5 Biggest Problems For a Wedding Couple

After the proposal is done, what is next?

There seem to be an endless things to be done but wedding couples who are completely new to this committment can be absolutely clueless of what to do even for the next step.
So it sounds like not everybody knows what actually is “wedding planning”.
Putting physical tasks such as looking for the right hotel, the right venue for their honeymoon and the right bridal studio, many are unaware that there are even more challenging tasks coming towards them.
I remembered these are the 5 Biggest Problems for Me while preparing for my wedding.
1. “Money is never enough”
Lots of money is required for my wedding. The expense list can be as long as a few metres long. I need to pay for the wedding package we got from the bridal studio, the deposit for our wedding dinner, the renovation of our bedroom. Money saved for the past few years was completely used up in a few months.
Money that was saved at the beginning of each month would be withdrawn by the end of every month.
Kudos to the many wedding couples who spent years of saving up together for their mega wedding project. I had learnt from a few friends who spent 5 years saving up every single cent that they could for their weddings.
Other wedding couples who were lucky to have the “sponsorship” from parents may not understand what I meant or the times I went through. I had some friends whose parents deposited over S$50,000 into their bank accounts and told them to make their weddings really grand.
Even though at first it may be seen as a windfall, such couples lose the opportunity of learning to save together and to plan their finance.
2. “Whether they found the right one?”
For me, I was very sure my wife is the right person I want to marry.
This concern was shared by my female friends as most wondered if they could have found a better one or if their soon-to-be husbands were the right people for them.
I believed such concerns were common and normal for ladies as they are putting their future into someone’s else hands. And there is no turning back.
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