What’s the economic point of wasting money on lavish wedding? Thoughts?
there is none …to paraphrase Chris Rock its to make the biya happy
If everyone is going to die eventually what’s the economic point in wasting money on food, education, lavish wedding, etc? Why not just axe yourself the day you are born?
If you spend $100k on a wedding and knowing that 50% of the chance it will fail… Your payoff or economic benefit is only $50k… Not to mention you may spend additional money on divorce lawyers, etc.
Sometimes life isn’t just about economic benefit
That’s assuming you get divorced immediately. What you if marry someone rich and get a sweet settlement? Or, you know, kids. They’ve got to be worth something.
How do you justify that a $100k wedding ceremony translates into $100k of benefits? Why is it not more or less?
who knows they are going to get divorced when they marry?
^Tiger Woods should have known
CzarHC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ^Tiger Woods should have known he knew, read his prenup, she only gets $5m if they get divorced
If you were Elin and you saw a prenup saying “you only get $5m if we get divorced” wouldn’t that raise a red flag?
CzarHC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you were Elin and you saw a prenup saying “you > only get $5m if we get divorced” wouldn’t that > raise a red flag? In her defense: a) she is a blonde b) she gets free $5m I mean did anyone really think their marriage was a result of ‘true’ love?
AlphaSeeker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you spend $100k on a wedding and knowing that > 50% of the chance it will fail… > > Your payoff or economic benefit is only $50k… > > Not to mention you may spend additional money on > divorce lawyers, etc. This makes no sense whatsoever. Insert Happy Gilmore quote that ends “…I award you no points, and my God have mercy on your soul”.
I dunno, it seemed like it up until Thanksgiving. Sucks for his kids but their prenup does really read like a debt covenant.
CzarHC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you were Elin and you saw a prenup saying “you > only get $5m if we get divorced” wouldn’t that > raise a red flag? Amount goes up with kids and time. Also, just ask Paul McCartney and Donald Trump about the effectiveness of prenups.
NakedPuts Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AlphaSeeker Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > If you spend $100k on a wedding and knowing > that > > 50% of the chance it will fail… > > > > Your payoff or economic benefit is only $50k… > > > > > Not to mention you may spend additional money > on > > divorce lawyers, etc. > > This makes no sense whatsoever. Insert Happy > Gilmore quote that ends “…I award you no points, > and my God have mercy on your soul”. Not Happy Gilmore. Billy Madison…
ZeroBonus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If everyone is going to die eventually what’s the > economic point in wasting money on food, > education, lavish wedding, etc? > > Why not just axe yourself the day you are born? This makes no sense, from an economic standpoint people generate ROI for human kind, so there is a broader socio-economic benefit to food, education, etc, considering the continuation of human kind (assuming you view human kind as a benefit). Wedding’s are a complete waste, even if you buy the whole sanctaty of marriage. It’s just a frivolous waste of time and money that introduces boat loads of stress into what could be time much more joyously spent by the couple. Best wedding’s I’ve been to were not the most expensive or most planned out. Generally they were the ones where people just chilled and kept it in perspective. Also, I firmly believe there is a direct inverse relationship between lavishness of the wedding and probability of marital success. It’s all about having your focus on the right places. In terms of ROI, there are a million things a couple could do with all that money that would bring them much closer together and be much more fun than an elaborate wedding. Most people in materialistic cultures simply lack the creativity and / or willingness to be individualistic. And no, changing the color of your table settings to that unique shade of fucia does not make the occasion even mildly more unique. Besides, more often than not, for all the time and money that’s spent on it, I usually leave weddings with the impression that the ambiance had a very cheap feel to it and wondering where all that time and money went.
If someone wants to get married, fine. Good luck. But spending a good amount of $$ on wedding, makes limited economic sense, espeically when some people could afford them at the first place. Wedding cost is like a deadweight expense where you spend $100k but only get $50k of the benefit.
^ uh weddings dont generate ROI for human kind? I think the wedding planning/tourism/flower shop/catering/hospitality/liquor/clothing/jewelry/greeting card industries would beg to differ.
This is all a point of personal preference and opinion. So here is mine, anyone that wastes 100K on a wedding or marries an American woman with no prenup is a retArd (stress on the A like in Hangover).