6 Brides Tell Us: Who Paid For What At Their Wedding!

We millennials do things a little differently than our parents and grandparents did. Gone are the days when the entire financial burden of the wedding fell on the parents. Couples these days are more aware and more sorted when it comes to their wedding budget and finances, and a lot of them also do pick up a bit of the tab- or sometimes, pay for the whole wedding themselves! So we asked 6 brides to tell us who paid for what at their wedding, and their answers are quite interesting!

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So, let's find out what different brides think about it. 

Real Bride Ankita says: 

"We wanted an intimate wedding and mostly, it had to be simple and fun. But I knew that there is no way I'm going to use the money my parents saved up for my own extravagance. It isn't fair. Plus, I wanted my parents to rest and enjoy the wedding and not stress out about dowry or gifts etc. I've always been an independent girl so to be honest, all expenses were done by ourselves. Not a single penny came from anywhere else. I splurged only on two things - one was my wedding lehenga and the other one was my bridal makeup."

Real Bride Vihal says:

"Weddings can be an expensive affair. People can have unimaginable budgets but we were not one of those people. We had a very practical approach to our wedding and I think that helped us keep the budget in check at all times. We refused to spend our life savings on a wedding  just to entertain 500 people we didn't even know. We had a close knit wedding in Goa with family and friends. Being a destination wedding, we did take a bit of help from our folks - our parents paid for the big chunk just like any other parent. They did save up a bit for our wedding and we were careful enough to use that for the bigger things like a venue or travel. It is the other important things me and my husband Rajiv paid for - the Photographers, Videographers, the DJ, Makeup artist etc. It might seem to them that these are not the bigger things but for us, they were the big investment. Our parents had weddings that did not have photographers or DJs who are at such a professional level but in todays times, it is these which are considered an investment of sorts."

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Real Bride Tanya says:

"One thing that I really wanted for my wedding was to wear a Sabyasachi lehenga, but I didn't really want to put the burden of a lehenga costing lakhs on my parents. So I used up my savings to buy one for my big day, while my parents paid for the whole wedding and everything else."

Real Bride Rhea says:

"The thing my then-fiance and I were clear about was the fact that we did not want our parents to spend their hard-earned money on our big day. So we had an intimate destination wedding, and paid for everything- shared by both of us. There were only 50 close people at the 2-day wedding, and that really helped in controlling the budget, and doing everything within it. We had to push our honeymoon by a few months because we couldn't incur another big expenditure, but it was totally worth it!"

Real Bride Ankitaa says:

"It was mostly split between both the families and us. The major heads like venue, catering, photography and videography was split between both the families. We as a couple took up the charge for personal expenditures like adding tiny stuff to the bridal trousseau, cool jewellery, some of the wedding outfits and taking care of our friends who were travelling for the wedding."

Real Bride Radhika says:

"To put it in straight terms, our parents paid for everything at our wedding. I paid for a few little 'extras,' for example the bridesmaids' gifts and mehendi favours, and my bachelorette was arranged by my besties. My husband paid for my engagement ring, and we as a couple paid for our honeymoon. But since parents were paying for everything and being generous, I made sure to do everything within a set budget and not go overboard with anything."

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