Financial Lessons from a Wedding Gone Wrong

Published: April 19, 2019, 7:30 a.m.

What happens when a bride and her mom spend $70,000 on a wedding and everything goes wrong? Here's a bigger question: What happens when you spend more to get a bigger, better experience and it completely goes awry? Is it better to "super size" your spending to find more joy? We're all about the correlation between happiness and spending on today's episode. We're shaking things up with today's roundtable guest because joining us in today's discussion is Bobbi Rebell, host of the\xa0Financial Grownup\xa0podcast AND co-host of our very own\xa0Money in the Morning\xa0show. Plus, we'll call up Paula Pant of\xa0Afford\xa0Anything,\xa0and Len Penzo from\xa0LenPenzo.com.\nAfter a crazy Game of Thrones meets Len Penzo inspired trivia from Doug, we'll answer a voicemail during the Magnify Money call. Reed asks about an article he's read on retirement. According to the piece, there's a lot of "front-loaded" spending in retirement, which could drain cash savings a lot quicker than expected. We'll give our take on retirement, spending, and planning in our response to the piece.\nThanks to Clear for supporting Stacking Benjamins. Get your first two months of Clear for free by going to\xa0clearme.com/sb2019\xa0and using promo code sb2019.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices