My wedding was really small. H and I paid for it ourselves so we kept the numbers down. My oldest daughter got married in Mexico, so we did a small reception for her when they got home. They had been together a long time, owned a house together and already had a child who was 2 at the time. They were more interested in having a "honeymoon", so we complied and funded that. My youngest actually wants to get married in Japan...so we may do something similar.