its so incredibly fvcked up, the Mirpuri Pakistani community in particular and their conspicuous consumption (Punjabi Pakistanis have different expectations in their weddings apparently),. which is even more extreme relative to their wealth than any Indian wedding i have seen (at least with the bigger ones, the family came from a fair bit of wealth)high tower 1 wrote: ↑09 Aug 2023, 06:16Big Asian community up there. And they really go all out of weddings.stevec@france wrote: ↑09 Aug 2023, 06:13 who the fukk would want to spend a fortune on a flash wedding in Bolton of all places![]()
I went to a lad at my work's wedding a couple of weeks back
they had, along with the horse-drawn carriage thing (obviously!), about 12 prestige supercars (Ferraris Bugattis Porsches) and stretch limos. the procession held up the traffic on a Birmingham main road for about half an hour it was that long.
his family must have spent close to 100k on the whole thing, we reckoned from what Zain has said that they lashed out about 40K on cars alone.
they, the family, have hardly got a bean to rub together relative to those kind of costs. the dad and his uncles work as waiters FFS. I can only assume they afforded it by family chipping in, and when their cousins and nephews get married they will chip in to that in turn.
it was fvcking nuts. I stood there watching that fvcking procession in a stunned, awed sense of disquiet. It was like i was watching poor people burn their own paycheks and celebrate it like fvck.
mad.