"Crowdfunding" Weddings-Fad or New Reality?

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<p>Okay, so now we must fund the wedding that no one in the family can afford. </p>

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<p>Do you think these couples must and/or will report these as earnings to the IRS? If this takes off, where do you see it heading? Would you donate to one of these funds?</p>

<p>Personally, if something along the lines of “Wedding venue went broke and took all my deposits,” I’d probably happily contribute. Anything along the lines of “I have champagne taste on a tunafish budget” would probably not get my support.</p>

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<p>Wow. Why not simply sell tickets to strangers to attend their wedding? There’s got to be a market for that! :)</p>

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<p>I know a couple doing this. So far, no one has contributed. </p>

<p>It’s just a fringe thing that makes for a good headline. </p>

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<p>^^^^Let’s hope.</p>

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<p>What a waste of the donors’ money! </p>

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<p>Anyone ever crowdfund tuition?</p>

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<p>^^^^At least that would seem to go towards something truly lasting.</p>

<p>I’ve given money to scholarship funds. Would that count?</p>

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<p>No, Crowdfundng is personal. You’re supposed to read the story and be moved by it, somehow. There are people doing it for tuition but I have no idea how successfully. I do know someone who raised 25K to fund a food truck operation, though. He starts rolling this summer but he’s a chef and cooking instructor and had a following already.</p>

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<p>LOL…now that’s an idea! Actually, I came across something like this…</p>

<p>About a year ago, I was pumping gas in a tiny town in rural Vermont, but it wasn’t my own town. A young guy was walking by and started to talk to me after seeing the college decals on my car. A conversation ensued. We knew someone in common. One thing led to another and he said he was in a gap year and was heading to NYC to study musical theater at AMDA (this is a for profit 2 year institution that basically anyone can get admitted to). I went on and shared that I had a daughter in that field and had advised many students pursuing that field in college admissions. He asked me if he could email me his website for me to look at and so I gave him my email address and bid him goodbye. I assumed he had set up an actor site and maybe wanted feedback on it. Lo and behold, about a month later, he emails me a link to his site. His site was set up to tell about himself and to ask for money donations to fund his tuition/room/board to attend this school. I thought it was incredulous. </p>

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<p>Why not simply have a wedding u can afford?</p>

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<p>No, I would never give a couple money to pay for a wedding they can’t afford themselves.</p>

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<p>Crowdfunding is not necessarily personal, nor does a project in need of funding have to have a story associated with it to “move” someone - some of crowdfunded projects simply offer the “investor” an early access to the funded product (e.g., Mio on Kickstarter). So if the product is a party, especially with booze - hey, why not sell tickets to it ;)</p>

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<p>Unless one of them is actively dying, I think I’ll skip -_-</p>

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<p>Awful.</p>

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<p>LOL. We’ll probably read about a couple doing this who raises tons of money for the wedding for the “dying” groom or bride, then find out they are healthy as a horse. Wouldn’t surprise me in the least.</p>

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<p>Begging by any other name is still begging. </p>

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<p>shiver.</p>

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<p>Tacky. Perhaps they should plan a wedding they can afford?</p>

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<p>A couple in their early 20s who think they need a $28K wedding to be married and who beg the public for money ? I predict that if they do get married they will be divorced before they are 30. I only hope that they don’t have children until they either grow up or find more mature partners.</p>

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<p>What happened to living within your means? Couples who would do this don’t seem like they have their priorities straight or know how to budget. Or will they be crowdfunding when they want to buy a house, go on vacation, have a child, etc?</p>