I’ve actually commented on one of these unpopular opinions threads before about weddings. It’s a big problem for me! I struggle to understand the hype! Another invite has landed, to a two day event, at £325 a go for two nights in a hotel (bonus, it includes breakfast)! I yearn for the days of the 80’s when people had a wedding on a Saturday morning at the town church or registry office then hired a local social club out! It’s not because I can’t actually afford it. I can. It’s just justifying the cost of it all every time I get an invite and I’m not tight fisted by any means. I don’t want to take the shine off anyone’s day either, but factor in an outfit, a gift and the hen do plus hen do extras! It’s a lot of money! I have one child and I had no baby shower because I became a mother in the early 90’s when baby showers were unheard of! I’m not married, I have no wish to be. I feel like some months, I’ve worked a wage to accommodate someone else’s wishes? Am I on my own in thinking this is actually becoming an issue for people, in what is already hard times? I’ve known people who are good friends fall out over the cost of it all!