I was incensed when my fiancée spent our whole wedding cash on a dress. I lost it when she acted so carelessly. I thus came up with an unforgettable lesson for her. Some feel I went too far, but I think she deserved this wake-up call. Was I in the right? Hello to all of you. This is Mark, a 32-year-old recently wed. You are aware that the day of your wedding is meant to be the happiest of your life? Well, my wife Elly’s $10,000 buying binge made mine into a financial nightmare I will never forget. Fasten your seatbelt. You are going to learn how I made our honeymoon into a memory that Elly will not soon forget, and how our entire budget was spent on a single frock.

I will give you a little background. Our wedding was planned on a modest, approximate budget. It was a little gathering, approximately thirty people, held on the property of a family friend. Nothing special. We even made our own decorations and purchased our wedding cake from Costco. The cost in kind? A extremely costly honeymoon. I had faith in Elly to purchase her wedding gown. She assured me it would not cost a lot. She spent $10,000 on an outfit, though, I later learned. That covered about our whole budget. I was CRAZY.

“What were you thinking, Elly?” I exploded when I found out. “We spent our whole budget on that!”

As she looked at her nails, she said, “Mark, you are being foolish.” It is only a minor indulgence. “Do not I have the right to look stunning on my wedding day?” My gaze grew strained. With a sarcastic tone, I added, “That is rich, coming from someone who did not move a finger to save for this wedding.” Elly, though, had zero regret. She did not seem to care that I spent a lot of money on an ostentatious wedding gown that she would not wear again. You see, I have spent my whole life witnessing my mother, a widow, work incredibly hard to save every dollar for my future. I was taught the value of hard-earned money there, beginning with my piggy bank when I was very young.

And even if I currently have a lucrative work, money is not guaranteed to fall from the sky, is it? Elly was not born into an affluent household with a silver spoon in her mouth, just like me. She also needs to understand how important it is to budget her money. Furthermore, what do you know? Her conceited demeanor made my blood boil. Instead of celebrating our commitment, she behaved as though our wedding was a stage for her to perform. “You are exaggerating,” she rolled her eyes at Mark. “It is only a dress. We will figure things out.”

Make it function? It was disappointing to see all of the work I had put into saving for this go so quickly. The closer the wedding day got, the more enraged I became. But I was working on a plan. The big day arrived and passed. We put on a respectable celebration in spite of the financial disaster. But I was not done with it yet. We headed to the airport for our Miami vacation after the ceremony.