I m about to get engaged to this guy and we have been together for four years. My family has invited their family a little over five times. Keeping things formal but still staying in touch here and there. It is reaching our engagement day in 2 weeks but his parents have never invited my parents over yet. It kind of bothers me because of the serious stage we are reaching together. We are 25 years old and are university graduates. I feel like life is about give and take. The sad part is my parents are taking it as a sign of disrespect, they are a little more traditional. What would be your thoughts about all of this? Would you be upset too or am I out of line? Be honest thanks for your help :)

Probably a weird question but oh well here goes. Basically we are a male-female couple but we're not particularly typical in our "gender roles" or what have you. He may actually be slightly more feminine than me. More than anything we're absolute equals. Since he proposed to me, he basically picked out a ring he liked and wanted to get me, and had me look at it to see if I liked it and I love it to bits. it's being made right now and should be done in a couple days, and the plan now is to have a somewhat matching ring made for him. The whole thing has a bit of a backstory that's kind of intimidatingly cute, as in, I don't know how to match it without blatantly copying his ideas. It's a .10 carat diamond center stone (sounds small I know, but on a short super thin size 3 finger - perfect), internally flawless princess cut, with 6 little 1 mm diamonds surrounding it. According to him, this is all supposed to symbolize that he's known an internally flawless princess for 10 years and that we'd been a couple for 7 years by the time we got engaged. Swoon. I have no idea how to match that. I mean, I know this isn't a competition. I don't want to top it. But good Lord. He's getting the same design as mine, or at least similar, with 7 stones total and one center stone. but I was thinking maybe a different stone or something with some kind of meaning comparable to the one he got me. He likes all stones. Just looking to bounce ideas around and maybe one will stick. Help? :( Haha. He's not really a typical man.

I am NOT looking to be "legally right." I want to do the right thing and I love both my mom and sister. My mom and sister have not been on speaking terms for 10 years. When my sister got married 10 years ago, she told my mom to not come and that she was not welcome. I keep in touch with my sister. I am getting married and I want both my mom and sister to attend. Neither will be among the bridesmaids. My mom said that she does not want me to invite my sister. Mom has NOT threatened to boycott the wedding. Your suggestions? Thanks.

My sister(MOH) is throwing a shower for my side of the family and my future mother and sister in law will be throwing another shower for their side. For the shower my sister is throwing(for my side) should I invite my future mother in law and all my future sister in laws?

My husband and I were legally married at the courthouse almost 15 years ago. We needed to be married, because of our military obligations. Our immediate family were the only ones who attended. We are having a renewal of vows/marriage blessing on our 15th wedding anniversary (3/17/16). It's not going to be a big deal. Our immediate family will be there, and so will our children. We are at a loss as to what we should wear for the actual ceremony. We won't go formal, but casual attire doesn't seem right either. Semi-casual seems more appropriate, but again I'm not sure what we should wear. Were open to suggestions.

SO I recently got engaged. My fiance decided to do things a little backwards and bought be a Black Tungsten wedding band as my engagement ring. I love the ring! So much so that I want to have an "engagement/wedding" ring that matches it perfectly. Problem is that I have a rather large finger (size 11) to be exact. Another problem is that basically no company I have spoken to thus far works with solid black titanium or tungsten. I don't want the ring to look like the wedding band I have. I want it to look like an engagement ring with a stone and all. Only difference is that the metal will be pitch black. If you need a reference to what my ring looks like currently, click here (http://www.jared.com/en/jaredstore/engagement---wedding/mens-band-black-tungsten-carbide-4mm/100222/100222) If you want to see an example of what I'm looking for, click here (http://www.vancaro.com/charming-and-vintage-design-high-quality-cubic-zirconia-titanium-steel-women-s-ring.html) I thank anyone who is willing to help me out 1000x over. The ceremony is in March so I'm a little pressed for time!

My boyfriend proposed to me over Christmas break in front of my family. This was a huge shock to me because I wasn't expecting this to happen ( but glad it did). We plan to have a long engagement because we are both finishing up with college. He's 22 and I'm 20, we plan to get married when I am 23. When is a good time to have an engagement party? I was thinking late August, early September.

