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How much does it cost to get married?

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  • blackstar
    blackstar Posts: 689 Forumite
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    If you do not regularly attend the church then you may find it difficult to get permission to marry there.

    Yes I have discovered that after contacting a couple, so doubt I will find a church.
    Is your wife to be from outside the EU? If so then you will have to give notice at a Designated Register Office a list of which can be found

    Yes, shes orginally from Albania, she is now back there and we are applying for a Fiance visa and need to show a Church or REgistry office booking when applying for a Fiance Visa. But the thing is she is not here in the UK??

    My friends were joking with me and said "ohh you should get a PreNup before you get married" How do you get one of those?
  • deb68_2
    deb68_2 Posts: 302 Forumite
    congratulations

    Sorry cant help you with prices of churches OH an myself got married in registary had a buffet then in local hotel
    I was given white dress really old fashioned so i made it into what i wanted it to look like
    this was 89 tho lol
    I just bought a white 6os style underskirt made it longer with net cut the shoulders of the dress made it into off the shoulders added white lace for the arms
    put pale blue roses where i had put pleats in the bottom of the dress an added old net well more like lace but i called it net
    looked really nice
    please dont think i can sew i cant one good pull it would of come apart oooopppps it did later :rotfl:
    the food cost £300 including a 4 tier wedding cake, the dress got material n lace from charity sho dress given so i did the sewing to it
    flowers £70

    paid for photos after wedding £100
    so cost oh an under £500 had over 70 guests in the day over 150 evening do
    oh an had pay for dj think he was £50 but brother paid that

    end of day it doesnt have to be expensive its about you an oh your new lives together
    friend of ours paid £7,000 thou for hers same year 89 but she said it wasnt real it wasnt her. loved the day but felt false as that want the real her or her oh
    your wedding should be about the both of you and what you Both want
    I hope you both have a wonderful day an all the very best for the future
    take care
    love deb

    please excuse any spelling mistakes
    xx
    It's an honour having such a lovely family and being welsh, what more could a girl want :rotfl:
  • Waffle_On
    Waffle_On Posts: 408 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    You'll need a solicitor for a prenup. Call a few local ones for prices.
    Most couples don't have them unless there a big difference in their finances though! Be aware that some people are quite offended by being asked for one!
    Shrinking my mortgage!
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  • gingergee
    gingergee Posts: 918 Forumite
    Too much if you ask my (unwilling fiance) lol x
    The feeling i got when i confirmed my place studying criminology at Exeter Uni was brilliant!!!!!

    The pride my children told me they had in me was even better!!!!! # setting positive example to children is OUTSTANDING!!!! !:grouphug::grouphug::smileyhea:smileyhea:smileyhea:smileyhea:smileyhea:smileyhea:smileyhea
  • ellay864
    ellay864 Posts: 3,827 Forumite
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    You say you're getting married soon but have got no idea about costs or how/where. You seem to want to just find somewhere that'll sort you out soon. You ask about cost of pre-nups because your friends have suggested you need one.
    Have you actually talked seriously about being together, your future, all that a marriage entails? This has got to be the most bizarre wedding planning thread I've read
  • 74jax
    74jax Posts: 7,930 Forumite
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    ellay864 wrote: »
    You say you're getting married soon but have got no idea about costs or how/where. You seem to want to just find somewhere that'll sort you out soon. You ask about cost of pre-nups because your friends have suggested you need one.
    Have you actually talked seriously about being together, your future, all that a marriage entails? This has got to be the most bizarre wedding planning thread I've read

    Hi ellay, I know what you mean. I mentioned our wedding forum on here when op first posted and he didn't post over there. Kinda know why now :rotfl:
    Forty and fabulous, well that's what my cards say....
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    blackstar wrote: »
    Yes I have discovered that after contacting a couple, so doubt I will find a church.



    Yes, shes orginally from Albania, she is now back there and we are applying for a Fiance visa and need to show a Church or REgistry office booking when applying for a Fiance Visa. But the thing is she is not here in the UK??

    My friends were joking with me and said "ohh you should get a PreNup before you get married" How do you get one of those?

    Prenups aren't (yet) legally binding - they're just an opportunity for solicitors to make money. Your mates think you need one because you're marrying a non-Brit. Shows what they think of your choice. Is this what you think of your choice?

    TBH, you sound horrendously unprepared for marriage!
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • blackstar
    blackstar Posts: 689 Forumite
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    Is this what you think of your choice?

    Not at all, people here have been so rude because shes not from here originally and is a Non Brit. I don't care what people think as shes my choice and shes a genuine nice person.

    If we get married in a Registry office can we say whether we want to be married by a Male or Female? Or do we have no Choice?
  • Mrs.W_2
    Mrs.W_2 Posts: 584 Forumite
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    firebird1 wrote: »
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    This is the FIRST thing I thought about.
    Now, back to the question.

    It will cost a fraction of the price the divorce will eventually cost.

    Why get married just to spoil a good relationship?

    Or, why marry a cow, when milk is so cheap?
    Thanks for giving us a run down of your own failures in life, but I think the OP was asking an honest and pro-marriage question.
  • heretolearn_2
    heretolearn_2 Posts: 3,565 Forumite
    I was wondering if this was for real but now I know it isn't. Stepping a troll too far...

    'If we get married in a Registry office can we say whether we want to be married by a Male or Female?'
    :rotfl:
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