This. Mu father and grandfather in law are mathematitians. I never liked or enjoyed math but they make it ao damn interesting when talking about it. It's a real shame I never had a teacher with such passion and talent for it.
The point is the legal benefits and publicly declaring your love and commitment, if you care about that.
You can spend as little as you want, if you only care about the legal status. But since you are probably asking about the usual big wedding - it's really just throwing a party to celebrate the act. It's not mandatory. Invite people you want to party with and celebrate life in a way you want.
What can suck about it is the peer pressure from parents and other people to do it the way they want, to do it "properly".
He was probably the best pope in a while. Definitely more open and tolerant than normal.
It's not much to beat the normal here, but it was a step in the right direction if nothing else. Not enough of course, but what could we really expect?
I'd assume this is one of those decisions that has to be agreed on by everyone else - and they always had an ally who would block it. Was Poland, now Slovakia
These have to take up more space than a tree...