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Woman goes broke attending 20 weddings in 4 years
UK Sun ^ | April 16, 2018 | Jenny Francis

Posted on 04/17/2018 5:20:26 AM PDT by C19fan

“We’re engaged!” The phrase can cause excitement … or fear.

Once the joy wears off after hearing your pals are getting hitched, you realize your bank ­balance is about to take a massive hit.

Georgina Childs, 30, has had enough of forking out as a result of being a wedding guest…

The PR account manager from Essex, England, got herself into £2,000 (almost $2,900) of debt and had to move back in with her with her parents after attending 20 weddings and 12 hen dos (bachelorette parties) in four years.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: debt; marriage; weddings
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To: LottieDah

On the other hand...
I have given generous weddings presents and never received even a Thank You. Written or verbal.


21 posted on 04/17/2018 5:51:50 AM PDT by barbarianbabs
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Thats what i was thinking


22 posted on 04/17/2018 5:54:04 AM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: bmwcyle
I give a $25.00 or $50.00 Lowes card.

Nice! Finally a wedding gift for the guys.

23 posted on 04/17/2018 5:54:16 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“Amusing. That’s the first time I’ve heard a bachelorette party called a “hen do.”

I never heard that either. I always thought it was an Eastern polytheistic relegion.


24 posted on 04/17/2018 5:57:09 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: cnsmom

>>Even the shopping trip to Lowe’s was fun for them as a couple.<<

My wife and I have more fun at Home Depot than any other store :)


25 posted on 04/17/2018 6:04:28 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (robert mueller is an unguided missile)
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Those hen dos will get you every time.
Stay away from the hen dos...


26 posted on 04/17/2018 6:10:02 AM PDT by deport
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To: a fool in paradise

I worked at a country club for 10 years and helped plan hundreds of huge weddings. Then I had my own event planning on the side. Would take care of everything. I fricken hate weddings and it doesn’t bother me at all to just say no.
And yeah, while I was at the country club I saw a few double weddings. First one was huge and lavish, 2nd one was subway sandwiches. lol


27 posted on 04/17/2018 6:10:29 AM PDT by sheana
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To: super7man

I have also given power tools. This it is her day is bull.


28 posted on 04/17/2018 6:14:23 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: C19fan

give a donation that you can afford to a charity


29 posted on 04/17/2018 6:15:14 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: C19fan

2900?? Just the photography and videography is costing 3400 at my son’s wedding.

I think it’s kind of a waste.


30 posted on 04/17/2018 6:21:20 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Spent over $13,000 since. 2014.


31 posted on 04/17/2018 6:22:23 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: miss marmelstein

some cultures and families do not have celebrations, they have potlatches.


32 posted on 04/17/2018 6:30:00 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: C19fan

I think We see why she’s always a bridesmaid, never a bride.


33 posted on 04/17/2018 6:32:16 AM PDT by Hildy (There)
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To: C19fan

For a shower gift, a medium LL Bean bag filled with handtools such as hammer screwdriver, tape, picture hangers measuring tape, etc

For the wedding, a double rope hammock, no one else will get them one.

I have also given the wedding invitation framed to people I don’t like so much.


34 posted on 04/17/2018 6:33:42 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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Bump


35 posted on 04/17/2018 6:34:43 AM PDT by foreverfree
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To: C19fan

One of the bonuses of being in the military for 24 years. Easy excuse to get out of going to weddings. No one bats an eye when you say you have military obligations.


36 posted on 04/17/2018 6:49:09 AM PDT by strider44
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To: Chickensoup

I have no idea what that is. It is NOT what Italian-Americans do whatever it is!


37 posted on 04/17/2018 6:51:02 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: C19fan

Hmmm... I would re-title the story to something like:

“Woman seeks public to fund her vacation time”


38 posted on 04/17/2018 6:52:00 AM PDT by CharleysPride (The Federal Jihad against Marijuana is over. Thank you, President Trump.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Potlatch
noun

(among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.


39 posted on 04/17/2018 7:07:58 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I’ve noticed in the UK that “hen do” or “hen party” is used. I know this from spending too much time reading DailyMail. I make no apologies. They cover a lot of US events better than many of our media outlets.


40 posted on 04/17/2018 7:09:37 AM PDT by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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