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kimbutgar

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19. I used to go to the Gunne Sax factory in SF

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #14)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 02:39 PM

Aug 2025

They made clothes inSF and they had a factory outlet. You could buy a dress for $20! I think I still have one of those outfits in my downstairs closet. But I also brought one for my engagement party the first time I married.

That said my parents paid for part of my first wedding and I paid for part of it also. The marriage didn’t last thankfully. He was an awful. When I married my present husband I didn’t want another big wedding so we got married in my Mothers friends house in Lake Tahoe right on the lake. And then 6 months later we took our honeymoon cruise to the Caribbean. Better use of money the second time around.

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Our daughter is getting engaged & is looking for us to foot the bill. $$$$$$ [View all] RamblingRose Aug 2025 OP

Nope. My daughter paid for her own wedding. SheltieLover Aug 2025 #1

Congratulations & Kudos to them! RamblingRose Aug 2025 #2

Thx! 10 yrs ago. SheltieLover Aug 2025 #5

You're right--better to use the money as a down payment Bayard Aug 2025 #3

My wife and I got married on my parents' front lawn in July 24 years ago. True Dough Aug 2025 #4

Mr. Diamond and I had exactly 15 immediate family wedding guests. Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #6

Tell them to keep a secret and elope... ZDU Aug 2025 #7

Our daughters learned very early on that we would Ninga Aug 2025 #8

We have 2 grown daughters and have poli-junkie Aug 2025 #9

Having it in Miami will keep our family & friends away so that'll half the cost. RamblingRose Aug 2025 #11

We paid for it ourselves Nictuku Aug 2025 #10

Too funny.. cilla4progress Aug 2025 #14

I Loved Gunne Sax dresses! I had one for prom & homecoming. RamblingRose Aug 2025 #15

I used to go to the Gunne Sax factory in SF kimbutgar Aug 2025 #19

Wow! Had no idea! justaprogressive Aug 2025 #22

I've never understood why anyone would want to pay big bucks for their wedding. Half the time they Vinca Aug 2025 #12

If you can & want to pay towards a wedding, make the couple sign an iron clad contract: NO DIVORCE or pay $ back Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #13

My mom would say "The bigger they are the harder they fall." My neighbor was married at The Biltmore, divorced 5 years RamblingRose Aug 2025 #16

Your mom sounds like a pretty down to earth observer of trends Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #17

I think Rebl2 Aug 2025 #32

A wedding in May Marthe48 Aug 2025 #18

My mom is pretty upset about them catering to his grandmother since she's the same age. She had offered to help w/ some RamblingRose Aug 2025 #24

Those getting married need to understand it's about the marriage Grim Chieftain Aug 2025 #20

I told my daughters I'd pay for them to elope to Vegas. Dulcinea Aug 2025 #21

A fun story about our wedding was the photographer we hired. He was a dentist & did weddings for extra income. RamblingRose Aug 2025 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Aug 2025 #25

A lot now DetroitLegalBeagle Aug 2025 #26

'Haven't done any research yet,' elleng Aug 2025 #27

My niece got married last November... Mark.b2 Aug 2025 #28

I'd be inclined to feign disinterest. Or poverty. Aussie105 Aug 2025 #29

They've been dating for about 8 years & moved to Baltimore together in 2021. His one sister does not like her. She RamblingRose Aug 2025 #30

My husband Rebl2 Aug 2025 #31