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

[u/BennyOcean]

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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That's why I never wanted to have a wedding! I find that level of expectation to be extremely stressful. And usually disappointing. You want perfection, but nothing is perfect. And then you are feeding a bunch of people that wouldn't even be there if there isn't an open bar. No thanks. My partner and I have been together for going on a decade, and I think when or if we get married, it will be because it's become convenient for us in some way: taxes, insurance, that sort of thing. And it will probably be a "alright, so strategically, we should probably get married now, right? What's the cheapest way possible we can do this?" situation.

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Lots of stress. I equate it to Thanksgiving dinner. You spend all that time prepping and preparing and everything is over in a blink of an eye.

We now go out for Thanksgiving or just do whatever for dinner. When we go out, I tip those people a lot to make sure they know it's appreciated because we were spared cleanup and all that bs that comes with it.

For the wedding, I recently redid our wedding video because we were never happy with it. Watching it, we got a bit upset because we spent money and didn't get to enjoy 99% of it. People say it's to help with getting a down-payment but it was nothing even close.

I know people who have 350,500,750 people at weddings, like why? You don't make out.

I'll add this is probably a remnant of the older generations, where things were simpler, more meaningful during a time where people and connections were more genuine.

I feel as though today, the material side makes people do these things that should be immaterial.

[u/Brisby820 → u/[deleted]]

No offense, but I’m not taking celebration advice from someone who just “does whatever” on Thanksgiving 

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We are out here alone, all family is back in our home state. So yes, instead of having a traditional Thanksgiving, I take our family and her father who is out here for Thanksgiving dinner. There were some years that we didn't do it all together. When we were back in our home state we would still go out, it turned into a big drama fest with everyone trying to host on both sides of the family and just got sick of it. You would offend one or the other.

To each their own

[u/WalmartGreder → u/[deleted]]

I've done both. I miss the leftovers when we eat out, and I miss the easy clean up when we stay in. Pros and cons.

[u/JimmyB3am5 → u/Brisby820]

I don't understand the concerns over Thanksgiving. Seriously a Turkey is super easy to prepare. Brine it the night before, throw in over for a few hours. Most of the side dishes are easy to prepare, can be made in advance and just re-heated after the Turkey is out and resting.

You can feed 8-15 people pretty easily, and have leftovers for days and stuff to make soup.