{"id":1075,"date":"2018-05-23T11:38:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T11:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketingwithmiles.com\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2018-05-23T11:38:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T11:38:51","slug":"can-weddings-crowdfunded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingwithmiles.com\/can-weddings-crowdfunded\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Weddings Be Crowdfunded?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indian weddings are an expensive business. They are the result of generations of patriarchal ideas all bundled up together, ossified into an institution that seeks to extract as much as it can from the bride and her family. The institution of marriage is patriarchal and exploitative, yet we seem to have not understood the bottomline after all these years. However, the one thing that we can do is to make sure that our own marriages are not exploitative in nature.<\/span><\/p>\n \n Can <\/span>Fundraising<\/b><\/a> lead to a democratization of the marriage process. After all, a marriage is a family affair and most conservative folks do not like sharing much of that with their extended circle of acquaintances. Yet, the same people talk about the integrity of the family. Logically, it is impossible to think that someone completely unknown would pay for your son\u2019s grand wedding. Really, just get yourself lawfully married and cut the celebrations. But who will pay for the celebrations? The ones who partake in it. <\/span><\/p>\n \n Here is an idea to democratize your marriage. If you are one of those quirky folks who believes in marrying in unconventional manners, you need to ask your extended family for financial support. They are going to come and eat after all, right? Only makes sense for them to pay some money for it. <\/span><\/p>\n \n