Marriages are bigger and more expensive nowadays than in the past. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantage ?

Modern weddings are bigger as well as more extravagant than those of the past.

Although

there are certain disadvantages associated with

this

trend, the upsides

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case seem to outweigh the downsides.

To begin

,

this

trend does have its drawbacks. For one,

such

weddings set a bad precedent for

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est of the

society

from a financial point of view. In a bid to match the grandeur and

extravagence

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extravagance

of

such

weddings, families, especially middle- class and lower- class ones, overspend and sometimes even end up in debt. Another negative aspect

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the waste that

such

lavish and grand ceremonies entail.

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wastage of huge amounts of food and excessive consumption of electricity are enormous costs to bear for an event that lasts merely a day or two. Despite these drawbacks,

however

, a stronger case for grander and extravagant weddings can be drawn. To elaborate, one aspect of

such

weddings is that they provide employment to hundreds of people from the lower classes of

society

.

This

money that

thus

flows down from the rich to the poor contributes in narrowing the grave economic disparity

this

tends to exist between the upper and lower classes of

society

in most countries. It can

also

be argued that

such

grand weddings preserve and even strengthen the social structure since they are an opportunity for many relatives and friends to connect with each other. In conclusion, while there are certain drawbacks to

this

trend, it is largely beneficial as it works to bridge the rich-poor disparity and to strengthen

society

.