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On one podcast J&R was talking about the expense of getting married.
Went to City Hall – got a license for $35
Our friend has a friend that is a city judge.
One Saturday morning my now-wife and I and two friends and the Judge meet at the courthouse. Just 4 people. We got married! Afterwards, one friend had to go back to work, the Judge left and the 3 of us left went out to a $30 breakfast. All done in 2 hours – total cost was $65
No court fee, but my friends slipped the judge a $50 bill for coming out on a Saturday.
After 15 years we didn’t think getting married would much matter – but it did and the relationship is even stronger and even more fun now.
The bet part was when people asked Hey – how was your weekend? or whats new? We got to say.. oh not much.. oh yeah — we got married. Seeing the people’s faces was great.
No parties, no thousands of dollars, no bullshit !
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that’s a great story. i just watched a show on netflix called “cheapest weddings” some of them have budgets of 6k! i’m like, that’s still too much. as i like to say, that cheapest wedding is no wedding (very swedish, most swedes don’t get married these days). after almost 14 years not married, we’re still going strong. whatever works for you.
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My marriage was similar – $55 for a marriage license, and we thought we would be out $130 for having a justice of the peace come to our house to do the ceremony.
When the justice arrived, she saw I had a bunch of product in my garage from the company I work for – I gave her about $500 in retail value of product and she waived the fee!
We spent the next couple of months laughing when people noticed our rings and we were finally married after 17 years!
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We had no guests at all at our wedding, just the hubs and I. Yet we had a crew of 17 taking care of us and we spent $10,000!
Ok, ‘fession time. We got married on safari in Africa, on the edge of the Mara River in Kenya. The ten grand included our airfare, a week’s accommodation, game drives, all the marriage license paperwork, a Justice of the Peace and her assistant being flown out to us, a tribe of dancing Masai warriors, flowers, cake, and 7 armed guards to ensure the bridal couple didn’t end up being lunch. 😀
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I’ve been scraping together elements for the past year or so, mostly things like my dress and rings. I’d be fine with a courthouse wedding but it would upset my inlaws to not have something more. We pretty much told them if they want to pay for it, sure. But I veto churches, or a religious service of any kind. I’d be happiest in a park gazebo and the barman with his internet marriage license.
I’ve always wanted something low key like a potluck reception. I just want a special day to mark the legal beginning of my marriage, not to go into oodles of debt. I’ll probably pay for some nice photos to be taken, so that when I am old I can enjoy them. But I don’t think it’s worth paying stupid amounts of money on fancy wines.
I personally believe the best gift from anyone, and from myself, would be an investment in our future not the party for the day.
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One of the best weddings I went to was a ceremony in the cute little building at a local park. It looked a lot like a church, which satisfied the religious, but was conducted by a JP. After the wedding, there was a table with drinks and cakes for the guests. Once everyone had left, a select party of about two dozen people, joined the new couple at a BBQ at someone’s home, I think the in-laws. The wedding ceremony was everything the bride’s mother wanted – white dress, solemn vows – and the reception was everything the bride wanted – a raucous party with special friends. It was brilliant!
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If us tech-minded libertarians had our way, the cost to get married would be just a few cents. You’d sign a marriage smart contract between the two parties and then load it into a blockchain of your choosing. Bypassing the nosy government.
I know, it sounds so romantic.
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