BrokeGuest Mountain...pa da pah!

Thanks to slick wedding mags and tabloid photos of botoxed star brides shrinkwrapped into Monique Lhuillier gowns on sunkissed, sugar white beaches, destination weddings have exploded in popularity, and with it, the credit card bill required to be a wedding guest at one of these fancy shindigs. This summer I have a reprieve as my engaged friends have gorgeous weddings planned on home turf, but what about you? Are your best friends coaxing you to fly halfway around the world to indulge in a week of elephant rides and ceremonial mollusk fishing and materimonial splendor at the Four Seasons at a reduced rate of $460/ night? And then there are the shower gifts, meals, not to mention the wedding gift! What's a guest to do? Would you send $2000 on a friend's wedding? Would you still buy them a gift? Would you blame it on the rain, when the sky is fa-al-lin? Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble, to and fro? Anything? I would love to hear your thoughts! Hit that ole comment button and leave some wisdom behind.

Pretty please?

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