Thursday, September 3, 2009

Committing Matrimony


Reuters reports the results of a recent economic survey on wedding prices. Before you continue reading, you might want to sit down.

-$28,082: the average cost of a U.S. wedding in 2009

-$6,348: the average price of an engagement ring

-$1075: the average cost of the wedding dress

-18% - of weddings were paid for totally by the bride's parents

-8% of wedding were paid for totally by the bride and groom

-58% of brides paid for wedding costs using credit card debt

Is it any wonder that half of our marriages end in divorce? Financially speaking, they were over before they began.

1 comment:

AdoptedSon said...

I didn't realize I was so below average!!!