Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Inconceivable
I found out yesterday that the wedding I attended, which was at an uber-fancy country club by the ocean, cost $40,000 just to rent the location. This is did not include the food, the waiters, the flowers, or anything else. For the price of a luxury car you too can occupy this space for a day.
What totally blew my mind was when I found out that they took out three loans to pay for this wedding. WTF? Three loans to say “I do” while overlooking the ocean? Yes she was ecstatically happy that day and will have lots of good memories of it, but is one day of happiness really worth a decade of worry and debt? You like the ocean? Do it at the beach! You might even be able to do that for free! Then you could actually afford to send your future kids to college.
I wonder if they thought about that? I think few parents do. I was very lucky. As much as I might complain about my mom, she had the foresight to save up college funds for both me and my sister. As much as she annoys me, she will forever rock in that respect.
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