Ah, weddings.

Whenever I’ve attended one, I’ve enjoyed myself. A lot. After all, once you’ve gotten through the emotional ‘I do’ bit, it’s basically a big party, with good food, good friends, good (read: cheesy) music and waiters floating around with flutes of champagne and trays of impossibly tiny snacks.

However, there are plenty of elements to the big white wedding that grate on me – particularly when it comes to the money side of things.

A recent report by Provident revealed bridesmaids have to pay around £1,058 for the pleasure of waiting on their BFF hand and foot. If you’re a best man or maid of honour, this figure climbs to £1,211 and if you’re the mother of the bride, it can go up to £1,450.

But it’s not just the wedding party who are impacted by these unreasonable costs: the average spend for a mere wedding guest is £1,015. And that’s only if you’re lucky enough to be attending a wedding in the UK: if the happy couple decide to embrace their inner nomad and tie the knot in some far-flung destination (complete with sea, sand and the obligatory ‘silhouetted kiss against the sunset’ photos), that figure climbs to £2,050.

It’s no wonder, then, that Georgina Childs – who recently appeared on ITV’s This Morning – found herself in debt after attending a whopping 14 weddings in four years.

This woman was left homeless after spending £13,000 on her friends’ weddings