EPTAlso, now that I own a home a 20% pay cut would hurt quite a bit.
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
Also, now that I own a home a 20% pay cut would hurt quite a bit. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On May 01 2015 01:39 mordek wrote: I'd rather have a more frugal lifestyle with more time. We spent less than $5000 for everything dealing with the wedding. I can understand if it's not your preference but I think you're crazy  I don't know how you could do it that cheap unless it was like 50 people at a super cheap/free venue and you did everything DIY. | ||
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Frudgey
Canada3367 Posts
Because that's just mind blowing to me. I'm not saying that anyone is crazy for spending a lot on a wedding. I understand the desire to do so, but it just seems a little... excessive. | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
We did a lot ourselves and the venue was cheap. We had the ceremony in a park (rental $50) and dinner at the lodge building on the property for $350 or so.I'm with you Frudgey. | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
How many people attend is also a big factor. Catering becomes more expensive the more people who attend, and to an extent the same is true for venues. The costs don't necessarily scale linearly either, so 200 people can easily be more than 4 times as expensive as 50. For the record my in-laws spent $25000 on our wedding, but my wife is an only child and their princess so they wanted the whole shebang. | ||
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sung_moon
United States10110 Posts
On May 01 2015 01:52 Frudgey wrote: How much did you guys spend on your weddings anyways? Are they truly that expensive? Is $5000 for a wedding considered cheap? Because that's just mind blowing to me. I'm not saying that anyone is crazy for spending a lot on a wedding. I understand the desire to do so, but it just seems a little... excessive. Really? To me, 5k that doesn't all too much for a wedding. Lol Chinese restaurant weddings man. Was it the 7 course dinner that included like a cold meat platter with shrimp chips, some Peking duck, "shark fin" soup, ginger fried lobster etc.? edit: yea my cousin wanted a small/cheap wedding, but his wife/in laws wanted to go all out, and now he feels pressured to pay back in-laws for the same reason Suess mentioned. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:08 sung_moon wrote: Really? To me, 5k that doesn't all too much for a wedding. Lol Chinese restaurant weddings man. Was it the 7 course dinner that included like a cold meat platter with shrimp chips, some Peking duck, "shark fin" soup, ginger fried lobster etc.? Chinese restaurant weddings #1. the sucky part is the desert dish is always fucking bean soup or orange slices. Like w0t m8? the other 9 dishes were super epic, and the last dish is fucking orange slices? It's super anticlimactic. | ||
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
i work 45hrs a week with no overtime and would not take a pay cut for less hours cause habits and all that. | ||
AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut you'd have to have a very permissive workplace. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21245 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:12 ComaDose wrote: open bar for 100 people is almost $5000 at a nice venue i work 45hrs a week with no overtime and would not take a pay cut for less hours cause habits and all that. Lolwut? Open bar is much more than that. | ||
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AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:25 wei2coolman wrote: 12 hour shifts would be pretty baller imo. Only work 3 days a week. :D You're referring to Nurse Scheduling. I THINK my brother has 4 days/week with this and they're scheduled irregularly month to month. Yikes. | ||
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Duvon
Sweden2360 Posts
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:25 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Lolwut? Open bar is much more than that. much more than $50 a person? On May 01 2015 02:27 AsmodeusXI wrote: You're referring to Nurse Scheduling. I THINK my brother has 4 days/week with this and they're scheduled irregularly month to month. Yikes. 2 days 2 nights 5 off is standard full time around here | ||
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Frudgey
Canada3367 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:25 wei2coolman wrote: 12 hour shifts would be pretty baller imo. Only work 3 days a week. :D I mean if you're wanting to make it a 40 hour work week you'd need to sneak in a 4 hour shift somewhere else. I think I prefer five 8 hour work shifts as opposed to three 12 hour shifts and one 4 hour shift. Sure having the longer weekend is super nice, but working a 12 hour shift can really drain you. I mean granted, it really depends on what you're doing, but doing a bunch of math and writing algorithms for 12 hours is very taxing. At least for me. | ||
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Bearded Elder29905 Posts
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AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:27 Duvon wrote: Honestly I think I'd rather have lower hours and work 6 days a week than 10hour 4 days. 13 hour 3 days maybe, since it's enough work time that you really won't do anything other than work, eat, sleep. BUT then you'll have at least one day to go out into the world and do all the shit that's not open on weekends like dentists and government BS. And if you don't have standard errands to do then you have a WHOLE EXTRA WEEKEND DAY. On May 01 2015 02:29 739 wrote: I'm getting married 18th of July and total cost will oscilate around $10.000 for 60 people. gg son I prefer the Andy & April Dwyer wedding method. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21245 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:28 ComaDose wrote: much more than $50 a person? 2 days 2 nights 5 off is standard full time around here I g uess it depends on what you mean by open bar at nice venue. If your "open bar" is only like beer and wine then you can probably get it for much less than $50 a person, but if you actually want to give people real drinks it can easily run to 80-100. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:27 Duvon wrote: Honestly I think I'd rather have lower hours and work 6 days a week than 10hour 4 days. 13 hour 3 days maybe, since it's enough work time that you really won't do anything other than work, eat, sleep. I'm with you. I'd be ok working on Saturdays if I had more time in the evenings to hang out. Easily, depending on how open (what they stock, for example) and how many bartenders or other service people they need to set up and staff it | ||
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
On May 01 2015 02:31 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: I g uess it depends on what you mean by open bar at nice venue. If your "open bar" is only like beer and wine then you can probably get it for much less than $50 a person, but if you actually want to give people real drinks it can easily run to 80-100. i am less optimistic about wedding than previously  | ||
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