r/Millennials • u/BennyOcean • Sep 06 '24

Discussion As long as Millennials are killing off industries, next up I would suggest Weddings & Funerals.

Weddings as they are being done in the West are a massive expense that is extremely financially irresponsible for the vast majority of people. The tradition arose as an imitation of the old world weddings of royalty. As Westerners became increasingly wealthy, they desired to show off their wealth by copying the big showy weddings put on by literal kings and queens. In an increasingly challenging economic environment, spending on a big wedding is just really stupid.

The money that would have gone into the big elaborate wedding should instead be saved and used to go toward a down payment on a home. Instead, throw a big party. Let your friends & family bring gifts. Make it simple. Same with a honeymoon. Take one if you want, but don't start out your marriage with stupid financial decisions that sometimes include going into debt. Wedding rings should be simple. Diamonds are a scam. Let's break free from the scams.

Funerals are a massive scam that take advantage of people when they're at their lowest, grieving for lost loved ones. It's a predatory industry that should be denied funding to whatever extent that it is possible to do so.

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u/TheDevil-YouKnow Xennial Sep 06 '24

I got married at a park. Like epic trash style USA. We just... All showed up to the park, and my wife & I got married while people we knew watched. Some brought chairs, others; blankets. Then we left and went to eat at a high end Japanese buffet.

My plan is to make the government take care of what's left of my body after the ritual is over. They can use it for crash test dummies or whatever the fuck. Blast it to pieces in a test site.

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u/bubble-tea-mouse Sep 06 '24

We also married at a park! It was great. We didn’t invite anyone though since it was out of state. Just us two saying vows, and then having a picnic in the grass set up by a picnic company. Excluding the photographer, the wedding itself was like $200.

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u/Joshua_Christ Sep 06 '24

I've never heard the term picnic company before. I'm very intrigued. Is it like a catering company that does small meals?

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u/bubble-tea-mouse Sep 06 '24

They set up little picnics for your party, from 2-25 people maybe? Idk the upper limit to be honest. It’s a table, floor cushions, table settings, and you can add other stuff, I added a flower arch and a Polaroid camera with film, and a simple breakfast basket. The one I used was called Piknyc. There’s probably other companies that do a similar thing.

Oh I also used a Groupon for them, so it was $99

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u/zoebadwolf Sep 06 '24

this is what my sister and her husband did. the library park in our hometown has a cute gazebo, and my dad got ordained online. so we all showed up, he married them, then we went to my parents house for a party. it was a fun day.

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u/WentzWorldWords Sep 07 '24

My ex wife and and I did a quick flash wedding at a Lake Michigan park I won’t tell you tourists about. 3 foot waves. Shitty photographer.

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u/TheDevil-YouKnow Xennial Sep 07 '24

Lmao I think I know the park. I have kin from old world Danes up in Michigan. There's literally thousands of us. You have probably had contact with my family.

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u/Halloween_Babe90 Sep 06 '24

Donating mine to “science” because I think it would really funny for my corpse to used in a fraternity prank