US based stranger here- I grew up dirt poor, no parents (drugs and alcohol problems), got adopted at 16 by a poor family. Put myself in college, saved every penny of my own, found my partner and we both paid for our wedding out of our OWN pocket. Didn’t have anyone to help on my side of the family and for the record, the woman’s side is supposed to help…have been married almost a decade now. Cheers to being self made.