Really Soon I Am Planning On Marrying My Best Friend For Life, And I May Propose. I Want Both Of Us To Have The Engagement Ring And The Wedding Ring. What Would Be A Cute Set Up? Please Can You Give Me Multiple Ideas?? If I Were To Suppose I Also Want The Engagement Ring, But Do It All In A Cute Manner.

I don't have any sisters so I've always dreamed of having that best friend that would be my maid of honor and I would be hers. I had two ladies who don't have sisters in mind, but when it came time for their big days they did not ask me to be their maids of honor and I was completely blindsided by it. In both cases I had started a maid of honor speech and had already helped them decide on many wedding details before I found out I wasn't the maid of honor. I of course went on as their bridesmaids, but it still upsets me. My best friend from college picked an old high school friend that I had barely even heard of in the nearly five years we lived together. We no longer are close, not as a result of the wedding choice, so I'm no longer considering her. A cousin my age that I've always been close to decided to choose a friend from college. I now have to pick my own maid of honor and am lost at what to do, probably mostly because my dream of being that person's maid of honor as well is out of reach. I would still consider picking my cousin, but I feel that if I don't mean enough for her to choose me, then perhaps that isn't someone I would want as my maid of honor. I do have friend that I've become very close with in the past year, who was originally, and still is, good friends with my man. However, I'm hesitant to pick her since we only recently become close, she has a sister who I know will be her maid of honor, and I know that she can't afford it. What are your thoughts?

We don't have a date because I'll be immigrating to marry thus we're waiting on my visa approval - we're hoping for our wedding to be sometime this year. It's frustrating as hell having no idea when I'll marry! In general I want to start looking fairly early because I'm excited and because I don't want to be rushing around trying to find a dress when I'm trying to get myself ready for moving to a whole new country with a whole new life!! Besides not sure if I'll be buying off-the-rack or bespoke and if bespoke they'll need time. Yes Rosalie, that's the point of my asking the question!

I'm getting married later this year (no date yet), I'd like to start looking at wedding dresses to see what style I might want - fairly certain I want a tea-length dress, but I'd like to try on a full length to see how it looks. I suffer social anxiety and I've had some bad experiences with vendors looking down on me, maybe I'm not girly enough in their eyes. I just want to look at dresses and try on one or two that I like, without a big fuss, I've no choice but to go on my own too so it's not like I can have anyone with me for moral support. I'm not sure what the etiquette is for just looking to see if they have any dresses I like, also if I want to try on do I have to book an appointment? Would it be a good idea to pop in just to enquire as to whether they have tea-length dresses, then tell them I'll book an appointment to try-on at a later time?

My fiance and I are both in college and living together, and dealing with all the expenses that come along with that. We fully expect to pay for our own wedding with little to no financial help from either family. To cut back on costs, we are looking at a Thursday night wedding, with the ceremony at 7, and a reception after. We're worried about a low attendance due to work obligations, but plan on giving everyone 5 months notice, to prevent as many schedule conflicts as possible. We come from two different cultural backgrounds, I'm German and he's Hispanic. Family and traditions are very important to us, and so we'd like to showcase and blend both our families cultures and traditions by having a potluck dinner reception (bring a dish instead of a gift). Do you think that we're putting our guests at too much of an inconvenience given the day and asking each attendee to bring a dish? Both our families live about two hours from where we're holding the wedding, but we have friends coming from locally, as well.

I'm having my wedding on August 13th of this year & I want to do it outside. I've always loved the idea of white lights and chinese lanterns & my colors were going to be black and gold with a hint of lighter blue. My only concern is if there would even be a point of the lights? I live in Idaho & I'm having my wedding in an area with lots of trees. We were wanting to have the wedding at 3, but were thinking 6 might help with the lighting. My question is if you can really see white lights and chinese lanterns when it's light out? And do you have any suggestions for me? Thanks!

i got my bridesmaid dresses idk when my groom should get on suit sizing and renting and we have two groomsmen that are out of state how is that going to work??? please if anyone has any clue .... first time wedding for me so i had been bridezilla trying to get things organized lol