East Side Bride wrote a fantastic rant the other day about judging people by their wedding budgets.

A lot of judging goes on in wedding forums and on wedding blogs. It used to be that holier-than-thou attitude extended towards the types of people who read this blog (alternative couples planning non-traditional weddings, often on a serious budget) but now the shoe is on the other foot. Low budget brides are calling out their high-priced sisters, saying that spending too much money on the wedding means not investing enough in the marriage.

I don’t have to tell y’all that this just plain sucks. No one should be dissing ANYONE’S wedding, budget or extravagent or gothic or swam-themed or otherwsie. Everyone should be able to plan their wedding online, read the forums and the blog, divine inspiration from the wonderful pictures and stories without feeling offended by careless words.

East Side Bride says it better, but I just wanted to echo her thoughts. Your Wedding budget is no reflection on your relationship or the length and happiness or your marriage.

You’re not in competition with other brides. You don’t need to drag their weddings down to make yours better – yours is already the best wedding in the world, because YOU are there, and your beloved, and you’re getting married! THAT’S the important thing!

As Liz, one of the commenters on East Side Bride, said:

“The only good weddings are weddings where people are in love.”