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The Dollars & Cents of Wedding Virginia

The bulk of many wedding etiquette questions center around financial issues. In past generations, the brides family paid for the majority of the wedding expenses. The grooms lucky family got off with just the rehearsal dinner, and the groom himself paid for the honeymoon, the brides rings, and assorted other small expenses.

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That was then. Nowadays, with the costs of weddings growing and many couples marrying later when they are more likely to have careers and incomes of their own, more brides and grooms are contributing to, or even picking up entirely, the cost of the wedding. And the parents of many grooms are also contributing more than in the past; a popular option is to have the brides family, the grooms family, and the couple each contribute one third.

For reference, the following is the traditional breakdown of expenses:

Bride's family paid for:

All reception costs (site, food, liquor, cake, music, gratuities)
The wedding invitations, postage and related stationery expenses
The brides attire and trousseau
Photography and videography
Ceremony and reception flowers
Rental fee for the ceremony site
Fees for ceremony musicians
Transportation of the bridal party on the wedding day

Groom's family paid for:

The rehearsal dinner

Groom paid for:

The cost of the marriage license
The brides engagement and wedding rings
The brides bouquet, corsages for the mothers, and the boutonnieres
The ceremony officiants fee
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