Ever wonder why the bride's family has to pay for the wedding?? Let's be honest, it isn't cheap, and you almost think it's not fair!
Well, it has become a tradtion that the bride's family pays for the wedding and the groom's family pays for the rehearsal dinner. This stems back to the olden days when the bride's family had to provide a dowry (money, goods, estate a woman brings to the marriage) to the groom. By taking her as his wife, he becomes her provider and her protector and the dowry is a payment for these services. The groom's parents also had to pay a "bride price" to the parent's of the bride. Thus, we have our modern day wedding and rehearsal dinner situation.
*Husband-to-be...can't my parents just give you a $100 to be my provider and protector for life? ;)
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