Between celebrity marriages, wedding-themed reality TV shows, and friends’ pictures plastered all over social media, weddings are everywhere and they keep getting bigger.<\/p>\n
While the average cost for a wedding is upwards of $32,000<\/a>, that doesn\u2019t mean it has to be the cost of your<\/i> wedding. And even if your big-day budget is sizable\u00a0(families can be pretty generous about this stuff, after all), you may want to consider ways that your \u201cwedding money\u201d can help you transition into\u00a0marriage.<\/p>\n Start Your Life Together With Less Debt<\/strong> Invest in Your Future Rather Than Spending It All on the Wedding<\/strong> Splurge on an Unforgettable Honeymoon<\/strong> Wedding Budget Is Mostly Spent to Entertain Guests Anyway<\/strong> xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Between celebrity marriages, wedding-themed reality TV shows, and friends' pictures plastered all over social media, ...","author":635780,"featured_media":86155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/10135539\/shutterstock_386899471.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/10135539\/shutterstock_386899471.jpg","formated_date":"August 11, 2016","category_name":"Life","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113832\/entertainment.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#0db701","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/635780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhat’s more worse than a\u00a0case of post-wedding blues? Knowing that your big day is over yet\u00a0you\u2019re still<\/em> paying for it. Opt to plan a wedding that fits within your budget. Better yet, plan to stay below<\/i> budget and use the leftover funds to pay off some debt. It\u2019s not an exciting way to spend money, but it\u2019ll help get your combined finances on track as you begin your life together (financial troubles are one of the top causes for divorce<\/a>).<\/p>\n
\nYour wedding is supposed to be the best day of your life. That\u2019s right: day<\/i>. Of course you want the occasion to be memorable — and it should be — but a day, a week, a month afterwards, no one will care that you spent $12,000 on a seaside venue or an extra $5 per napkin so that they were all the “perfect shade of blue.”\u00a0<\/i>Consider opting for a budget-friendly celebration, then use any extra money to invest in something together, whether it be a new bed, a car, or even a down payment on a house.<\/p>\n
\nWhether the people on your guest list bring drama or a\u00a0\u201cbig white wedding\u201d just isn\u2019t your thing, consider\u00a0having a small celebration instead that includes the people who matter most. Then splurge\u00a0on an extended vacation with your one-and-only. You won’t regret having extra honeymoon time with your partner.<\/p>\n
\nWeddings are certainly cause for celebration, and the guests you invite deserve to have a great time. But as your budget starts to dwindle and expensive decisions are made, just remember, this is about you<\/i>. Are you spending thousands\u00a0on a fancy\u00a0menu because it makes\u00a0you<\/i> happy, or because you want to impress your guests? There\u2019s a happy medium, and that includes being \u201cselfish\u201d if you wish to save money on your big day.<\/p>\n