Where’s the cake?

As I write this there are people camped out all over the country protesting the state of the American economy.  Unemployment is high, foreclosures continue and life for the 99% does not seem as comfortable as it was for the previous generation of  Americans.

Amidst all of this you are ready to get married.  It’s your turn to take the next step and face the future.  Marriage is the ultimate challenge, even in good economic times, but adversity never stops people in love.  If you are ready to start a new life together you’re going to do it.  How you do it will reflect your creativity and ingenuity.  Look back three and four generations and see how your great-grandparents and grandparents were married.   What’s been traditional for your family?

As an event planner I help with every kind of milestone family celebration—events which often need a venue, a caterer, music, photography, specialty cake, etc.  I’ve helped plan 50^th anniversaries for couples who never had a formal reception on their wedding day for reasons varying from the economy, to wartime, to spontaneity.  These couples raised families and enjoyed and now miss the struggles, challenges, and little victories they experienced in half a century of married life.  They don’t really regret missing out on the fairy-tale wedding because they have been living, for the most part, the “happily ever after” part of the tale.

So get the Kardashian wedding out of your head.  You can’t top Kim’s wedding budget but you can definitely top the longevity of her marriage.  If there is a lesson to be learned from this example of a 1%-ers wedding it’s simply this—find the right person for you and then don’t let the wedding plans and budget get out of hand. 


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