My fiancee and I are getting married in a year. Long story short, we want a small wedding with 150 people or less. His mom and sister threw a fit and said they had to have at least 300 for their side alone. My parents are paying for the entire thing, including the rehearsal dinner. We have told them no multiple times, sat down with them, tried to compromise, etc and its not sinking in. Now, none of us are on speaking terms and I just want to cut them out of my life for good, but I know that would hurt my fiancee. Any tips would be great.

I only have one sister but I was just curious to hear if anyone has ever had to do this, or on what basis they made their decision

in maryland, harford county. it would be about 40 people. i just want to know the estimate cost of a small, dirt cheap wedding in the court house. considering the costs of all but only the basics.

I told my friends and family I'm engaged and planned to get married next year. I don't have an engagement ring because my fiance can't afford one so it's not a big deal to me because he is going to buy me a wedding ring which I feel is way more important. Everyone one is like you're not engaged because you don't have a ring. To avoid feeling awkward I just said I didn't want a ring. I don't know what to do

We are doing a combination of different bulk candy for out wedding favors. We are packing them ourselves in small food safe boxes. I am trying to figure out how soon before the wedding day I can pack them without the candy going stale or melding together. Any help would be great!!

Hi, lifelong cradle catholic - practicing, as is fiance. I notice that when I tell people I'm getting married in a church ceremony, people always say "You don't have to do that." or "Dont let your parents pressure you into having a church wedding"- Even people on yahoo answers + other websites are always saying this. Some individuals have gone so far as to try and talk us out of a church wedding Here are our reasons for having one 1. i genuinely want a church wedding 2. fiance genuinely wants a church wedding 3. we both believe it would be a grave sin to have a non-church wedding Why can't people just accept this? What's wrong with a church wedding? i do not go around telling people that i believe its a sin to have non church wedding i do not go around telling people that i believe its a sin to have non church wedding

A few months ago my sister asked me to be matron of honor in her wedding in the fall of 2016. Of course I said yes. She decided she wanted to do a destination wedding (this is her 2nd wedding) about 8 hours away from where I live. I figured not a problem we'd do a long weekend. She found the dress she wants me to wear for about $200. Its just the matron of honor and best man for their wedding party. They are keeping it small because it is her 2nd marriage and he comes from a very small family. I feel $200 is a little steep for a bridesmaid dress when you figure all the other expenses I'll have to pay for as well. Transportation down there, hotel room for the weekend, time off work, hair, make-up, shoes, pet sitter etc. But I said not a problem. Then, last week she said they are actually getting married at the courthouse THIS Wednesday and I'm not allowed because our mom can't find out they are getting married early or she won't help pay for the destination part of the "wedding." I'm offended that I'm "good" enough to shell out cash and use my vacation time to have a "fake" ceremony but not good enough to witness the real thing. Am I overreacting? Don't get me wrong I want her to be happy and this is what she thinks she wants but I feel kind of cheated.

My wedding is less than 3 months away (It's in October) and I can't find a Reception site under $1100. Please help? In or near Phoenix, AZ please.

I'm deciding if I should have a church ceremony with reception or just a courthouse and then reception, I'm getting married in April of 2017 and can't decide but I really would love to wear a wedding dress still at the courthouse if I can

My fiance and I live in Georgia and we are getting married in South Carolina. We plan on bringing our own officiant, who is one of my close friends. We've read multiple websites, and they are all confusing. This is what most of the websites say: Ministers of the gospel who are authorized to administer oaths in this state may perform marriages. --- Ministers must complete the marriage license and give one copy to the parties and the other two must be returned to the county judge of probate who issued it within 15 days after the marriage. --- For questions see the county judge of probate or his clerk. Also, anyone that is a notary public in the state of South Carolina is authorized to perform marriage ceremonies.

You aren't much of a dancer so you are off to the side catching up with the guys while your wife does her thing on the dance floor. Next thing you know some other guy is dancing with your wife and seems to be getting a little too touchy feely. Your wife is giving you the "save me" face. WWYD? This happened to us over the weekend and I'm curious if my reaction was the common one or not. I'll comment it later.

They think that's all women care about is the wedding. That's not true at all! They think it's about the marriage. Well the marriage is a process. It's life. It's JUST like a relationship! You needed to know how to work on it TOGETHER! Geez! Not like it's all about the wedding stuff No! I can't believe a lot of guys lump women into that ****! Don't you think we care about the marriage too?! We ARE participants in them too very much even more so since women will be the ones BARRING the children! Giving birth to life after 9 or so months inside the womb (the baby!) What idiots I dated!

paying for it and if you really cared about the Bride you would let her be happy! If a theme is done Classy then no harm but asking people to dress a certain way is pushing it!

We are looking to have a rustic wedding in Northeast Ohio and are having trouble finding places. We are open to Lake, Geauga,and Ashtabula Counties. Help????

I am a part of of bridal party of 7 women and am working closely with the MOH to plan the bachelorette party for the bride. Of course her expectations are that of champagne tastes; but, we all have beer money. She wants to have her party in Vegas, which is fine, but she has a hard time being realistic about cost and expectations of the weekend. Many of us have families, other important expenses, and haven't been able to save for an elaborate bachelorette party; considering that we've had less than a year to get things together for this wedding. I'm concerned that the MOH, and I, are taking the brunt of costs and I hate to nitpick money; but what is the proper etiquette for getaway bachelorette parties? Can we ask everyone who is going to pitch in to cover the cost of the bride? How do I stick to everyone's budget? How do I explain to the bride that she may not get the bachelorette party of her dreams? Please help!

We were thinking of doing "stations" and having beef and grilled veggies at one, and pasta/chicken at the other. Salad and bread too of course. But for the pasta I really wanted to do chicken marsala- so ziti with chicken in that sauce. But would that be a bad choice since not everyone necessarily likes a sauce like that? I have definitely been to weddings where the food was not my preference, but I would like to please the majority.