Reply #8: As I wrote below, I think these kinds of couples are overcompensating.

[BlueIris]

I futher think anyone who spends a massive amount on a wedding or is totally obsessed with making an elaborate affair of a one day event...has an inappropriate attitude about luxury, the concept of budgeting, and what life is like in the economy of the 21st century. Those marriages are largely doomed to failure, I think, because at least one half of the couple has no concept of what it's going to take, financially, to keep the marriage financially functional.