Elizabeth Diamond Company is fine jewelry store in Dayton and Troy Ohio. We specialize in designer engagement rings. http://www.shopedc.com/one-of-a-kind

We're a couple of frugal cheapskates. We're using coupons to help pay for our wedding. Our budget is a very strict $1,000. We aren't going to spend a lot of our hard earned money, on just one day out of our life. People are making some awful comments about our cheap wedding, but we don't care. This is what works for us. Money doesn't grow on trees after all.

I am 21 (I know, that's quite young) and I have been with my fiancé for almost 5 years. We are getting married in 3 weeks at the courthouse and only inviting about 30 people and then going to dinner at a restaurant in a private room afterwards. My family isn't too thrilled that it's "only a courthouse wedding" because they wish that I would've had a "bigger and better wedding that every girl deserves". They also think I am too young, but that's beside the point. Now I am having second thoughts on the courthouse wedding because initially when I got engaged, I always imagined having a bigger wedding. Then, I started looking around and realized that the cost would be tremendous and we are university students who don't have their mommies and daddies to pay for their tuition. We rather spend our money on a honeymoon than a ceremony and reception that'll only last 5 hours. Long story short, do you guys have any regret about a courthouse wedding? Any advice/recommendations for my fiancé and I?

I'm going to be a bridesmaid in my sisters wedding, this Saturday is the very first appointment, what should I wear? It'll be at a local David's bridal shop. Also, I'm on the bigger side (size 18 jeans) I'm afraid I won't be able to fit in any sample dresses... This is the second wedding I'll be in, the other was 7 years ago and I don't really remember how that went.. Any advice is appreciated! :)

My fiancee lives overseas and they utilize a different system than utilized in the States; they measure in mm. She is relatively thin, about 90 pounds, and the jeweler measured her at 11mm. When I look at online resources for mm conversion into inches it translates to zero size ring. Is there such a thing? from what I found 3.5 seems to be the smallest size possible. I really need help as I can't take her to the jeweler here myself. thanks in advance.

Me and a friend are thinking of throwing an Adult prince/princess themed party with dancing and food at a nice venue. Is it silly and dumb? Or would you go if someone happened to invite you?

My boyfriend's sister is getting married in about 2 weeks. I'm going to the wedding, and I'm starting to realize how it's not going to be a fun night. My boyfriend and his family are against the marriage and don't like her fiance/husband. I agree with them, but am trying to stay positive for her sake and because I don't want to be judgmental when I don't know them/their relationship that well. The wedding is going to be uncomfortable and I know my boyfriend is going to be upset and angry during the whole day, and I hate seeing him that way because I know he wants his sister to make better decisions, but he can't change it now and has to just accept it. What can I do to help during the day of the wedding and try to enjoy myself? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Like decorations or cake and centerpiece sand stuff like that

I'm trying to put together the music list and I'm so confused! When we make our entrance as husband and wife, do we have to have our first dance right then? What do you do? When do you have the first dance?

So I'm having a wedding reception with a beach theme. I'm getting married at a destination wedding but having a celebration when I get back home. I'll be far from the beach but wanted to incorporate a little bit of beach into my centerpieces. I stocked up on all these jute bottles. The included pics are a bit of a mock up idea but how can I make it more appealing? Thanks I'm going for an aqua and rustic look.

My fiance who I love dearly and have been with for an extensive period of time and I just got engaged. We're planning a wedding in about a year and a half and I'm overjoyed. He is successful, loving, respectful and a hard worker, I love him to pieces, but unfortunatly my parents don't approve. My father has been emotionally abusive my entire life and if you consider power and control methods of abuse too then definetly count him in for those. My father absolutly will not accept him. He comes from a very low income family and my father is of high status and very wealthy so I know that has something to do with it. My fiance is successful but, my father just will not accept it. He has already said he will refuse to come to our wedding prior to our engagment. My mother is controlled by my father. While she dosn't say anything negative about my fiance, she is careful with her opinion in of fear of backlash from my father. However she did recently say she thinks he has jealousy issues since someone else is making me happy. I know the situation with my parents is very poisnous to me...but due to their control throughout my life I'm still very effected by his opinions. Here's my question, I haven't told them we have gotten engaged. I need advice on how to tell them. My father never wants to talk about him so it'll be very awkward to bring up. I wish my fiance could be there with me, but my father refuses to be around him. Advice on how to tell them would be greatly appreciated! Since everyone is wondering, I do live on my own, I do pay my own bills, have 2 jobs, my fiance and I are already planning on paying for the wedding on our own (I'm not going to ask at all that my parents pay for any of that, I would never expect them to give money towards something they do not approve of) and my fiance and I have been together fr 5 1/2 years

Im getting married soon and i dont want any of this. I wanted to just go to the courthouse. The idea of being the center of attention is absolutely terrifying to me. But we decided to have a small ceremony and go out for dinner with our families because both our mothers were very upset about us not doing so. At first i decided to have the ceremony to make everyone shut up. But now that its right arount the corner, i really wish i had stuck with my original plan of the courthouse. My question is... Have you gone through this and if so what hapoened? Do you regret your decision why or why not?

Im getting married in a few months and neither my fiance nor i am big on the idea of making it a show. Honestly, we would have just got married at the courthouse but we decided to have a small ceremony for our family. Anyways, we also dont have much money for it because we would rather save all our money for our trip out of the country this coming year. Basically, our plan is..... Have the ceremony, then go to a nearby park for photos, afterwards we invited everyone to a restaurant for pizza. Then later that night, anyone whose interested can go out to some bars with us. Is this lame? When i explained to one of my friends, he laughed at me over the pizza idea. Im sorry but i have no interest in a reception. But i wanted to provide dinner and this was the only way i knew how. Also, does it seem stupid that im having my family drive to a couple different places? What do you all think?