Wedding bells, and bills, from “Death, Sex & Money”
This Is Uncomfortable
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4.8 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
What does a wedding cost? In this episode, our friends at “Death, Sex & Money” share what their listeners are paying to tie the knot — from one couple’s micro-wedding that left family members questioning why they weren’t invited to a surprise potluck wedding in the backyard.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, so this is uncomfortable as on a break right now. |
| 0:03.7 | We're busy working on some new episodes that we can't wait to share with you all. |
| 0:07.6 | So keep an eye out in the coming months. |
| 0:09.4 | You can also stay posted on our whereabouts via our newsletter, which if you haven't already |
| 0:13.6 | signed up for, you can do that by going over to Marketplace.org slash comfort. |
| 0:19.6 | In the meantime, we wanted to share an episode from one of my favorite podcasts, Death |
| 0:23.9 | Sex and Money. |
| 0:25.7 | Anyone who has planned a wedding knows that it does not take long for the romance of |
| 0:29.3 | it all to turn into a cold numbers game, which is what this episode we're sharing with |
| 0:33.6 | you all from Death Sex and Money gets into. |
| 0:36.0 | The host, Anna Sale, talks to couples who have vastly different ideas on how to spend money |
| 0:40.5 | on their wedding. |
| 0:41.7 | The episode also gets into how tricky it can be to navigate strong opinions from parents |
| 0:46.1 | and in-laws, and it includes some tips from people who did manage to pull off budget friendly |
| 0:51.5 | weddings. |
| 0:53.0 | This episode was produced by Zoe Azuley. |
| 0:55.3 | You can listen to Death Sex and Money wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:58.6 | All right, I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I did, and I'll catch you all |
| 1:02.1 | later this year. |
| 1:04.2 | And then, the guest list started to balloon. |
| 1:10.0 | Attent and porta-potties and lights and chairs and tables. |
| 1:14.6 | And I was like, absolutely not immediately. |
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