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The bride who asked me to be the maid of honor is my best friend since kindergarten, and I really care about her. They're having the wedding in the groom's country, so it's going to cost me...
I'm having my ceremony on the beach at 3:00. I'm sure we will be done with ceremony and pictures by 4:30 at the latest. What time should I serve dinner. Keep in mind, it's a backyard reception. Thanks...
I've been quite successful at selling off lots of wedding goodies now that I'm done with them. But I still have my dress. I listed it on 5 different used dress sites. I got my first bite today! I was...
First and foremost, I am not a jealous, or clingy person. Second, I have a terrible, really terrible relationship with my MIL including the rest of my Husbands family. The only person I do not have...
Our wedding date is 9/26/15. Engagement pictures 9/21/14 We are getting picture magnets for the STD's, and would like to mail those probably the beginning of November maybe middle of. When should I...
My F and I are having our ceremony on national park land. Part of the permit restriction is that we can only have 35 guests there. We are planing on having the ceremony in the morning, and reception...
I have a cousin getting married that sent an invite to my parents house address to them "& family". I realize that means me and my siblings (although we not longer live with my parents), but does that...
I emailed out my Save the Date and there are several people who RSVPed that they can't make it and also some friends have told me they can't come. Do I still send them an invitation? I feel like I...
FH was the best man in best man's wedding last year and they had Jos A Bank suits. They were HORRIBLE!! His fell apart after the wedding and it didn't fit him in the first place! It was rather...
FH was kind of disappointed that my outfit is a secret and his isn't.... So I decided that it's only fair that I let him choose whatever color he wants (since the bridesmaid dress color would look...
My fiance and I have four children between us and we haven't decided if they are going to be in the wedding or not but regardless they are immidiate family. How do I make it clear that we just cannot...
Hello, I am finding that the donation and professional "fee" catholic churches either ask for or not are extremely different. One forum I read that a donation of $250-500 to the priest is...
I am planning on giving my bridesmaids monogrammed tote bags with goodies/gifts in them. I would like to order them sometime soon and have found exactly what I want on Etsy. I am getting married in...
Hello all my wedding is about a month away and I didn't even think of the little things. I finally decided on songs to walk down the aisle to but now I need songs to play when the guest are arriving...
We have quite a few guests/family we're inviting to our wedding that are out of state and/or out of the country, and quite a few people locally that we've had to cut because but would still like to be...
I'm getting remarried in 5 weeks. We are both in our 50's and this is not our first wedding. Who should give the champagne welcome toast at the reception that is usually given by the bride's father to...
I'm thinking of having a little couple minute first look being blidfolded, because we really want to have our first look of each other being at the ceremony.... I'm really not sure about it, it seems...
Who will serve your guest their food? I'm a DIY bride and my cousin will be catering my wedding but I have no idea who to ask to serve the food in the buffet line.
If I'm supposed to, oh well! We just got our save the dates and we put the wedding website rather than "Formal Invitation to Follow". I didn't even think about putting that. Oops!! Our website and...
I'm stuck Ladies (and guys). I really like the idea of doing a "first look" before the actual wedding, but I am sceptical about breaking tradition....thoughts?? Anyone thinking of doing this or has...