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Ep. 249 | Minimalist Weddings (with Jessica Bishop)
Joshua and Ryan discuss all things weddings—debt, expenses, expectations, responsibilities, ceremonies, outfits, wedding guests, and more—with blogger, author, and matrimonial expert Jessica Bishop. Watch “Maximal” episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast exclusively at
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We eloped a couple weeks ago and spent a grand total of $141.16. The largest expense was the marriage certificate because it had a $60 fee that went to a domestic violence fund.
Great idea with the jeans like it
A fm married in our yard growing up small wedding not alot of money but a beautiful wedding everyone had a great time
People will be judged if they dont have a big expensive wedding which is so sad it ends up its not for them its for other people most of the time and than people feel they have to invite everyone and everybody
I had one cousin go to the courthouse and then go on a honeymoon one week cruise. I had one cousin have a backyard wedding. One cousin had everyone at the ceremony in the morning and in the evening have a fancy dinner with just the aunts, uncles, just adults. My sister got married at a church then had a dinner reception for adults. If you elope and go to a honeymoon. You can have a house elopement party.
8 inch hells is what it wound take to be a tall as my last girl friend.cat
Big old house big old city i like litle bity 5.6 thats norm 165lb thats normal 8 inch thats not but thanks for what ever reason im not ever gonna get married agin hell no.
We had 30 people in my aunt and uncles back yard. Coffee and donuts instead of cake. Everyone left happy
Just got engaged a few weeks ago, this is perfect! I'm so grateful my parents aren't pressuring me to have a bigger wedding, we only want about 30 people there
We were married at city hall with both sets of his parents and his sister in attendance. Then we went to dinner after and a simple honeymoon a week or two later within our own state. Wouldn't have changed a thing.
only half way through, and this is already my favorite episode ♥
I am bookmarking this episode and re-watch this at the time of my actual wedding few years down the line.
Anyone who is in a long-term committed relationship without a marriage license MUST see a lawyer to protect both parties, not just in the case of divorce but end-of-life issues, who "gets" the children, and who makes medical and financial decisions? Verbal agreement between the partners may not be enough. Unmarried partners, even for decades, may not be acknowledged as having any legal say-so and can be contested by parents, ex-es, in-laws, siblings, step-children, or other, "more legal" family members. Get your wishes in a legal document (i.e. will, power of attorney) because there are more people involved in the marriage than just the couple.
Islam recommends us to have a very minimalist wedding. People are supposed to go to the mosque with their immediate family and very few close friends and have a simple ceremony that takes very little time. It is supposed to be very minimalist as Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: “The most blessed marriage is the one with the least expenses.”
But unfortunately many Muslims are now having really lavish weddings because of societal pressure. It becomes a huge burden on the family.
Last wedding I was to was my cousin's. 250 guests. My parents gave them 2500$ as a present. I'm not marrying and I had to give my part of that money and spend more money in clothes and all that, though I was unemployed. I was the only out of 12 cousins not invited to stay overnight at the hotel of ceremony because we don't even like each other. I wish I was strong enough to say I wasn't attending, but I couldn't. It still haunts me I was such a coward.
My family wanted my wife and I to have a huge wedding with all 200 of my family member(Greek), and my wife's family is very small in comparison(like 15 people). Plus the friends we would have liked to invite, it would have been well over 250 people. We crunched the numbers and every place was crazy expensive. I have student loans and the thought of dropping that much money on a one day party stressed us both out. Every single cost cutting thing we thought up got shot down and wasn't good enough, so we decided to elope. Found a nice little place in Niagara Falls to get married, spent a week there at a nice hotel overlooking the falls and all in it cost us about $3,000. I wouldn't change a thing, loved everything about it. I know my wife is watching this video right now. Love you bee.
Omg the thought of wedding planning and costs just made me stressed thank goodness you only get married once 🤞