Well, you could always hope there's someone selling platinum bangles on your server for a reasonable gil-price and pay not a dime of real money... But I agree it's bull-trout, the way they handled this. Hyping up everyone for a year with wedding, then the week before release: "Oh yeah, and you gotta pay for it, lolz!".

Hold your hearts for Gold Saucer next patch! The gold part will most likely have to be taken quite literally!