My dad died when I was 8 and I was always a daddies girl. Lately a lot of people I know have been getting married so I've been thinking about when I get older and about who will walk me down the aisle.. I want to have a locket around my bouquet with a picture of my daddy in it. But I don't want to walk alone, knowing me I'll get emotional and won't be able to walk by myself. Lol I'm close with my mom and my uncle and cousins and my grandparents.. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings which I shouldn't I know because it's my big day .. But any advice is helpful, thanks 💕

My take, is that a woman should NEVER wear a white wedding gown. Then,to me, she is lying,as she is not a virgin, and it is an open insult to wear white in an unmarried state, in a sacred place. Marriage is a sacred union,and the pregnant bride is neither chaste or sacred. What are your thoughts ? I am watching an epi of Ghost Whisperer and pregnant Melinda is getting married. In white. To me, even though that is only a fictional story,it is still distasteful. I meant a pregnant woman, not women in general.

I'm not actually planning it but it came to my attention that more people wanted to be invited than orignarly planned. Of course I do not want to leave anyone out nut I absolutely hate the idea of being the center of attention in front that many people. It sounds silly but the biggest thing is being in front of tons of people including people I don't know opening their gifts. It's absolutely nerve wrecking. Someone suggested an open house style bridal shower where I open their gift in front of them and just mingle with people. Then I read online this seems very "gift graby", I don't want to appear that way at all. So any suggestions for the shy and self conscious bride?Please don't think I'm trying to have it all my way and am being snotty, I really do get anxious in front of people.

We would have the reception near the hotel, so they would have to drive 45 minutes to the ceremony, then 45 minutes to the reception and like 5 minutes to the hotel.

I just read a very interesting article from theknot.com. The average wedding now a days costs $31,213. WOW! When I was married 14 years ago, we spent less than $1,500 for our wedding in Las Vegas. That included 3 airline tickets, 3 hotel rooms, food, gambling, car rental, and some sight seeing. That also was for a 3 day stay in Las Vegas by the way. I couldn't imagine spending $31,213 on just one day out of my life. $31,213 could be used toward a down payment for a house, college education, paying down debt, emergency fund. I'm glad we didn't go into debt for our wedding.

There will be no element of surprise for this ceremony. There will be a small semi-formal gathering after the elopement, given by the married couple's parents. Everyone has already received their invites to the gathering.

We are looking to have a rustic wedding in Northeast Ohio and seem to be having trouble finding a place. We would love a barn type of thing but, it does not have to be. Any ideas?

My sister is throwing me a bridal shower in 2 weeks. People have been awful at RSVPing and its so rude. A bunch of people said no but never sent anything. So far only one person bought off my registry. What is the ettiquette here? I always send a gift no matter what.

I have always want to get married on the beach. My fiancé's works for MLB, so scheduling in March to November is nearly impossible. Knowing that we would like to have it in November. We live near Washington DC, so the wedding would be around there. Destination weddings are NOT an option. Do you think it will be too cold for a short beach ceremony in November? The reception would be in Washington DC.

Hello eager to get married... However I'm interested in a wedding / honeymoon in one ... Nothing big would probably have a group of 15 ..... I was told weddingcations are less than an actual ceremony

Ok so I'm going to try to make this as short as possible. I'll start from the top. My fiance's brother was getting married in July and we're getting married in August. Well they went off to Hawaii and eloped in June and are having a "reception" in July. However, we were supposed to be bridesmaids in eachothers weddings. Even though she eloped she still wanted me to buy a bridesmaid dress for the reception but I think it's a waste of money but I hadn't told her that yet. I'll get back to that later. Ok so anytime I've sent out a group text to my bridesmaids, she would never respond. The day before my bridal shower, she told her husband to tell his brother to tell me that she couldn't come because she had to work. She couldn't even tell me herself. I got over that but she still wouldn't respond to any group texts. I then sent her a text letting her know that her bridesmaid dress had arrived and needed to be picked up. She still didn't reply. So my fiance call his brother and told him the situation. She texted me apologizing because shes so busy and said she'd pick up her dress this week. A couple days later I texted her letting her know that I wasn't going to buy the dress for the reception because they were already married and I'd rather save the money. I would've told her in person but she never showed up to any family get together so I couldn't. She never replied. Well it's been a week since she said she'd pick up her bridesmaid dress and she hasn't. I'm going to pick it up monday because david's bridal won't hold it any longer. I don't know what to do! She won't talk to me! She claims she's just too busy to text me back but she can post selfies on instagram! I think maybe she's mad that I won't buy the dress for the reception but I can't even talk to her about because she doesn't respond! I'm tired of communicating through my fiance and his brother! I would LOVE to have this conversation in person. I just never get the chance. She won't talk to me on the phone because she's too busy. To the person who said "if she shows up she's a bridesmaid if she doesn't she's not" it doesn't exactly work like that. It would be dumb to have 6 groomsmen and 5 bridesmaids. It's not "texting drama" it's the fact that I can't get a simple yes or no to a question and that's all I want. I clearly did "stop and think how they felt" when I told my fiance that he didn't need to get in the middle of it anymore. But he's tired of the way I'm being treated and takes it upon himself to say something about it.

We're having a wedding and we want to be able to do everything within the space ourselves. We want specific tables, specific decor, chairs, a tent, dj, and our own catering.. our family is Mexican, so we'd like to be able to have bands and Mariachi.. and hopefully have the party run long into the night.. Ideally I'd find an open area, like a farm, to just rent out for a whole day.. any help is really appreciated!!!