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 Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: skeeter]
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09/22/21 12:10 PM
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Samsonsworld
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35 years ago I gave the JP 20 bucks, that seemed about right at the time About the best offer my daughter is going to get.
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: tx_basser]
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09/22/21 12:10 PM
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Brent S
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I guess I need to be in the wedding event business. The amount of money thrown at them is ridiculous.
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: Brent S]
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09/22/21 12:21 PM
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John175☮
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I guess I need to be in the wedding event business. The amount of money thrown at them is ridiculous. It's a drop in the bucket compared to college...
“Do not pray for easier lives. Pray to be stronger men.” -JFK
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: John175☮]
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09/22/21 12:32 PM
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Brent S
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I guess I need to be in the wedding event business. The amount of money thrown at them is ridiculous. It's a drop in the bucket compared to college... College doesn't have to be that expensive either. I went to a community College a couple years and then finished at a university for less than a lot of these weddings! Worked during school and had my loans paid off within the first year out of school. Edit: I just looked up the cost of tuition at UT Arlington and I am shocked at how the rates have nearly doubled since 10 years ago.
Last edited by Brent S; 09/22/21 12:42 PM.
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: tx_basser]
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09/22/21 12:37 PM
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T Bird
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If you funded her college education that resulted in a good paying job, that should be sufficient. Let her and "hubby to be" pay for the wedding. 
Okie by birth, Texan by choice. ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2021/01/full-47849-80883-111.jpg) USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: Brent S]
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09/22/21 12:59 PM
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LoneStarSon
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I guess I need to be in the wedding event business. The amount of money thrown at them is ridiculous. It's a drop in the bucket compared to college... College doesn't have to be that expensive either. I went to a community College a couple years and then finished at a university for less than a lot of these weddings! Worked during school and had my loans paid off within the first year out of school. Edit: I just looked up the cost of tuition at UT Arlington and I am shocked at how the rates have nearly doubled since 10 years ago. Yep. The kids are paying crazy figures, but it is a Texas Tier 1 and R1 school now...and still one of the most reasonably priced 4 year schools around.
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: tx_basser]
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09/22/21 01:08 PM
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Zipster
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I spent 25k on my youngest, and about 15k on my oldest. Different kids, different weddings. My youngest had 120 -130 people and we had it at the vineyard in McKinney. The venue was by far the most expensive of everything.
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: Monty Wright]
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09/22/21 01:15 PM
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Flip Flop Fisher
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My oldest daughter is currently 10. For the last few years, we've been talking how it's smarter financially for her to use the money from a wedding to help buy her first house. It's not a constant conversation but something I mention a couple times a year. We'll see how it plays out.
For our wedding, we footed the bill. We flew out to Vegas for a long weekend. Money well spent. so, you're brain washing her (Kidding!)
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: John175☮]
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09/22/21 01:17 PM
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Flip Flop Fisher
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I guess I need to be in the wedding event business. The amount of money thrown at them is ridiculous. It's a drop in the bucket compared to college... college is 4 years, a wedding is 1 day
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: tx_basser]
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09/22/21 01:21 PM
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John175☮
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Two girls. One UTD then Texas Tech for Law School. The other OU then SMU for law school.
The last expenditure for a child is the wedding. We had a choice to help or not. Wife would have divorced me if we didn't. Taking that into account the wedding was cheaper.
“Do not pray for easier lives. Pray to be stronger men.” -JFK
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: John175☮]
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09/22/21 01:27 PM
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Flip Flop Fisher
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Two girls. One UTD then Texas Tech for Law School. The other OU then SMU for law school.
The last expenditure for a child is the wedding. We had a choice to help or not. Wife would have divorced me if we didn't. Taking that into account the wedding was cheaper. I'm listening to the guy with 80k posts!
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: tx_basser]
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09/22/21 01:29 PM
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Resh
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This is like anything else, those that have the money throw great weddings, those who don’t complain about why it’s stupid or you don’t need it. The American way
There are no fish in sonic pond EDIT: Except 1 20lb catfish
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: tx_basser]
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09/22/21 01:33 PM
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RickS.
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I'm glad I will never have to deal with this problem.
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: Brent S]
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09/22/21 01:46 PM
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Tiltman
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I guess I need to be in the wedding event business. The amount of money thrown at them is ridiculous. believe me, I have considered this, my wife and her buddy that we used as our event planner would crush it.
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Re: Daughters & Weddings
[Re: tx_basser]
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09/22/21 01:54 PM
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WAWI
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It's one of those emotional events, like a funeral, that people overspend on. I believe my wife had her wedding dress vacuum sealed and it has been sitting in the attic at MIL house for 28 years..... we have looked at wedding pictures exactly zero times since we got them back. Its a bunch of money that is gone like a fart in the wind.
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