Why Big Weddings Suck!
First, let me say that I am not in any way against weddings! Over the years my WhereToElope.com website has helped over 1.1 million couples elope, allowing them to save over $25 billion or 90% of the average cost of a traditional BIG wedding. What I am against are the condescending attitudes, predatory tactics and upsell pressures used by some of the players in the BIG wedding industry.
In my opinion, big wedding spending becomes a problem when its more about the “show” than about the “love”… For example, as I’ve written about before, the high failure rate of lavish celebrity weddings that end up in equally high profile divorces.
Big Weddings Suck the Love Out of Relationships
Society has ingrained in young girls the belief that a big wedding is necessary to be married. Engaged couples everywhere are going into debt to pull off these big weddings. But they end up with regrets because they lost sight of what is really important – the marriage! This is what I call ‘bridal blindness’. Those couples focus on the flowers, the venue, the cake and all of the other trappings often to the detriment of their relationship.
There is a direct link between increasing wedding budgets and higher divorce rates! Why? Because the financial and emotional burden of planning a big wedding leaves no room for your marriage. It is common for one or both partners to feel resentment or a disconnect from the relationship. That’s one of the reasons divorce rates are higher among those who spend over $20,000 on their big day. I am serious when I say BIG Weddings SUCK!
What You Can Learn By Reading BIG Weddings SUCK!?
BIG Weddings SUCK explains in detail how planning a traditional big wedding can suck the time, energy and money out of your life. You will find a selection of helpful unwedding planning tips to ditch the big wedding and plan something smaller and more intimate. Not only is this going to be easier on your bank balance, but you might just save your marriage too!
Once you have uncovered the reasons why Big Weddings Suck, join us as we walk you through some of the many great alternatives for arranging a small wedding or eloping. Maybe you want a courthouse ceremony? A small boutique wedding? Or even the famous Las Vegas Chapel elopement? My book can help you arrange any of these weddings and more!
What People Are Saying About BIG Weddings SUCK!
“BIG Weddings SUCK! lays out a pretty simple concept that needed to be put into writing, so people stop wasting everyone’s time, money, and energy and focus on what matters: the marriage” – Savannah K.
“As a young couple, my fiancé and I couldn’t agree more with the title of BIG Weddings SUCK! Big weddings suck the life out of your relationship, considering the money, time, and family stresses” – Sierra & Bishop
“We knew even before we got engaged that big weddings suck! Unfortunately, most people are truly overcome with what this book describes as ‘bridal blindness’ and lose focus that weddings are about love.” – Katrina J.
“The book shows that you don’t have to succumb to those BIG wedding pressures. We didn’t, and we couldn’t be happier! You can overcome societal pressures, do your own thing, and even have a longer and happier marriage.” — Coach Gary Henson, Founder of BusinessCoach.com
BIG Weddings SUCK!
BIG Weddings SUCK! is a contrarian book for engaged couples that takes on the BIG Wedding Industrial Complex (WIC) to help them discover how to reduce the cost, energy, stress and time of planning their own alternative small wedding. Get ready to join the revolution and order your copy today. PreOrder Now…
By Dave Westfall, the Alternative Wedding Planner