Jeff wonders how to finance the wedding and honeymoon without slipping deeper into debt. Numerous Web sites are devoted to helping you make self-created centerpieces, choose CDs for your wedding music and make your own food and decorations. The sites walk you through the entire plan. They can plan a low budget wedding. And there is no government entitlement program for wedding subsidies.
Weddings get out of hand no matter how conservative the bride and groom try to be.
The proof is Joanna's decision to quit her job for the summer. A new marriage, no matter how wonderful, is still a change for the boy. Instead of putting all that energy into a party for themselves, a little thought to a summer camp program for him would reflect better on them as loving parents. But it's not too late for redemption. First, the couple should admit that this wedding frenzy is only the first step in a downward debt spiral that will kill the marriage.