Martin Lewis' vital advice for brides to avoid 'severely denting your wallet'
ok.co.ukDuring a heartfelt Q&A on the Money Saving Expert app, Martin Lewis dished out some pearls of wisdom for couples planning to get hitched on a budget.The savvy 52 year old financial whizz advised Emma, an anxious bride-to-be worried about her modest income: "Look, you don't have to.
If marriage is what counts for you. If you love your partner and want to make that legal, public, lawful commitment to get married - then get married." He continued with his practical advice, highlighting: "You don't have to have a huge, big ceremony.
I know many people you'll find in our MoneySaving Weddings guide, stories of people who've just worn a nice dress, or borrowed a dress from a friend or got something from a charity shop - and then gone to the park afterwards to celebrate with a couple of picnic blankets and asked all their friends to bring their own food and bring their own booze." Martin added a final touch to his guidance, saying: "It is a social pressure that you have to have the big white wedding with hundreds of guests - you don't!
If you can and you want to and you can afford it, great. But I am always minded that it's more important to have a happy stress-free marriage than an amazing, huge wedding." Reflecting on the pressures of extravagant weddings, Martin said: "So if your wedding is going to lead you into debt or discomfort or depression because it impacts your life and your finances afterwards in a way that the two of you can't be happy together, forget it.
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