Not much. Much less than $10K. A family member gave us the pictures for free (professional photographer) and a friend of hers did the catering as a gift.

But, my now wife and I met at work. The company shut down and we had to scramble to find jobs. She found a job with benefits that paid less and I got a contract that paid more from a firmer customer of the company we worked for.

She suggested we get married four days after I proposed so we could save money on my health insurance I was paying out of pocket.

Sure- but in plenty of communities the dress costs $10K.

Getting out of it was probably as expensive (if not more so) than getting into it.

I wish I could /s this, but I have seen too many folks take a big financial hit during and after a divorce.

And I had the great idea of giving her money instead of selling my real estate property. Because my real estate property was definitely going to appreciate.

This was around 2007, what could possibly have gone wrong...