Just because we are in the mid year slump? Happens everywhere. Half the people who can afford it in these parts are thinking of how they can junket to Europe or the US for a month holiday...
I have a wedding to save for (weddings are expensive this way), so I can't afford that luxury this year...
It's just the way it is here, one can't avoid it. Will you come for my wedding? We've agreed to fix it for 28 January next year, at least you can get away from the winter
It's not about her. It's about the families, mine and hers...
See, cheap (read: small) weddings are not the in thing in this part of the world. And I can't see a way to by-pass that. She's a shy sort and as such would prefer a small affair, but reality indicates that that can't happen.
Nah, around here, all you bring to the wedding is yourself, and of course the gift (at the Church wedding). The rest is up to the young couple who may probably be about to throw themselves into some seriousdebt!