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title: Who Should Pay for a Wedding?
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![Screen Shot 2015-05-29 at 5.07.30 PM](https://img.money.com/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-05-29-at-5-07-30-pm.png)

Weddings are expensive affairs. According to a survey from The Knot, the average cost of a U.S. wedding was about $30,000 in 2014. Who's got that kind of cash? Money senior editor George Mannes hits the streets of New York to ask people who should pay for the wedding. Surprisingly, people in Times Square were in agreement on who should foot the bill.

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