[quote]Originally posted by Rhonda:
[b]Yipers!!
I just returned from dinner and a shopping spree with mom and an
aunt and we were discussing my brother's Chinese wedding dinner
over supper. I had the shock of my life!!
- Mom says dad will have like 10 tables of guests, she will have
15, the in-laws wanted 10, and including my brother and his wife's
guests, it's a grand total of 45 tables!! 
At $800 per table, that makes it a grand total of... *gasp...
Wha!!!!! $36,000!!!!!
I made the mistake of saying out loud, "Poor brother! He will end
up having 80% of guests at his wedding who are total strangers to
him!"
And then, I kena a huge scolding from mom, who got wide-eyed
defensive and exclaimed, "Of course! He's MY son! It's a BIG DEAL!"
That's nothing, my friend get married that time, had 86 tables!
filled up the whole restaurant, and in the end he still earned
$10k+ from the ang paos he got. 
And the hotels, restaurants wont take your money until the dinner
over, there will be a person from your side keep on calculating the
money when dinner ends so that will know how much you get.
e.g. you order from the hotel/restaurant, cuz its order at bulk,
its $600 per table, you order 50 tables.
If people come, each give $80, you get $80x50x10 person per table =
$40,000.
But the cost of dinner is only $600x50=$30,000
All these assuming you invite people not whole family with many
kids one.
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