Did you make your money back?

Not even close

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Posted by LadyDuda81509

not at all!! people dont understand covering your plate! few people gave $50
some didnt give anything....
and then there were a few that we got $100 from 3 people! ugh!!

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Ditto here...

We made back the hall and the flowers.

DH and I paid for everything but, my mom did buy my dress. Some people did surprise us in a good way as others totally screwed us.
I paid lost out on 1,000 of 10 no shows and some said they were giving that back to us..... well where the hellll is it? Some people are unreal.

I know this is going to cause a stink and probably unnecessary drama, but all these posts about money really upsets me. I really don't understand why everyone is so upset about not getting 'enough' money in cards from people or no gifts at all. My MIL didn't give us a gift, 3 people in our bridal party didn't give us gifts and 2 guests didn't give us gifts. We had couples give us $50 or just $100 and we were paying $160 a head with tax. Almost every single person I invited who didn't show up didn't give us anything. I even had one of my cousin's steal the money her father gave us for a gift. But I DON'T CARE. Because at the end of the day what is more important to me is that my wedding was the best day of my life and it took all those people there to make it such a great day. Getting angry with people for not giving us something is pointless and would ruin my relationship with them, and my relationship is more important than something material or trying to one-up them.

My mother paid for the hall and a few extra things, and we paid for a bunch of things too. We didn't make back all the money we spent, let along our entire wedding costs. But again, who cares. My real gift was DH, not $10,000.

I know there is such a thing as 'etiquette' and proper rules for giving presents, but most people who are not part of our generation don't get that. My mother and aunts had no idea about that rule, and they all have daughters who are getting married in the next couple of years.

All of this on top of the fact that a lot of people are struggling right now because of the economy. People are losing their jobs, getting evicted, and can barely pay their bills. And this is all anyone cares about? The fact that you were lucky enough to afford to throw a lavish party for yourself and people didn't give you a present? Honestly, it really disappoints me that everyone is that caught up in something so superficial.