What is the relationship between the cost of a wedding and the happiness of a marriage?

Question

Does an expensive wedding tend to lead to a happy marriage?

Answer 1

No, I don't believe so.  A happy marriage is when two happy people who love themselves find another that they don't wish to live without.  Someone else can't "make" you happy if you are not a happy person already.

Answer 2

There is no relationship. A better question would be "What is the relationship between a couple's money management and the happiness of a marriage?"

Money is one of the most common things that couples argue seriously about. How much to spend, and on what, and how much to save, and for what, are tough questions. How two people deal with this conflict says a lot about the kind of relationship that they have.  

Answer 3

No Not always    I don't think the size of the wedding has anything to do with happiness.  Although everyone wants a huge wedding it's not always what really matters.

Answer 4

There is NO relationship between how costly or inexpensive your wedding is/was and how happy you are going to be in your marriage.  Absolutely NO correlation whatsoever.

Answer 5

I don't think there is any relationship between the cost of the wedding and how happy the marriage is, especially in the long run.  Even if you have the money to have a huge, fancy, expensive wedding there's no guarantee that it will translate into the perfect marriage.  What will help you achieve a happy marriage is the relationship between the two people.  If you have a happy and healthy relationship before the wedding then I think you'll be much more likely to have a long happy marriage.

Answer 6

There isn't a relationship, although some people on here will say "I spent $100 on my marriage and I am still happily married."

I think a successful marriage has to do with the maturity of the couple and their commitment to each other, regardless of how much money they spent on it.

Answer 7

Zero relationship.

In fact, I would think starting a marriage with a load of debt from a big wedding would be a burden

Answer 8

NONE

Answer 9

Money does not buy happiness therefore NO, an expensive wedding does NOT make a happier marriage... if anything starting out with huge bills would probaly put a big strain on the relationship.  

Answer 10

No relationship at all.  At least not directly.

The cost of the wedding in relation to the finances of the couple and their families would be more telling.  An expensive wedding above the station of the couple probably points to a spoiled princess and I can't imagine any wedding with a princess lasting.  

An inexpensive wedding *could* point to a practical couple or it could point to one person being "cheap" and the other badgered into accepting less than he/she truly wants.

Answer 11

I don't think there's any relationship between the two at all. Marriage is not about the wedding, it's about the commitment the two people have to always making it work, no matter what. Sure, a big expensive wedding would be wonderful, but if you don't have the money for it, at least you've got a wonderful life to look forward to (and less debt!).

Answer 12

There is no relationship between the two.  Having an expensive or a cheap wedding has no bearing on the couple's relationship.

Answer 13

i dont think there is any corrolation.  one of my brothers had a big to do for his wedding, and he and his wife bicker more than anyone i know.  one of my other brothers had a tiny little wedding, and they are happy as clams.  my cousin had a big to do, and she and her husband are still just in love as the day they got married.  it goes either way really