Wedding Trouble: What is the difference between brides in America and Russia?

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Wedding season will soon start on 2 continents, which usually lasts until November. It is during these six months that the largest number of marriages take place. ForumDaily found out what a “dream wedding” is in the minds of brides in America and Russia.

Think about future spending vs. Walking the 2 of the day.

Marina Newberry and her fiancé Jeff from New Jersey. We had been preparing for the wedding for a whole year. The couple decided to get married in February. This was due to two factors. Firstly, in winter the prices for holding a celebration are much lower. Secondly, the future family plans to buy a house some time after the wedding.

“In February 2015, Jeff proposed to me,” says Marina. - I am a person who needs everything to be as I planned. We decided that the wedding would be in Modern Elegance style. There were 100 guests. We rented a hall for celebrations at a famous hotel. As a result, the budget was $25 thousand.”

The couple marries in February, as in winter the prices for the celebration are much lower. Photos from the personal archive of the heroine

Anna and Sergey from Moscow planned their wedding for the summer of 2017. “We decided to choose a warm season, because the official part will take place in the fresh air,” Anya shares her plans. — An arch and a lot of fresh flowers: everything is like in the movies.

Perhaps this is not quite a Russian option, but we decided to follow traditions in another way - to celebrate for 2 days.

It seems to me that on the first day it is very difficult to relax, but on the second you can take a walk to your heart’s content. We plan to invite 50 people. Our budget for 2 days is $12 thousand. After the wedding ceremony itself there will be a traditional ride around the city, and then a restaurant. Oh yes! We decided to bite into the loaf according to the old Russian custom. Whoever bites off the most is the master of the house.”

Anna and Sergey from Moscow decided to follow the tradition - celebrate their wedding for 2 days. Photo from the heroine’s personal archive

Presents on the VS 3 Service List

As for American traditions, even before the wedding, the bride arranges a Bridal Shower - the so-called “bridal shower”. The girls get together during dinner and have fun. Everyone does not come empty-handed. “I sent a list of gifts to one of the stores in advance,” says Marina Newbery.

“Each of my guests came there and chose from the list what they wanted or could afford to buy.”

In fact, it’s a wonderful American tradition: you can be sure that the item will be needed and to your liking. If we talk about gifts at the wedding itself, then usually guests get by with a certain amount of money. “We will be given from $100 to $300 per person - that’s how it is,” Newbury explains.

Given that this couple will have a 100 person at the wedding, the wedding will pay off somewhere by 80%. And the remaining 20% can be given in favor of positive emotions.

In our homeland, engagement is not a mandatory procedure, but for an American bride it is an important tradition to receive a ring during the engagement. Photo from the heroine’s personal archive

“Of course, they ask us what we want to receive as a gift, I answer that money is better,” says Muscovite Anna Chekalkina. - But you know how things happen here: they still give TVs and bed linen. Last fall, my friend got married - and you won’t believe it, she was given 3 sets. I thought this fashion remained in the 90s.”

Custom-made dress VS Fits - take it

As for choosing a dress, Maria McInnes, a sales assistant at a wedding salon from North Carolina, believes that our girls are very difficult to please: “My friend never chose anything in our store. In the end, I bought a dress in Russia - it’s much simpler there: it fits, you take it. Here you need to order it, and then wait 4-6 months. Our clients complete their purchase at least a year in advance. Cost $1,4-5 thousand.”

The tradition of American brides is to do a photo shoot in a wedding dress 2 months before the wedding, and then decorate the hall with these portraits on the day of the celebration itself.

According to Maria, long tight dresses are very popular, better without sequins and rhinestones: “In 2 of the year we sold only one short dress, almost no one is interested in them. And I want to add that Russian girls are more picky, it’s much more difficult to work with them. They are hard to please. ”

Long, tight dresses are very popular, better without sequins and rhinestones. Photos from the archive of Mary McInnes

Humble Chic VS Golden Spoons

Nikolai Logaysky, a videographer, a film editor and owner of a production company in New York, has his own professional perspective on Russian and American festivities.

“I would like to note that weddings in the USA are not as pretentious as in Russia. This is not very accepted here,” Nikolai shares his opinion. For several years now, he and his brother have been filming and photographing events in the USA, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Mexico.

Nikolay’s clients are wealthy people who can afford to pay from $7 to $15 thousand for a wedding film and photography. Basically, these are children of immigrants from the Soviet Union, who grew up and took a significant place in society. Also among the clients there are many Americans who are engaged in business in the field of finance.

When Nikolai was filming Donald Trump, no one had any idea of ​​his ambitious plans to become president. Photos from the personal archive of Nicholas Logaysky

“I’ve never seen golden forks and spoons among them,” says Logaisky. — I remember that in a hotel near Central Park they cut the cake with an old saber - such a tradition. What else do I remember? Last year we filmed a stunning celebration in Vermont. The couple rented the entire ranch. Summer, mountains - beauty! It was very emotional. I would like to note that with such financial opportunities there is no feeling of any pathos. And if they are partying in our homeland, then, in most cases, it is loud and all at once.”

But every year the difference between American and Russian weddings is getting smaller. The tradition of “throwing a bouquet” has long been pleasing Russia, and the bridesmaids in identical dresses settled in Russian wedding scenarios. And if you do not take into account the dollar, then the costs will be almost the same. Naturally, if we are talking about the average pairs, without the “golden spoons” and performances by J. Law.

See also:

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