Hi, everyone J I am new to this forum. Since I will be getting engaged soon, thought I would also start planning for my wedding and ask you all for advice/help
I currently live in the USA. Here are a few starting point questions I would like to ask you guys J
Engagement:
I want a simple engagement. I know usually the guys family goes to the girls house where they exchange rings. But I was thinking we can go to the guys house and do the ring exchange. What do you guys think about that? It would be in the house. We both live in 2 separate states.
Wedding:
So I know for a fact I will have a mehndi, shaadi, valima day.
Do you guys prefer to do nikkah the day of shaadi reception, or in advance before the reception?
What would be a reasonable cost for the entire wedding If any of you brides got married, what was the approx you spent for all 3 day events? I live in the USA. Also do you think its better the groom side and bride side split it half for all 3 days? Venues are hell expensive ahhh I plan to get most of the things from Pakistan, such as invitation cards, dresses, jewelry, small décor maybe.
For now I think this a starting point for me. I want to start planning asap since I know all these things take time.
If there are any starter tips you guys can give me I would appreciate it. Sorry for a long post
Re: New to forum, and a bride to be :) Help needed!
Congrats! If you want to keep the budget down.myou may want to look into banquet halls as compared to hotels. Also, why do you want to go to the guy's house to do the engagement? Is it something that they have proposed, or you have come up with it? If they have proposed it and you guys are ok with it, go ahead, otherwise, think a bit before suggesting it as your in laws may be more traditional.
I have seen mehndis held at home and others at hotels etc. you might want to look into that for budget purposes. Some people like to have the nikah done in advance so that the future photography that involves hand holding etc. would not be an issue as the couple would be married already.
Re: New to forum, and a bride to be :) Help needed!
Also factor in how many guests you're having. I don't know about the costs of the US, but a simple nikkah in the morning at your local masjid, followed by a nice dinner function is nice if you want to keep costs down. If you don't have too many ppl attending, you could do the mehndi function in the back yard of your home.
GLITTER BOMB...The engagement is after ramadan this year and the wedding is in 2017! Thank you sooo much! If it was upto me it would be a 1 day event lol but my whole family is in the USA and i have a huge family and since I am the only daughter, my mom wants to make it grand event. Everything in NYC is expensive. A decent venue hall would cost about $25,000+ We have about 230 people on our guest list. Most of it is just family and close friends. The stress is real ahhhh Things do add upp soo fast!! I still have to make soo many pakistani clothing for myself. I have so much western wear but only a handful of Pakistani clothing. Soo much to do!