Money back for wedding dress

Peter333

Umistboy wrote: »

Ridiculous statement imo. Can't remember the last time I paid less than £3k for a holiday alone never mind having a wedding included in the price.

Not everyone does things on a shoestring.

It's not a "ridiculous statement" to say spending more than £3K on a wedding is a lot. It's an opinion. FWIW I agree. I can't understand why people spend ridiculous amounts on weddings either. OR why anyone would spend £3K on a holiday!

But that is my opinion.

To call someone's opinion ridiculous is just plain rude. And it says more about you to be honest.

ska_lover

bloomin right on Peter

SnooksNJ

Kynthia wrote: »

I think that's the case in America. In England it's a gift and I think it used to be viewed as compensation to the bride if the wedding didn't go ahead.

I think it's considered a contract in the US. If the man breaks it off the woman gets to keep the ring because he broke the contract. If the woman breaks it off she has to give back the ring because she broke the contract.

summerspring

Umistboy wrote: »

Can't remember the last time I paid less than £3k for a holiday alone never mind having a wedding included in the price.

Not everyone does things on a shoestring.

:shocked:

How the other half live! :rotfl:

Soleil_lune

Peter333 wrote: »

It's not a "ridiculous statement" to say spending more than £3K on a wedding is a lot. It's an opinion. FWIW I agree. I can't understand why people spend ridiculous amounts on weddings either. OR why anyone would spend £3K on a holiday!

But that is my opinion.

To call someone's opinion ridiculous is just plain rude. And it says more about you to be honest.

This ^^^ :T Couldn't agree more, with the whole post!

And

Flumina wrote: »

:shocked:

How the other half live! :rotfl:

I agree. Three grand for a holiday?! I can't remember ever paying even a third of that for a holiday. Like you say "how the other half live!"

Mojisola

https://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/family/other_family_law_topics/500298.html
The legal position for engagement rings at least is governed by section 3(2) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970, which states:

The gift of an engagement ring shall be presumed to be an absolute gift; this presumption may be rebutted by proving that the ring was given on the condition, express or implied, that it should be returned if the marriage did not take place for any reason.
Although it seems unfair, this means that unless there was an agreement to return the engagement ring if the wedding is cancelled -- which a court could imply if the ring is a family heirloom -- a cheating fianc!/fianc!e is under no obligation to return the ring.

summerspring

Soleil_lune wrote: »

I agree. Three grand for a holiday?! I can't remember ever paying even a third of that for a holiday. Like you say "how the other half live!"

I had a lovely holiday down in St Ives a few years ago. I doubt it even cost £200. Where on earth can you go that would cost upwards of £3k? Maybe some far-flung exotic place, but that would be something I'd have to save up for years to do!

skintchick

Flumina wrote: »

I had a lovely holiday down in St Ives a few years ago. I doubt it even cost £200. Where on earth can you go that would cost upwards of £3k? Maybe some far-flung exotic place, but that would be something I'd have to save up for years to do!

To go away as a family costs a fair bit of money. I think we spend about 2k on our family holiday for me OH and DD. We go self-catering but in a nice villa or apartment, and go out for day trips etc which all adds up, plus the cost of food, taxi to airport, hotel at airport if it's not Heathrow (which is on our doorstep), car hire while away, drinks etc.

Yes it can be done more cheaply, but we want to have a holiday that we enjoy, rather than endure, and as we can afford it (just!) then that's what we do.

Same with weddings - it's possible to do them cheaply, but we spent thousands on ours (or rather my parents did but they chose to) and I think our honeymoon cost 6k on its own, and I had a very expensive dress that was 3k. But then, the budget was there. If it hadn;t been, we wouldn;t have spent that much, and I did a lot of other elements on the cheap, like we made our own invitations, menu cards, orders of service, etc on our printer at home, and the favours were little heart-shaped lollies and a bell that doubled as a place card.

The problem on MSe sometimes is that people get a bit "all i had was a dead rat on a piece of strong" about things and expect everyone on here to be the same, whereas we all have different budgets and salaries and expectations.

Anyway, back on topic - where is the OP?

Upsidedown_Bear

skintchick wrote: »

The problem on MSe sometimes is that people get a bit "all i had was a dead rat on a piece of strong" about things and expect everyone on here to be the same, whereas we all have different budgets and salaries and expectations.

We couldn't afford a piece of string for our dead rat.

Georgiegirl256

Soleil_lune wrote: »

This ^^^ :T Couldn't agree more, with the whole post!

And



I agree. Three grand for a holiday?! I can't remember ever paying even a third of that for a holiday. Like you say "how the other half live!"

I think it all depends on where you go on holiday. Over 3k was spent on our honeymoon to Vegas, and previous visits to there cost less, but still over 2k. If you budget right, you can afford to be abit more extravagant on holiday, you can splash out and treat yourselves.

But on the other hand, we've been to places and spent a lot less.

As always, as long as people aren't getting into debt to fund these things (expensive holidays and weddings) and have the money to spend on them, then why on earth not?

It's unfair to judge other people on what they decide to do with their money.