This year, we have been invited to three weddings which will sum to a total of 50 weddings since 2002! I don’t know if this is typical for someone of my age (and I guess I am cheating slightly because of the two of the weddings in the total were my own) but it sounds impressive to me! I am also somewhat surprised to think that only two of the weddings were for people who had been married before.
I have been to weddings in twelve different countries, in five different continents. I have been to every type of wedding including: budget wedding; High Society wedding; full Catholic service in Latin; wedding of a premiership footballer; wedding in a Vineyard and a civil partnership.
As an accountant, I couldn’t resist doing the sums. Ignoring my own weddings, I estimate that I have spent the in excess of £37,000 on my friends’ weddings in the last decade: £8000 on accommodation; £3,000 on wedding gifts, £13,500 on travel, £5,000 on outfits and £7,500 on hen weekends…no wonder my pension is lacking in funds…
| Accomodation |
50 |
160 |
8,000 |
| Wedding gifts |
50 |
60 |
3,000 |
| Petrol |
50 |
100 |
5,000 |
| Taxis |
50 |
50 |
2,500 |
| Air fare |
6,000 |
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| Outfits |
50 |
100 |
5,000 |
| Hen/Stag weekends |
50 |
150 |
7,500 |
| Total: |
£37,000 |
