Well, these days a lot of people have to pay for their own weddings anyways. I was really lucky and my parents did pay. They set a budget, but it was a very nice budget. Our meals were $89/plate! We had 130 guests. We did pay for our limo, attendants gifts, and flowers...we were just very lucky that my parents helped out like that. It's just tradition that the girl's parents pay, but of course tradition seems to have gone down the toilet with everyone these days! I am still old-fashioned in a lot of ways I guess, even though I'm young!