Sorry, I didn't mean to come off as saying people who have inexpensive weddings don't think they're important. More my point was that for some people, their culture, their family, their background, whatever dictates their wedding spending. So to say it's a big, expensive but bad party probably doesn't cover the…

You know, why doesn't anybody ever say "I had a cheap ass wedding and it was fun, but honestly, that was my only choice. If I had more $ I would have thrown a nicer party". Let's not kid ourselves. There's gotta be the truth for some people. It's annoying that they act holier than thou when it wasn't really a choice…

I know plenty of people where grad school hasn't worked out for them. Just more debt and still back to square one when it comes to job prospects afterwards (needing experience, not schooling, so still entry level).

My dream wedding food is seafood and BBQ. Everyone will need a wedding bib and moist towelettes.

I've had so many people be like 'you can't do that, Carly. it's a wedding. chicken or fish.'

Well, most states do charge something for the paperwork.

Since when is it mandatory? The only part of a wedding that's mandatory is the actual marriage.

Where are these public colleges that cost $14,300? I got a discount at my public university because I was a state resident but it was still about $25,000 a year.

Can't wait for all the amazing LENTILS!!! comments that will result from this post...

Engagement rings are far from mandatory.

A median would be more telling, yes.

My dream? $10 courthouse wedding, with a 3 hour cocktail party starting at 8pm (so kids will already be in bed). Lots of wine and small bites, mingling, maybe dancing. Done.

I did both and neither worked out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

These studies are not accurate—first of all they are a self-selected group of highly-involved brides (Knot members), second they should really report out the median cost, not the average. The typical US wedding spend is actually closer to $15K.

They include engagement ring in wedding cost? That just seems like a convenient way to pad your numbers. I understand that it's part and parcel of the same package, but in many ways it's not a cost the couple usually shares and while it may be discussed to insure budgets are maintained, it just doesn't, to me, come…

Ditch the stupid favors, anyway. We didn't bother with them, and I can't remember what any of the ones I've ever gotten at a wedding were. That's how special they were.

What does an Asian look like?

I can't watch this. I can't handle the vicarious humiliation. For years, probably a decade at least, and in spite of having won three times, I was still beating myself up over having lost the fourth game.* I just feel so awful for anyone who loses badly.

If there's a final where all three contestants miss and I get it right, I blame them for being idiots.

Some disgruntled studio intern must have switched the contestant lists for Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.