Dress Up and Party Down

May 31, 2020

In “They Got the Important Part” (May 8, 2020) I mentioned a couple who held a modest wedding in Forest Park, instead of waiting until after the pandemic, when they could do the whole shebang in front of guests.

Today there was another article in the paper about how the pandemic is changing the wedding scene. Some planners think that the small wedding trend may last even after the pandemic has passed. One person, though, was quoted as saying, “Your big day only happens once.”

I started wondering why we only get one shot at a big day. Sure, your wedding is an important life event; but if dressing up and being elegant mean so much to people, why don’t they do it more often? Why not spend less on one blowout wedding, and have more dress parties?

According to this article, the average wedding topped $34,000 last year. That’s a lot of parties and fancy dresses you could have. And you wouldn’t have only one day to dress up and swan around. You could have several, over the course of your lifetime. (Assuming you don’t go nuts with the party planning.) Or buy tickets every few years to some high-priced dinner-dance to benefit various causes. You get to dress up and deduct some money from your taxes.

So think about it. Instead of spending all that money on one day, have lots of parties. Dress up all you want. Spread out the elegance and the beautiful clothes and the updo.

Let your inner belle come out more than once in your life.