[sp332]

It was a Sam's club hamburger, but hotdogs were also available. No, I'm not kidding. The wedding was in a friend's backyard with folding chairs and tables borrowed from a church. The cake was made by a friend of a friend for about half the going rate, but we also bought a couple dozen gluten-free cupcakes. We tried to pay the cooks but they refused; the musician was family, and the officiant and the sound guy (for the dance music) were personal friends and didn't charge. It was nearly a regular BYOB backyard party but with better decorations.

[gowld]

That's not really $10/head, that's a lot of in-kind wedding gifts. It's just an accounting difference from paying for all that stuff.

[sp332]

Yeah, that's totally fair. And we treated it that way, asking certain guests to bring certain things instead of gifts.