Seriously Aunt June, what the fuck is with the aliens?
If I had to describe being in your 20s to someone who’s never been, I’d say “Imagine having no money.”
If I had time to be a little more wordy (and less bitter), I’d say something like “Imagine having no money, like less than none at all, I mean you might actually jump somebody for like $6, but it’s all cool because you can basically play video games whenever you want and a lot of the stuff that used to stress you out a lot stops mattering completely.”
Anyway fuck those aliens.
<3 Mike
“Always Where I Need to Be” –The Kooks
I’m 20 and I have money. Enough to spend it all on weed.
Haha, I laughed a lot at this.
“less than none at all” is the perfect way to put it.
Fuckin’ student loans.
I think this only applies if you didn’t go into Computer Science or some kind of engineering.
Nope, still applies, for engineers anyway. Fuckin’ student loans.
ya, then you both have money, and don’t know anyone getting married. (or at least that’s how it is for me…
God Almighty, is this the truth. I dread to remember all the times I’ve proudly padded my savings account, only to have it decimated by the wedding of some bastard I care about.
Damn you, caring.
What are the expenses that are being discussed here? I’m really not getting this one.
* gift
* cash bar
* Dudes: maybe a tux rental if you’re in the wedding party or if you’re at a black tie wedding of the sort that I’ve only ever heard of but not attended in my 33 years of existence
* Chicks: new dress/new shoes maybe
That doesn’t seem too terrible. What am I missing here?
Comic-making hyperbole aside, I think the trouble with weddings in your 20s is when you have 3 or 4 stack up within the span of 6 months. Assume an average gift amount of $200, $100 on misc expenses, and that can put a serious dent in your saving. Doesn’t happen every year obviously, or to every person, but I feel like a good amount of 20-something have at least one year where they get clocked by a bunch of weddings.
Otherwise I think you’re very much right. Alone, most weddings aren’t that bad, expense-wise.
$200 on a gift? Seems high.
I guess I never got hammered by a chain of weddings all at once. My friends were considerate enough to space them out, I guess.
(Me and my wife said, “**** this,” and surprised everyone (so to speak) with a courthouse marriage. Neither of us have much use for lavish ceremony. I do not regret this one bit, and I extol the virtues of this route whenever the topic hits. It’s not infrequent that someone tells me they wish they could have done it themselves.)
A new dress and shoes cost well over $100, and the gift is like a minimum of $50, but usually more. Plus most weddings I’ve been to are not local, which means paying for a hotel and travel expenses. That might be the biggest expense since you can reuse the dress and shoes.
AND if you’re a bridesmaid, you help pay for the bachelorette party and bridal shower. Bridesmaid dresses and shoes can also cost a lot more than what you would normally spend on your own outfit.
I’d be a lot happier to go to Aunt June’s wedding if she was actually friends with some aliens. Maybe she’d invite them. That might be a wedding worth paying for.
Gosh durn it, not those aliens again! Takin’ all mah money fer thur healthcare and steelin’ mah jobs ter boot! Now them’s gots ta crash mah sweet Aunt June’s weddin’ too?