Ooh, man, that’s a new one. If it were me, I’d say absolutely not, weddings aren’t mandatory, and once you start paying for one person, all the others will want the same deal. Seems like they’re seeing how much they can get away with haha.

Hey Steve, sorry, don’t check my comments too often. I think the 1,000 per head was for the whole thing, roughly, like “a wedding celebration including everything” for X people would be approximately (X)(1,000).

The wedding would be in Phuket, her hometown, so I don’t know about a cost variance (if any).
I will be forever grateful to you for any 411 you can offer to my questions.

P.S. Have you ever considered a B to B as a wedding planner????

Hey Arturo, glad you found the article interesting. Can’t say I know anything about wanting to get married in winter, besides the fact that it’s cooler. I can say, though, that there are a billion different superstitions, old wives’ tales, and beliefs surrounding stuff like this that I don’t even pretend to understand – maybe it has something to do with that? You’ll have to ask your soon-to-be-wife. 😉

Thanks Leo, it’s a stressful time, but I never regretted spending all that money. Well…no, nevermind, I never did. 🙂 Good luck!

Thanks Yui,

Yeah, there are plenty of women and their families who see the dowry – quite rightly, in my opinion – as an outdated vestige of times long gone. The problem when money becomes involved in marriage is that it generates expectations from whoever gets it, whoever gave it, and whoever wants it. Many of my friends have given large dorwries that were immediately returned; many gave dowries that were spent on booze and gambling; and many gave none at all. No two relationships are the same.