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Jun 2024
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💍 Wedding $$$ with LaurDIY: Budgets, Pr...

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About this episode

Lauren Riihimaki (@LaurDIY), the mega-YouTuber, just had one of the biggest weddings of the year. So she’s joining Nick & Jack to answer your questions on wedding finances, TBOY Hotline-style…


  • The best wedding budget formula 
  • The best thing we spent $$ on (& the worst) 
  • *Free* wedding value adds
  • Lauren’s husband disappearing 2 weeks before the wedding
  • How much to give for wedding gift
  • And Jack’s first sip of the Dr…



For our Wedding Cheatsheet (in tomorrow’s newsletter)


Lauren Riihimaki: @LaurDIY and The Wild Til 9 


00:00 - Intro

03:06 - Lauren's Wedding Recap

39:40 - Hotline Questions

51:20 - Rapid fire Non-financial Wedding Questions

56:36 - Financial Vows!

59:09 - Outro

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