Itisatraditionthatthebride’, duetothelargenumberofcostsinvolvedtoday, , , apopularsolutiontodistributethecostsis: theexpensestraditionallypaidbythegroom’sparentsaresharedbetweenthecouple; andthecoststraditionallypaidbythebride’sparentsaresharedbetweenbothsetsofparents.
Theproblemof “whopays” .