If I ever get married we're all going to KFC and EVERYONE gets their own bucket.

Linda and I paid for our wedding with $1,000 total - a gift from her grandfather. Family cooked and manned the buffet. A friend of mine DJ'd. Buddy lent us his PA. Got the local legion hall for half price.

We got married in my dad's backyard by a JOTP.

I paid for my wedding with my ex-wife all by myself. Her family never liked me, so they didn't offer to help and I didn't ask.

You live and learn I guess.

what is the optimal time of year to get married in order to maximize the tax benefits

When KFC has a special on buckets would be the smart money.

If you would get a marriage penalty, plan it for beginning of the year so that the higher taxes take longer to go into effect. My guess is that at your age you'll most likely get a marriage bonus though, so plan for the end of the year and they will treat it like you were married for the whole year instead of just the last week.

I'd say the Spring before you die.

Whoa. Drummer just sent me these. Would have been around 1978-79.

https://i.imgur.com/ZXpLRkP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PvSY3w5.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/aJCWD7D.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RPlljXO.jpg

I've heard the way to do it is to buy a house, pop out a baby, and get married all in the same year. I'm not getting married anytime soon but you can bet when I do it'll be for the bennies lol