Looking To Have My Wedding Sponsored

What exactly do you mean by "sponsor"....what are you looking for others to do? Are you asking for reputable vendors and referrals?

Do you have any friends or relatives who could help??

Very tasteless.

Nikki, I`m so tired of seeing your posts about Brother Entertainment. Girl, give it a rest for a while! We all know you`re out there by now! You sound desperate! Anyways, I think the idea of having your wedding sponsored is tacky. Why would you want vendors names plastered all over your wedding???? If you can`t afford an elaborate wedding, do something simple but special!!!!

Congratulations, but I disagree with you that all you need now is "us"....or "you" as you put it. No, all you need is your own money. Now that you have found each other, together you can learn that life is what you make it, not what others give you. If you don`t have money, then save it. If you don`t have family to go to, then save some more. Did you think it was okay to go on this message board and ask for handouts as if someone owes you two something? If you and your soulmate don`t have jobs, then hit the pavement and start looking. If the money is too scarce, go to the Justice of the Peace. When you`re ready for a baby and are newly pregnant, will you ask for sponsors for that, too. Should others feed and clothe them because you decided to have a few? Wake up and join the real world. How dare you ask other people to pay for your wedding. You two should pay for it yourselves.

Yes indeed. I`m sure when they decide to have kids, they will be asking for handouts for that too. In fact, someone else already has come on this board doing just that. What is this world coming to? My parents generation would have been ashamed to ask total strangers for money for things they wanted!!

I am mexican and in our culture we often have family and friends help pay for weddings and quinceaneras. They are considered godmothers and godfathers. I know it sounds strange, but you pick out relatives and friends to pay for the hall, music, flowers, everything except the food! Maybe you can pretend to be Mexican and do the same!!!!

If you want your wedding sponsored you`ll have to find sponcers, small businesses near your home that are new or looking for more business. Most of the people you will reach this way are brides like myself that are working hard and sacrificing to have the wedding we want. I don’t think there is anything wrong with having your wedding sponsored (the funny thing is people with money do it all the time) but on this board you’ll only reach people and not businesses and asking strangers for a hand out is out of line.

We really want to get married, and the just the thoght of tieing the not at the local court house makes us both sick. My wedding exspences are not much averaging to about 5000.00 tops but i lost my job and and we have parental responcebilities so please help
Sincerely : cbrown

I agree with everyone else about having your wedding sponsored. I, too am Mexican, I have been married for almost 25 years, and I did not have any sponsors or "Godparents" my Parents gave me the Wedding they could afford, and believe me it was a beautiful occasion, done in 2 weeks!!!!! I just gave both of my Daughter`s Quinceanera`s and again, no sponsors, we planned these memorable events one year in advance, and the only help my Husband and I got was from my Parents, but what they gave were gifts, my Daughters were their only Granddaughters to have a Quinceanera, and they were all to happy to help. I saw you said you have "parental" responsibilities, well you know what, throw yourself a reception in the back yard of your home, you did things backwards, you had kids before the wedding, and now you ask for sponsors? And you say that it is our culture? I think you better go back and look into our culture, the only Padrinos that one should take are the ones that are called "De Velacion", which are similar to our American Culture called Best Man and Maid of Honor, no where in our culture does it say that a wedding or Quinceanera should be sponsored, and certainly not in my American Culture, Sorry!!!!

Virginia,
While I completely agree that the whole idea of sponsors is rediculous and I don`t understand why some people feel themselves to be so special that they should be given everything for free when there are hundreds of thousands of others out there who are working hard to have wonderful weddings on small, tight budgets, I must point out that in many mexican and mexican-american families and communities, the idea and tradition of padrinos is very much a part of their culture and completely acceptable. In these families many times aunts and uncles, grandparents, etc. Sometimes even close friends of the family offer to take care of a part of the wedding or quincenera. So, while it may not have been something that was a part of your culture, it is very much still a part of many other mexican-american families and communities` culture. I believe that this, however, is something that should not be expected or requested by mexican-americans who, for the most part of their lives, have not participated in this culture. Sadly, i`ve heard of mexican-american brides who had not participated in any mexican culture and traditions and who found out about this tradition and with the excitement of the prospect of free stuff all of a sudden became interested in their heritage. It is the same for european americans who look through their heritage for things like money dances when previously they had shown no interest in their heritage. Bottom line, if it`s not something you`ve done, or participated in all your life, then you shouldn`t be doing it at your wedding, but if a tradition is something that is normally followed in your family and community, then by all means continue the tradition.

