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Jeff Bezos' fancy Italian wedding still looks miserly next to his outrageous wealth.
Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, all five of my children married. Though I had been successful in my business ventures, no observer could have ever complained that I had been excessive in helping to pay for those memorable events.
Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, all five of my children married. Though I had been successful in my business ventures, no observer could have ever complained that I had been excessive in helping to pay for those memorable events. For those weddings, a budget of $5,000 to $7,000—which in today's money would have been around $18,000—was a challenge to their money-management skills and carried with it a practical understanding that whatever they were able to save would be theirs to spend on other useful things.
So, how did we do it? It meant using a free or cheap venue like a church rec room…
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