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Originally posted by Cream
You are so right. This is why people should have engagements with pre-marital counseling.
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Amen, amen, amen!
My pastor will not marry a couple who has not received a minimum of three counseling sessions. If one or the other of the couple has been divorced, he recommends "Fresh Start" or another Christian divorce recovery seminar - for BOTH of them!
I am in complete agreement with this, and my future inlaws just cannot understand why their son/brother needs this counseling. If for no other reason (and this thread speaks right to the topic!), a couple MUST be in agreement about finances & how not to overextended yourselves.
I think we all agree that charging people $330 to attend your wedding is definitely overextending the budget! That bride may have champagne taste but she has all the class of a day old beer!
Traditions are such sacred cows, and it's hard not to step on toes - especially with the mixing of cultures. Again, my inlaws are confused by a Groom's Cake. I don't want to do a money dance, but will probably grit my teeth and bear it.
Anyone who's lived in Pittsburgh knows of a tradition exclusive to Pittsburgh - The Cookie Table! All good friends of the bride & groom make tons of fancy cookies for a huge spread of cookies. It sounds a little crazy, but actually, the cookies keep early arrivals from getting smashed prior to the dinner, and they're also a great ice breaker. Who doesn't love cookies? One divorced woman I know says that the reason her marriage broke up was because they neglected to have a Cookie Table!