if you're happy, go ahead...
I've friends who have been miserable because of this... they have
financial pressures, yet from every side, they get hit... the
studio says the same thing you do.. "Once in a lifetime" then
hammer them for a few thousand dollars at a time...
The banquet hall hammers them... everyone does...
Everyone says the same thing to them when they want their way and
the last people who are listened to are the couple.. who are
pressured into doing things to please everyone.. because it is
"once in a lifetime"...
the poor couple tries to please everyone but themselves and ends up
pleasing no one... everyone else criticises everything about the
proceedings...
I say the hell with all that.. it's the couple's big day.. if they
want to have a buffet, a garden party, or a quiet one with 1
witness at the ROM, it's their choice and anyone, including parents
and all that, tries to take it away from them, don't really respect
or love the couple.. they are just selfish.