This was approximately 1987. I believe the cost was about 35K in old dollars, which is about 100K now. There were 300 people, there was a big band (like 8 or 9 musicians), I recall decadent things like caviar at the appetizer tables, and over the top everything. My parents paid for it. They had offered a modest wedding and down payment for a house, but she took the big wedding. The marriage did not last, obv.

My wife and I got married in 1991. We had 50 people, splurged on the food/catering and thrifty with everything else (shocking, I know!). We asked guests to take pics and check "2 prints" for developing and share one set with us rather than have a photographer. I set up my stereo at the event and had a friend make a party tape. It was a lot of fun and the whole cost to us in 1991 dollars was about 3.5K. My parents did not spend a dime, nor did her family.