Who paid?

katiepoppy

Who is paying/paid for your wedding?

*BeachBride0410*

I picked other:

FI & I paid for the majority....his mother gave us some money towards it, my parents paid for my dress & some decorations.  His father & step mom paid for our HM.

kkchisholm

FI and I paid, except my parents bought my dress and his parents are hosting the rehearsal dinner.

Nebb

My mom paid for the reception, my dad paid for the photography, and we paid for everything else. My IL's didnt pay for anything and then complained about everything, theyre assholes though.

pinkpinot

We are paying for it. 

Lyss5782

When we got engaged, my parents gave us a lump sum of money that probably is about a third of our wedding expenses....however, we decided to use a lot of it for a down payment on a house.  My mom also bought my dress.  FI's parents are paying for the rehearsal dinner.  Our honeymoon is a gift from FI's boss.

We are paying for the rest. 

mben1119

Our parents split our HM, my parents paid for food, dress, flowers, etc, and his parents paid for booze, wedding license, and his clothes. The only thing we have paid for are our attendants' gifts, and I bought my guest book pen LOL.  I am the oldest child, and only daughter, and my parents have always said they would pay their part.

mef1183

I voted other.  FI's grandparents are paying for the majority, while I paid for my dress and any DIY projects.  His grandparents offered to pay for just about everything, but I'm not about to say "hey, can I have $20 to go to Michael's?"

impslave

DH and I saved up for two years to pay for everything.  His family offered us some money, but we declined because of the strings that came attached.  In the end, we were happy with how everything turned out since we had complete control.

MissLeahM

Mostly my mother is paying, shes paying for the reception (food only)  and my dress. Fi's family gave us money to use however we please, but we'll either save that for the house or our HM.

We are very greatful.

angie74

my parents paid for about 90% of it. his parents did the rehearsal, plus a little for the wedding.

we contributed a small amount. if it had been up to us to pay for it, it would've been a city hall wedding!

allisong23

FMIL gave us $5K, and my parents gave us our wedding gift of $2K in advance of the wedding. FFIL and FMIL are paying for the rehearsal dinner. We are paying everything else.

andyandhillary

It's split unevenly.  My parents paid for the dress and are paying for the reception for the most part.  FFIL is paying for the photographer, gave a chunk of money for whatever, and is allowing us to use his timeshare for our hotel in Orlando.  Andy and I are paying for the DJ, Florist, invitations and all other paper things, gifts for attendants, among other random things. 

HDutko

We paid for everything. We didn't have a rehearsal dinner because my family could not afford an extra night at the hotel (most of the are OOT).

jesibel14

My parents gave us a lump sum that will end up being about a 1/4 of the wedding.
My FMIL gave us a lump sum towards the honeymoon that will be about a 1/3 of the HM.  She's also paying for the RD.

We are paying for everything else.  We're grateful for both contributions and have been pretty good with staying on budget and not going overboard on our wedding. 

debjwes

we're paying 100%

temerityjane

My parents are paying for the reception, Buddy and I are paying for everything else that isn't the price per head at the reception venue,

direy25

I picked other - my parents bought my dress, FI's parents are paying for our honeymoon, we're footing the rest of the bill. 

K Byte

My parents paid for my dress and alterations (which was awesome), the limo, the invitations, half the cost of the videographer, the deposit to the photographer, the cake, and most of the DJ. More than that they actually took care of booking and dealing with a lot of these vendors which I super appreciated!

His parents paid for one of our large reception catering deposits plus a little extra since we didn't know exactly how much it was going to be, and may give us some more money immediately in advance of the wedding, we're not sure. They let us use their frequent flyer miles for our HM and are also hosting the RD.

We already paid for/are going to pay for for the initial deposit for the reception site and the rest of the reception payments (minus the one FI's parents got this winter), the remainder of the photography costs, half of the price of the video, the honeymoon minus our flight, all the ceremony costs (officiant fee, church fee, musicians, etc.), the huge floral bill, the initial deposit for the DJ, and all the smaller costs like a cake cutting set, my veil and accessories, his tux, our wedding rings, etc.

lizstill13

My parents paid for everything but the RD. They gave us a budget and let us have free reign on everything. It was fantastic to not have to run everything by them just because they were paying. And we stayed under budget, which made them super happy!

whitelilies86

My parents bought my dress and are paying the majority of the reception food and bar. FI and I are paying for the rest of the reception bill as well as the DJ, photographer, flowers. FILs are having a rough time financially and his mom feels so bad about not being able to help (I told her to not worry about it). So, she's offered to design our invites and is helping me with all the DIY stuff.

JoyTate1

My mom is paying for the wedding, his dad is paying for the RD and his mom gave us $1500 towards the honeymoon.  I am the youngest of 3 girls and the only one not to elope, so my mom was dead set on a big wedding.  Fortunately, my mom is my friend and I have enjoyed planning with her.

iamjoesgurl

I said other because while DH and I paid for the vast majority, our parents contributed a little bit.  My parents paid for our family to stay at our venue (which wasn't necessary but everyone appreciated being able to stay there).  His parents paid for the RD, 1/2 flowers and invitations.  We didn't need the help, but they wanted to contribute.  They wanted to do more, but I felt like that what they were doing was more than they really needed to do.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I chose "we paid" but my mom is paying for all or part of my dress (reimbursing me - I'm not sure how much) and his parents are paying for the RD.

Patineuse1124

My parents gave us a lump sum that will end up covering about 2/3 of the expenses, excluding honeymoon (I my parents so much for this!)  We're paying for the rest.  There's a chance FILs may host the rehearsal dinner, but if they do I'm sure my FI will give them the money to pay for it.  I don't expect them to contribute anything I'm just annoyed because they said that if we had a longer engagement (ours is going to be 10 months) they would have been able to contribute to it, which is total BS.  If they genuinely wanted to contribute than they should stop blowing all of their money at the casino every weekend.  I totally hate when people make dumb excuses for things!

quotequeen

My dad is giving us a lump sum that will cover most if not all of the wedding costs.  My mom paid for my dress.  We will pay for our honeymoon and anything extra on the wedding ourselves.

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We paid for most of it. My family bought almost all of teh food (we cooked the food ourselves) and his family surprised us a few days before by paying for the chair and tent rentals.

jasmineh7777

We're paying for everything. My parents offered money, but we declined. My Mom has done so much DIY with me, that I should probably be paying her.

adamnkel

My parents gave us some money and FI's parents are paying for flowers and RD. We are paying for the majority ourselves.

Calypso1977

i am truly amazed at how many parents are paying for their kids vacations....i just never would expect something like that.

melissamc2

We are paying for everything, right down to the very last cent - from dress to rehearsal to honeymoon, and everything in between.