[araes]

There's also a certain caste of society, where spending $5000 to not have any stress about an event, is really not that big a deal. Plus, then you're not dropping it on your "best friend" to handle the whole thing, which ends up being a weird inverse form of punishment for being friends so long.

[Sebb767]

It's not really a punishment, but more of a reciprocal deal of helping each other have an awesome wedding when the time comes.