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Florist Question

meriwarrenmeriwarren
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In need of some help here.... Just met with my florist this morning, and am in need of an answer.

Typically, does the grooms family pay for the groom/groomsmen's boutineers? How does that work?
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Re: Florist Question

  • booboo1978booboo1978
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    edited December 2011

    It's tradition that the groom pays for the boutennaiers (sp?).  I'm not sure how other people work out the flowers, but my FI and I are paying for everything altogether (we're paying for the whole shebang ourselves anyways). 

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  • noodle_oonoodle_oo member
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    edited December 2011
    Yeah, we didn't follow any of those old fashioned rules.  We paid for our wedding ourselves, so we paid for all the flowers ourselves as well.  The boutonnieres were cheap though, like $7 each.  In the scheme of the flower budget, pretty small.  I'd say whoever is paying for the flowers should probably pay for them as well (unless you getting them from a different florist, which would be kind of silly).
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  • october010brideoctober010bride
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    edited December 2011
    My H and I paid for everything ourselves. H's family did contribute to the morning after brunch though, which was very nice and unexpected.
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  • Hellokatie0517Hellokatie0517 member
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    edited December 2011
    FI and I are paying for the majority of the wedding which happens to include the flowers.  However, we will gladly take donations from any willing party! :) 

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  • meriwarrenmeriwarren
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    edited December 2011
    UndecidedThanks!  Its so hard to follow traditions when so many things have changed!  I've talked to a few of our other married friends and some have said that grooms family pays and some said they did.  Ergh -- out with old rules, in with the new! 
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  • midgemotomidgemoto
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    edited December 2011
    Historically the groom buys the brides bouquet... but it very seldom happens that way now.  
    It is becoming fairly frequent for the Grooms family to offer to pay for all the flowers.  A nice jesture given the imbalances in costs anyway. 
    That is of course if the family is paying for the wedding... 
    more often than not the couple takes charge of the details with a wedding fund that gets mixed... 

    aww for tradition, wouldn't that be a nice way to go...
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