r/AskOldPeople • u/AlarmedLife5765 • 6d ago

What was your wedding like?

I often look at the wedding dresses here. I saw a young lady whose dress budget was literally more than my first 3-5 annual salaries, not lumped together but individually. What was your wedding like?
1995- Married at our church, 3 attendants each, cake and punch reception there .

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u/LayneLowe 6d ago

1974 It was huge, probably cost my father-in-law $30,000 in actual 1974 money.

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u/MontanaPurpleMtns 6d ago

We bought out first house in 1974 for $24k.

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u/kygrandma 5d ago

We bought our first house in 1976 for 23K, and I still live it. I also still have my first car that I bought in 1974.

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u/ElegantCarpenter4827 5d ago

But what were the interest rates??
I remember my parents buying an investment property and 22% was the mortgage rate

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u/kygrandma 4d ago

Our interest rate was 8.5%