Nowadays people are spending too much money to celebrate personal and family events such as weddings, birthdays and so on. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Give your opinion and examples.

 Nowadays people are spending too much money to celebrate personal and family events such as weddings, birthdays and so on. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Give your opinion and examples.

 

Some say that colossal investments are being made into commemorating personal and social occasions. This notion needs to be critically analyzed.

Those vouching for this notion bolster it with the plausible reasons, and profess this propensity is quite conspicuous today by virtue of most braving an extremely hectic daily schedule where they are constantly embroiled in meeting professional, familial and social obligations, leaving them with little time to rejoice with their loved ones. Thus, they use every event, regardless of its actual significance, to create nostalgic memories where they enjoy the closeness of their family members. Some even use these moments as an opportunity to reunite with their extended families comprising cousins and relatives; most are living in nuclear family settings, a new normal of modern society.      

Moreover, many also cite the perennial competition among peers and close relations, in which everyone is greatly inclined to flaunt their wealth and elite status. A survey conducted in the USA by Professor Sarika Dua, MIT, bolsters this aspect: it revealed that almost eighty percent of respondents said that they organized lavish parties even on their promotion to prove that they were as prosperous as their counterparts in various social strata.   

Nevertheless, the other school of thought denies the former opinion, even though their view is lacking in substance, and propounds that ever since humans appeared on this planet, they have celebrated all their personal and social events enthusiastically. The only thing that has changed is that the cost of celebration has spiked due to inflation, making events look lavish.      

Overall, disputes aside, I concur with this statement and feel that organizing extravagant events to commemorate even non-significant occasions is in vogue: people are driven by desire to enjoy the few moments they have at their disposal.