difference as my family's wedding gift to her. She rented a small cabin near a lake for the day and held the ceremony on the front lawn. The reception was inside which included a buffet style pot-luck. The two families all brought food to share. I even went in to help finish cooking with my bridesmaid dress on after the ceremony was over. Everybody pulled together to help them celebrate their wedding and nobody minded putting in a little work for the day.  I personally am trying to make it so that nobody has to put work into my wedding and we can all just enjoy our day together, but I know that if push comes to shove, my family wouldn't mind at all contributing to the cooking, set-up, tear-down or whatever was needed. You just have to make that kind of decision based on what you feel is appropriate and how your two families will feel about it.

It was very kind of you to help with your boyfriend's sister's wedding, but this is terrible advice.