I would just LOVE to know who made up the rules for who buys what for the chosson and kallah? Parents have just spent a fortune making a chasunah, and on top of that are expected to ALSO furnish the apartment for them? I could never afford that. I married off two children, and they used their engagement presents, savings, earnings, and so forth, to buy their own furniture. They waited to buy a real dinette set when they had money from the wedding, and used a card table until they could afford better (they also came to me a lot that first year, for Shabbos and yom tov). I am not saying parents should not help out, IF THEY CAN AND IF THEY WANT TO. But who decided that there is a specific chiyuv in this matter?
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