1) Less than 2 weeks ago
2) Cost of the show: less than 18K. Including everything but rings
3) Brockhouse for both the outdoor ceremony and reception
4) about 80 people attended.
5) My parents contributed 5k, even though they said they wouldn't shell out anything. Her parents forked over 8k, and my wife covered around 5k. Spending almost 8k on the rings was enough contribution from me.
6) I'm Chinese. She's Arabic. We're Christian. We kept it simple. Quick ceremony. Sign the license. Bam. We both agreed that anything more would just cause more stress than we cared for. I think we were done in 10 minutes.
Since the wedding was originally going to be covered by the brides side, then her side had a majority of the list. My parents and their close friends had one table, and then another 2 tables for my close friends. 6 tables for her family.
It was an incredible wedding. It was on a sunny, warm, September, Thursday evening. All the guests were happy and well fed. Brockhouse food was off the hook. We had an awesome photographer. I have to admit: I had a lot of fun. Although, As someone that has been through planning and presenting a wedding, I have to say that it's not worth it. Not worth it at all. Even though I tried to remove myself from the assembly, I kept getting dragged in because getting my wife's family to do something is a fucking gong show. I had to yell at people, and I didn't like that. The only thing that makes it remotely worth it, is making my honey happy.
One cute thing I'll always remember is when we were getting our photos taken at the gold doors across from harbor center, it attracted a group of more than a dozen young asian tourists. They gathered behind the photog and started snapping pictures too! Then the bus came and almost ran them all over. LOL. Also, lots of congratulations from random passer-bys. That really made the bride happy
