MONEY
CHILDREN
THE WEDDING
CRASHER
The joy of daydreaming about your daughter’s wedding could soon turn
to a nightmare if you haven’t saved the small fortune needed to fund it.
Adam Lewis reveals how he is preparing early
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hanks to her love of all things
Disney, in an average week me
and my eldest daughter Elsie
get married at least five times. It’s
the classic case of princess meets
prince, only in this fairy tale the
princess is three years old and the
prince is an already married 36-year
old daddy of two girls, the second of
which is likely already forming her
own ideas of wedded bliss.
Now putting squabbling girls and
trustnet.com
possible future appearances on
Jeremy Kyle aside, the joy of these
current “weddings” is their cost. A
Haribo ring and a dance to Taylor
Swift and the wedding is over, until
the next one possibly
24 hours later. No outrageous
wedding venue, no flowers or
catering costs and no honeymoon
(unless we are combining it
with the family camping trip to
Normandy later this year).
REAL-LIFE BOYS
Sadly for me I am well aware that
as childhood fades, the weddings
will stop and I will be left to deal
with the next challenge, real-life
boys. One of my first thoughts
when girl number two popped
out, apart from the joy obviously,
was “great, that’s two weddings I
will be paying for”.
So what can I do now I have
(hopefully) at least 18 years to start
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