tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748068049245566450.post1185016095544963483..comments2023-08-21T04:41:58.852-07:00Comments on M. A. McRae, author: The dream wedding? Or the marriage? Choose.M. A. McRaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11603879052919450471noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748068049245566450.post-61484928318657766232014-01-29T02:10:28.892-08:002014-01-29T02:10:28.892-08:00Thanks for your comments, Diane and Greta. We'...Thanks for your comments, Diane and Greta. We're not all lucky in our marriages for various reasons, but certainly, there is no point in adding to that slightly precarious first year of adjustments by adding in extra debt.M. A. McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11603879052919450471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748068049245566450.post-30505685137899320312014-01-29T02:04:26.582-08:002014-01-29T02:04:26.582-08:00My husband and I got married 8 days after my fifti...My husband and I got married 8 days after my fiftieth birthday. We were in a position that if we wanted to spend a besquillion on the happy event, we could have. We got married in our garden, and we had 7 guests. Two were his children. It's totally beyond me why young people spend huge amounts on a ceremony. Spend it on your lives, kids. Presumably you've already exchanged "I love you".Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011218229698210595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748068049245566450.post-21983370035083444712014-01-28T14:52:37.691-08:002014-01-28T14:52:37.691-08:00You are so right with all of your thoughts. I rem...You are so right with all of your thoughts. I remember when a wedding was a fun day with a blushing bride, an embarrassed groom and a couple of drunken uncles. It is just another sign of the horrible greed and avarice that is so rife in the world today and yes, as you so rightly say it's all about a marriage not the wedding. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com