Wedding Invitations

The topic of money has always been one that people tread carefully around in discussions with friends and family. But when the discussions are about a wedding and who will be responsible for paying for certain aspects of the wedding events, it’s a topic that cannot be put off talking about for very long. The money topic must be faced.

According to wedding etiquette, the list of those financially responsible for wedding costs has already been worked up. Traditionally, etiquette says that the bride’s father pays for the wedding. The groom’s family and groom were asked to make their own contribution, generally things like their own wedding clothes, gifts to the groomsmen, the bride’s bouquet, and the rehearsal dinner.

Times have changed, however, and now even etiquette allows that the bride’s father can take a break from writing out checks to wedding vendors. Some fathers of the bride may still wish to give the wedding as their gift to their daughters, and of course etiquette does not demand they don’t do that, but no longer is it frowned upon for someone other than the bride’s father to pay for wedding things. Often today, you will see the bride and groom paying for their own wedding. Sometimes this is due to wanting full and total control over wedding planning, sometimes this is simply because they want to.

It is worth mentioning that if the bride’s parents (or even groom’s parents) are insisting upon making a financial contribution towards the wedding, it’s not a good idea to reject their offer outright. After all, keep in mind that it is their joy to see you get married and their pleasure to play a big part of your wedding.