Who should pay for the wedding dress?

[marish01]

The bride

The groom

Her parents

His parents

Friends or relatives

[OlderAndWiser]

I am engaged and planning a wedding for next April. I am 68 and my bride is 59 years old. My mother is alive and her father is alive, but they are both 92 years old. Expecting them to pay for anything would be ridiculous.

My annual income is more than three times that of my fiancee, so I pay for almost everything that we do. I can afford to do it, I don't mind, and I am not materialistic or selfish, so I bought her wedding dress and I will pay for everything else connected with the wedding.

[SnowedIn]

There is not a should.

Although in my mind it makes more sense for the woman and/or her family to buy it.

But also, if the couple are established professionals and paying for the wedding, they just buy it together.

[Annie_LevelUP_ADC]

I prefer that to be me and if not my parents, shopping together as they hand me over to my husband! I'm getting excited by this question but I'm only in the dating phase here! This sucks!

[FreyaRed]

According to central European tradition the father of the bride.

[motownplayer2000]

I mean traditionally the wife’s parents pay for the entire thing. So it would be them. Fortunately, I will discourage my daughter to have extravagant expensive weddings and take the money I give her to help buy a house and/or go on a lavish expensive amazing honeymoon. Do that instead of hosting random people want to be impressed by a beautiful wedding. Weddings don’t mean shit, it’s the marriage they need to work on.. and start that with as very few people involved in the beginning of it as possible.

[Guanfei]

Her parents. And ideally that dress should be kept and given to the next generation for their own wedding.

[NotInterestedSorry]

Why the parents. People should pay for their own wedding including their own wedding dress. Parents already spent a fortune raising their kids

[loveslongnails]

Why would the groom buy the dress, unless the bride or her family couldn't afford it and he could?

[marish01]

In my country the groom buys it lol

[loveslongnails]

Different culture, different customs.

[marish01]

Yes but I agree with Western outlook on it

[Static_In_The_Attic]

I think divorce lawyers should buy wedding dresses because it’s the least they can do.

[KostasKouvalis]

The bride should pick it out, but her parents should but it

[NotInterestedSorry]

She should pay for her own dress. The parents aren't the ones getting married

[KostasKouvalis]

@NotInterestedSorry You must be an American

[NotInterestedSorry]

It's interesting how people on this site automatically assume someone is American when they aren't. I just don't agree with the parents paying for their kids wedding. The kids should pay for their own damn wedding.

[Jennz6]

The parents of the Bride should pay for everything

[NotInterestedSorry]

It's not the parents getting married. Why should they have to pay for everything. People should pay for their own wedding.

[sheenagwapa]

the couple... but if the groom is rich then him

[EmmaMary]

The bride of course.

[EmmaMary]

Her parents might wish to contribute as well.

[Yellovv]

Bride, because Groom is already spending too much money for everything...

[saffoler]

Bride or her parents.

[NotInterestedSorry]

She should buy her own dress. She is the one getting married. Do people not realise their parents already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars raising them and buying them clothes etc

[saffoler]

It is traditional for the parents of the bride to pay for the wedding.

[MementoMori777]

Whoever wanna pay it i guess

[gothbxtch]

depends on what everyone works out

[Cubus]

Either bride or her parents.

[strateguy632]

5th,.

[Kelly6]

bride

[Jennz6]

Hi @kelly6 🥰

[Kelly6]

@Jennz6 hi..