Is it a good trend to spend a lot of money on parties cerebrating family events?

No it is not good trend because now we have the money but no one know when the time comes no money. So for future saving is necessary not spend money for unnecessary event. IF we can perform the event in short then we should do. But if necessary then spend but now every person wants to show off and spend more money to show the people they have lots of money.

It can be a good experience for everyone to celecbrate a family event with a party. These parties should bot be about how much money you can spend in the planning and celebration. They should be about being with family and showing how much you care about each other. that bond of family is truly the celebration!

I don's think spending too much on parties celebrating family events is a good trend. Maybe it's just because our parents are used to be being lavish on these occasions. For these to stop, I think it would be best if the change starts with you. Why not suggest to the rest of the family to spend the special event at home? Perhaps you can form a committee to take care of a short program, the food, etc. Just say that why not try this for a change.. (,")

ya i think it is good idea to spend more money in family events and parties.. because we can spend the money as much as we earning because that we are earning money for our happiness and family happiness... at this time we should think about the family happiness not about the money.. this is my opinion...

yeah, it,s a good trend for sometime but not always whenever you go any parties , so as that time u spend money for special person i mean to say in directly way those persons which deserves your parties then u gave otherwise not...!since it 's way to express happiness

I think there are many other ways to celebrate an event in someone's life other than spending huge sums of money. Making memories is so much more important. My children still talk about the things we did when they were small, things that didn't take a lot of money. Going on a picnic, taking a hike, visiting other family members, just spending time together as a family. These are the things that count. No one remembers the amount of money that is spent on a party except the person paying for it and that can become a big source of resentment at a later date.

I agree, you can have a family dinner in those five star hotel but not like every other weekend. I think with this hard economic times, it is always good to try and save some money for future. You never know what awaits you in the future.

Totally agree with you, we waste a lot of money in functions which are needless and are spent only to show their social status to others. This has been a trend that if some one spends 3lakhs for a marriage ,some other thinks that he has to spend 4 lakhs for his prestige, if some one arranges lunch with 10 curries then some other wants to arrange lunch with 15 curries, but no one thinks about the necessity and wastage. Especially in marriages I feel that there must be some restraint in spending on the function and save the money for your kids and their kids future needs rather than spending wastefully for ego and prestige which no one will remember after two days.

i personally dont believe in such spending. whats the fun in making a special event so glamorous that it looses its importance in the limelight of expensive exorbitant lavish parties. u talk abt marriage ...it is a never ending expenditure ...i personally believe it is complete wastage of time, efforts, money.