Traci, I just read your response, and like I said, I am Mexican American, married to a man from Mexico City, it is not our culture to ask for hand outs, the starting to asking for Padrinos occured when Mexicans started to migrant to this country, the funds were not available to give their daughters the quinceanera`s and or weddings of their dreams, thus starting this asking for Padrino`s so that they may give their daughter`s a wedding/quinceanera it is not our culture, it has become customary, which to me I do not feel that I can brag about my daughter`s quinceanera if someone else paid for it!!! It is considered an honor to be asked to be a Padrino de Velacion, just as it is an honor to be asked to be Maid of Honor or Best Man, lets not confuse "Culture" with "Customs" I have seen these occasions get out of hand with asking for "sponsors" and to me my proudest moment was being able to say I gave my daughter`s the best that I could afford to give, how do you ask for sponsor`s, take their money, and then give yourself what you want, and not care about what they paid for? I would like to think that the Culture of my people (Mexican American) is a little better than that.

I`m not trying to be rude, but what is a quinceanera?
I find other cultures interesting and so after seeing it mentioned I`m now curious. I don`t know anything about them or anyone who has had one.

Darlene,
Thank you for your interest in other cultures, a quinceanera is very similar to a Sweet 16, it is a "Coming out Ball" in our culture (I am Mexican American) when a young girl turns 15, her parents give her a Quinceanera, "Quince" is 15 in English, this is a huge celebration, there is a Church Ceremony, thanking God for 15 years with your Daughter, afterward there is a reception, there is a Father/Daughter dance, a sit down dinner, a presentation waltz, and a dance after all has been presented, the Quinceanera is for the parents to present their daughter to society as a young lady, the Quinceanera is not to date or have a boyfriend before, and in my family until one year after the Quinceanera, if the parents choose to allow her date, we don`t she has to wait 2 years after her quinceanera for my daughter to be allowed to date, unfortunately, some girls do not follow that tradition, they look at it as just another way to have a huge party, but my family respects what the tradition of a Quinceanera is all about, if you would like to see pictures, email me at Ginia0521@aol.com and I will be happy to send you some.

Right on, just b/c your in love but neither of you makes a six figure salary, doesn`t should you have to settle for a so so wedding!?! It is not tasteless, this is an important event so don`t settle & hold out for your sponsors, I know I am. :)

First of all to everyone who posted a nasty response to this young womans letter, you should all learn how to spell first. How people can be so obnoxious is beyond me, all this girl wants is a little help. Everyone who is involved in the wedding industry takes advantage of young people who are just trying to have a beautiful day that they can remember with their family and friends. The amount it costs to have a wedding that is only one day is ridiculous, how can anyone even save money for a down payment on a house when thats what you can spend for one day that`s supposed to be special. I am planning my wedding and we have no money and it`s very hard. I don`t care what anyone says everyone deserves to have a nice wedding even if you`re poor, and if having some vendors sponsor your wedding is the only way you can do it thats fine, believe me it`s not like they can`t afford it.

Some of you women are idiots!!!!! Just because somebody is looking for a Sponsor does not mean they are looking for free handouts. It means that they can use their own money for a down payment on a house or use it for a brand new car to start their life of. By getting Business`s to sponsor your weeding you are letting business`s give something back to the public while also benefitting from advertising. You haters need to get a life. Feel sorry for your going to be husbands.

Do you have your cake topper and wedding flute yet. I have flute with a wedding cake and bride and groom in a globe. If interesting e.mail newlady40

I am looking for any help i can get i am a bride with big visions and a small budget me and my fh are paying for the whole wedding ourselves with some help from friends and family but we are doing it our self and i am a stay at home mom and we only have one income please some help thank you