Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]46 years ago we were married in my living room with a record player for music. My dress was borrowed. The reception was at the Elks Club where my father was a member. Our honeymoon was a three-day trip to Florida. My new husband was making $1000 a month as an engineer for an oil well services company and I wondered how we would ever be able to spend that much money ;-) Tina On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 "B. D. Colen" <bd at bdcolenphoto.com>wrote: > > >... it is the rare wedding at which I am not appalled by > >the money being spent on what, when all is said and done, is nothing more > >or less than a big party. > > ======================================================================================================================================== > Yes, I've never been able to fathom why people would want to spend a lot > on a wedding and go into debt when they're just starting out in life, > unless the debt is from financing an education. 42 year ago Kat & I had > about 12 people at our wedding and the "reception" was a party in my > parent's dining room (it rained on our backyard plans). No honeymoon, > either, and no debt. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Relations > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com