They spent R5,000 on their wedding and are living happily ever after...
Is that even possible? Not living happily ever after, but spending R5,000 on a wedding!
When you think about weddings, there's this immediate association with everything being perfect. From the décor to the wedding attire to the entire day...
It's definitely a subjective experience though. For this couple, it was more about the experience and sharing in the love, than the glitz and glamour spread over the day.
Celente and Deon Malan decided to get married just weeks before the hard lockdown in 2020. Their decision came with a new perspective on life. The pandemic did that though, it pushed people to think more seriously about the bigger things in life.
"If anything living in a pandemic has taught us it's that the time to pursue things we love is now. It made us change our perspective on a range of things, from money, purpose, and relationships." (News24)
Their wedding cost around R5,000 in total and featured items from their newly opened business venture, Coffee & Confetti. After searching for wedding decor, they found there was a considerable gap between the affordable and the good quality items.
So this prompted them to make their own. This is what caused a chain reaction in them, and they found that they were doing what they loved. The couple really have a very soulful outlook on marriage...
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If you work on a business that grows, the same goes for a marriage. "There is creativity locked up in every one of us. It takes that particular person to unlock it. Trust your wife's judgment. She is right and has insight.
Definitely a beautiful sentiment of marriage, and some sound advice to all budding entrepreneurs out there...
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