This Couple Chose a $25,000 Wedding Over a Home Down Payment. Here’s Why They Don’t Regret It 

Alex and Whitney Morgan had $25,000 and a big decision to make. Would they spend the money on their dream wedding - or a down payment on their first home?
They chose the wedding, and they don’t regret it. For them, it was an “investment in our relationship versus an investment in our financial future,” Whitney says.
The Netflix show “Marriage or Mortgage” highlights this familiar conflict by featuring a couple’s decision process to use their savings either for a wedding or for a down payment. Today’s low mortgage rates are enticing to first-time homebuyers, but rapidly rising home values are pricing some of them out of the market. Meanwhile, with the COVID-19 pandemic delaying many couples’ wedding plans, the pent-up demand is expected to increase the cost of getting married.
It’s been nearly 18 months since the show’s debut, and NextAdvisor caught up with two featured couples: Denise and Nick Boehmke (“Adopting New Traditions”) and Alex and Whitney Morgan (“Nurses in Love”) to see how they feel about their decisions, which were made prior to the pandemic.