Wedding Culture Is Out of Control—And It’s Ruining More Than Just Weddings

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Do you feel like weddings have gotten out of hand lately? Today I dive into why I think weddings have become increasingly lavish and expensive, my controversial opinions on wedding culture today, and what we can all do about it. Plus, I share opinions from over 1000 responses I received on Instagram from your wedding hot takes–answering what you thought was a waste of money at your wedding, what you thought was an amazing use of money, and what you thought was really annoying that brides and grooms asked their wedding guests to do. Even if you’re not getting married (or already had your wedding), in this episode I share an important mindset shift on how you can live life in a way that makes you feel a whole lot happier. Check out the previous episode of The Liz Moody Podcast discussed today: The Secret To Finding Your People, Having More Meaningful Gatherings, & Creating A Community You Love With Priya Parker Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody or online at www.lizmoody.com. Subscribe to the substack by visiting https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Use our discount codes from our highly vetted and tested brand partners by visiting https://www.lizmoody.com/codes. This episode is brought to you completely free thanks to the following podcast sponsors: Puori: go to Puori.com/LizMoody and use promo code LIZMOODY for up to 20% sitewide. Nutrafol: visit Nutrafol.com and use promo code LIZMOODY to get $10 off plus free shipping. Evlo: head to EvloFitness.com and use code LIZMOODY to get 6 full weeks completely FREE. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 356. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Liz Moody podcast. Today, we're going to be getting into
0:04.5	some of my controversial wedding and wedding culture opinions. Some of my spicier takes that I'm
0:10.3	very curious if you agree or disagree with, so definitely let me know in the Spotify comments.
0:16.7	I also asked you on Instagram what you thought was a waste of money at your wedding, genius ways that you saved money, what you thought was an amazing use of money, and what you thought
0:25.6	was really annoying when other people asked you to do when you were a guest.
0:30.7	And I got over a thousand responses, so I will be sharing those answers as well.
0:35.8	And I will say, while this is a really fun and chatty episode,
0:39.6	I do think that this subject is ripe for a lot of very Liz Moody podcast mindset shifts.
0:45.3	It's not that deep, but it's also not that shallow. And whether you are getting married or not,
0:50.1	whether you care about weddings or not, there's a lot we're going to talk about today,
0:54.0	just in terms
0:54.5	of how we can approach life in a way that makes us feel a whole lot happier. I want to preface with
1:00.1	this is all in good fun. It is your life. If you disagree with every single thing that I say in here,
1:06.0	please do your wedding exactly your way and I will cheer for you every single step of the way.
1:12.2	But that brings me to my first controversial take and the one that inspired this entire episode,
1:17.7	which is I don't think that the way that a lot of us are doing weddings is actually making us
1:23.0	happy. Wedding costs have been climbing over the years, and I think we can all just sense that weddings are bigger and grander than they used to be, which typically means that they have more financial stress, more logistical stress, and just more pressure than they used to.
1:37.9	Like, Bachelor and Bachelorette parties used to be a one-night affair, and now we've got the multi-day out-of-town Bachelor, Bachelor at weekends,
1:45.8	and the multi-day wedding itself with a welcome party and a rehearsal dinner and the wedding itself.
1:51.0	And then there's brunch the next day. And then at all of these things, we're spending far more
1:55.9	money than we used to. And I think a lot of it comes down to two things. The shoulds and the weight of how we are being
2:03.2	perceived. The shoulds have always been there. Even the idea of marriage itself is a heavily should
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