how much are you planning to spend on yours ?

Finally hit 1 cr in savings and investments today after 7 years of work. I know it's not a large amount but it's the best I could do while supporting my brother's education and managing my family (dad is no more). Goal is to increase by .5-1 cr yearly now. Portfolio split- MFs- 65 lakh Stocks- 28 lakh FDs and savings in banks- 7.5 lakh Forex- 3 lakh Total- approx 1 cr What I'm working towards- increasing investments in stocks to make it almost 50:50 between shares and stocks and also adding more gold and forex to the portfolio. No real estate in the next 2 year horizon

This is probably the most personal question I can ask but trying to level set my expectations on the big fat South Indian wedding I will be having this year

You don’t have necessarily include gifts/treats. It can also be copiums as well. Just wanna know how much all this marketing is affecting us.

29,M. I am planning to get married this year. My parents have not accumulated much money, plus i don't want to burden them with the expenses of my marriage, hence I will be sponsoring the marriage on my own. Same is the case for my partner, and we will split all expenses equally. Now, here comes the twist, our parents wish to retain the "izzat" that they have in the society and want to do a big wedding. The budget that I have been told is minimum 20L. Tbh, I don't want to spend this much. I was looking for something ~ 5L. People on grapevine, especially the members who married recently, what do you think is a decent budget for marriage. Additionally, could you help out in some money saving hacks.

After the Ambani wedding fiesta I was wondering how much do people generally spend on their weddings? For context I am 28 M and unmarried so I can't share my expenditures.

Hi, recently we had a baby girl 👶 and are ovet the moon and enjoying our early parenthood. I have noticed that we have been *a lot* of money on things (toys, dresses, accessories etc..) ~1lakh till now.. 20k for clothes, other accessories ~70k (crib, car seat, stroller, dining chair, baby carrier, breast pumps etc etc..) during these initial days.. All products in baby category are super __expensive__ (talk about muslin clothes) and kids quickly outgrow them, making them irrelevant (our daughter is just 20days old and whatever the rompers we got for newborn is already to tight for her). How do you convince your wife that something is too expensive and not worth to buy? Whenever I have given hints on this, she mentions that you spend money on this and that and we shouldn't "kanjoos" when it comes to baby👶.. My wife is not ready to buy second hand items or use items from relatives (at least things like accessories not clothes). I can easily afford all this (>1cr CTC), but when do I start things about spending excessively?

Need some sensible inputs.

What do you think of this split ? What would you change?

This should include everything from home bills, entertainment, medical expenses, trips etc. When I was single (back in 2016), my expenses were around 20k per month. Now I easily go above 1L every month (without rent, we live in our own house). My wife also works and she has her expenses too. Not sure what’s the reason for it though. We live frugally and don’t spend lavishly (atleast I don’t think we do). I barely buy anything for myself (I use 1k earphones and buy clothes from decathalon). My wife is the same. Is this common when you get married? That your expenses permanently increase? Or is there something I should be worried about? TIA

If possible pls share a rough idea / figure of your expenses section wise.. Will be helpful for planning