I often hear my mother lament that she still got married without gold and silver jewelry, but now the cost of getting married has soared. A young couple born in the 1980s in Shanghai revealed that the cost of getting married, excluding the RV, was 430,000 yuan. It really makes people lament that they cannot afford to get married!
Recently, an ordinary couple born in the 1980s in Shanghai posted their wedding bills on Weibo. Excluding the house and car, the man’s expenses include tobacco and alcohol, hotel wedding banquets, diamond rings, wedding cars, and new houses. Decoration and honeymoon miscellaneous expenses totaled more than 267,000 yuan; the woman’s expenses included more than 163,000 yuan in household appliances, clothing, cars, etc. The total cost of both parties was 430,400 yuan.
Chinese-style marriage is getting more and more expensive
In fact, according to the law, once you get a marriage certificate, you are a legal couple. However, the vast majority of people will still wait for a wedding ceremony. This wedding palace built with money has made many "post-80s" people feel unable to achieve their goals. Some netizens made a ranking list of wedding costs in China. The total cost of marriage, ranging from houses to wedding department stores, is 1.5 million. This data is still at the level of Shanghai two years ago. Cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou ranked second.
The cost of marriage for parents born in the 1980s
A bed in the 1950s, a packet of sugar in the 1960s, the Little Red Book in the 1970s, three turns and a ring in the 1980s, and pomp and circumstance in the 1990s. The 21st century wedding banquet is characterized by individuality. Chinese weddings have gradually evolved from generation to generation. Unknowingly, this baton of love has also been passed to the hands of the '80s generation'. "Many people participated in the vote on wedding expenses, and those who spent 300,000 to 500,000 yuan accounted for more than half of the total. This bill is considered by many people to be both "terrifying" and a "reality" that they have to face. "Whether it's a wedding officiant or a gold and diamond ring, the prices of things that seem to be related to weddings are running faster than Liu Xiang's. ”
The cost of marriage after 1980s
When our parents got married, their monthly salary was 30 or 40 yuan. The cost of marriage was about 1,000 yuan. The consumption level at that time was very high. Low, the necessary items for marriage are nothing more than a TV, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a sewing machine, etc. Nowadays, you have to spend at least 1 million to get married, which is 1,000 times that of 30 years ago, but the salary of the newlyweds is only that of 30 years ago. More than 100 times. Currently, the wedding costs of those born in the 1980s are shared by their parents, and at most, part of the wedding expenses are offset by the guests' gifts.
Some netizens also share the cost of weddings with their parents. According to analysis, this phenomenon is mostly caused by the vanity of the post-80s generation. Wedding expenses are getting bigger and bigger in the "face" game. If your wedding is in an ordinary restaurant, I want it to be in a five-star hotel; if your wedding is a Chinese-style wedding, I will. You must have an island wedding. In fact, "Wear a hat as big as your head." Wedding expenses should be within our means. No matter how luxurious the wedding is, it will only give the wedding spectators a luxurious visual enjoyment. Your love It won't heat up. To put it bluntly, after getting married, you still have to eat rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, and some couples even have to be careful when buying food at the market.
2011 Ranking of Wedding Costs in China's Top Ten Cities
Some netizens joked: "My grandpa told me that he only spent 'half a bucket of rice' to marry my grandma; my father told me that he only spent 'half a pig' to marry my mother." When I get married, I have to use my parents’ ‘half life’! "It's not easy to be the parents of those born in the 1980s. Prices are rising but wages are not. It's not easy for our children to grow up. When we reach the age of getting married and starting a family, we still have to rush to have a wedding with our father and mother. The editor believes that, Most couples born in the 1980s maintain a calm attitude towards marriage. Marriage is not for comparison. "Spend a small amount of money to do big things" is the correct philosophy for each of us.