Episode 124
Morning 6-Pack - Wedding Spending: Big Budgets, Bigger Divorces!
Morning 6-Pack - Wedding Spending vs. Happily Ever After! Get ready to pop some confetti 'cause we're diving into the wild world of wedding spending! A study from Emory University says dropping big bucks on your big day doesn't guarantee your love story will last. In fact, those who shell out over 20 grand are three and a half times more likely to call it quits than those who keep it chill with a wedding under 10k! Crazy, right? We chat about how a low-key wedding just might be the secret sauce to a lasting marriage, while splurging on a honeymoon could be a game changer. So, let’s ditch the fancy flowers and go for a Taco Bell wedding instead—it's all about finding your forever fry-splitting partner!
Transcript
Good morning.
Speaker A:It's Haystack.
Speaker A:There is a study from Emory University that finds spending more on a wedding doesn't mean that you'll live happily ever after.
Speaker A:In fact, it may do quite the opposite.
Speaker A:Couples who spend 20 grand or more on a wedding are three and a half times more likely to get divorced than those who spend between 5 and $10,000.
Speaker A:Meanwhile, those who spend less than a thousand dollars, those weddings associated with the lowest chance of divorce.
Speaker A:So basically, the cheaper the wedding, the the better your odds.
Speaker A:Now, honeymoon spending did have a positive effect.
Speaker A:Couples who splurged a bit on the honeymoon, more likely to stay together.
Speaker A:I'm not really surprised though.
Speaker A:I mean, to be fair, weddings have become like a small budget Marvel movie.
Speaker A:You've got explosions of flowers and costume changes and dramatic speeches and the couple dancing on clouds and one uncle who thinks he's the main character.
Speaker A:I mean, weddings have themes and signature cocktails and drone footage.
Speaker A:Grandma and grandpa got married at the courthouse and they went back to work that afternoon.
Speaker A:They've been together 60 years with no photo booth, no monogrammed cake toppers, just depression era love.
Speaker A:And again though, if you spend more on the honeymoon, you are more likely to stay together.
Speaker A:So forget the band, the doves, the chocolate fountain.
Speaker A:Just get married at a Taco Bell and then fly to the Bahamas.
Speaker A:Because let's be honest, it's not about how much you spend at the altar.
Speaker A:It's about who's still willing to split the fries with you ten years later.
