During 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 Lewis has issued some sage advice to couples hoping to tie the knot this year
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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. Do it on a budget. Make the pledge if that’s what you want to do. That’s what marriage is – to love each other. Make that commitment, but it doesn’t have to have all the bells and whistles.”
Martin Lewis shared his thoughts on big white weddings
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Martin wasn’t shy about questioning societal norms, as the Mirror reports him adding: “The philosophical concept that we’ve been pushed into, the idea that it ain’t a wedding unless it’s big wedding, is a load of balderdash, baloney and another B-word you might think of.”
Despite his belief in uncomplicated celebrations, Martin ensured he gave Emma solutions, redirecting her to Money-Saving Expert for any wallet-friendly ideas on planning a wedding.
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