This sounds great! Someone trying to charge me a ticket would completely alleviate any guilt I might feel over not wanting to attend another fucking wedding.
My wife and I spent less than that on our entire wedding.
I don’t remember what the charge was to get married at the courthouse with both our moms there. 20 bucks or something? And the judge gave us pencils that were like gavels with two erasers.
Meh it’s normal in Japan. Although rather than actually setting a price, it is just a cultural norm to gift money. ¥30,000 (about 200 USD right now) is the basic minimum, but it goes up based on relationship. If you plan and negotiate with venues well, you can end up paying nothing out of pocket.
Same in Croatia. The idea is that the combined gift amounts cover the cost of the wedding + leave a little bit extra
100-200€ per person is pretty standard
Sounds practical. Who wants to go into debt for a wedding?!
Removing the social expectations, it is a bit odd to take hundreds of dollars from each of your friends to have a party that you have full control over. I wouldn’t expect my friends to fund anything in my life. But hey, I live in a country that can’t even crowdfund healthcare on a national level so maybe my view is just skewed.
At least half the money is used for the guest’s experience (food, open bar and so on) including return gifts (as is the norm in Japan). This is generally a gift catalog which guests can choose an item from. It is surprisingly fun as it feels like you’re not the one spending more way. They have catalogs of different values to need individuals’ needs.
Close friends will often plan surprise acts to be performed during the wedding (singing or dancing and so on). So it is not entirely up to the host.
It is still customary to invite one’s boss and co-workers too. So yeah, it is culturally different from western countries I guess.
RSVP
I regret to inform you that we are unable to attend your wedding.
Surge pricing, think of the huge demand for wedding tickets… during weddings!!!
No. And I’m taking your fucking George Foreman grill back to the store.
You guys have this all wrong. It says they were doing it to save money. It should work perfectly since they will only have to pay for the two of them.
