Nowadays, people are spending increasingly large amounts of money on their marriage parties. Many people feel large and expensive weddings cause problems for the bride and groom. Do you agree? Use personal examples in your response.

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It is common knowledge that in recent times, couples are spending large amounts of money on lavish wedding ceremonies. A lot of people feel
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of extravagance can cause issues between the marrying couples. I tend to agree and
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of all, the ceremony celebrating the union of a couple is primarily meant to be an unforgettable
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it seems as though to make it unforgettable, a lot of families are going overboard with unnecessary costs. Sometimes, these unnecessary costs are so much that the couple goes
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and incurs debt at the end of the party. An example is a couple that barely makes up to a Hundred Thousand Naira jointly, have a marriage party that ends up costing over Five Million Naira.
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of budgeting is bound to lead to bankruptcy or make them plunge into debt.
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of spending is not always a joint decision from both the bride and the groom. In most instances, one partner is more extravagant than the other and that partner splurges on unnecessary expenses.
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of acts may lead the prudent partner to be distrustful of the other in financial matters.
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, if the bride wants the most expensive wedding gown or most expensive pair of shoes she can get her hands on, and the groom is more conservative with his
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notices these traits in his wife-to-be, it might lead him to lose trust in her judgement regarded their expenditure moving forward.
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of distrust can cause a crack in their union.
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, a marriage party doesn't need large amounts of money to be spent on it before it becomes a memorable affair.
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lavish spending can cause problems between brides and grooms because it can lead to debt and it can
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lead to distrust between couples on financial issues, especially when both parties are not on board with the huge amount of cash expended.
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