The theme is purple and white, I've already chosen out the deserts which are the color of theme but my fiancee and I are deciding on what food we should eat. We are thinking sea food and steaks, pasta kind of a BBQ like deal but at the same time I don't want sauce to get on my dress I'm not really interested in serving small snacks because there will be a lot of people to feed. Any ideas?

Call me old fashioned but getting engaged and getting married is a big commitment and something pretty serious it's no game.

I am only 14 and I know I want to get married someday, but I already plan it out and look at dresses online, venues, rings, bridesmaids dresses, and watch all those say yes to the dress shows is this weird?

Within the next couple of weeks, my fiance and I are going to get engagement pictures done, and I have no idea what to wear! Any ideas? We're having it done at the botanical gardens, and some at the basilica across the street.

We are getting married soon. We are looking for a good His and her bridal set. We are on a budget. (500.00 to be exact) We are very simple people and don't want to spend an arm and a leg either,lol. I will be making the purchase since she can't afford a ring for me so instead i chose to get a 3pc. You guys have any suggestions? I have no clue on what i am looking for. I do not own any piece of Jewelry nor ever have. The only Jewelry i own are my watches i have bought over the years. Any assistance on what kind and how much is a good price to where it's not falling apart or making our fingers green? lol Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hello, I need some help. I've been feeling kinda used lately by my bro and his fiancé. They have been dating about three years and are getting married in November. I was asked to be a bridesmaid which I happily accepted. I'm my brothers only sister and have an established job and thought I'd be maid of honor, but understandably so it went to the bride's only sister. She is 20 and a sophomore in college, so I was a bit surprised because I wasn't sure how she would handle it financially. Our older brother is the best man. Fast forward to a few days ago I was contacted by my bro the groom and he said that the maid of honor can't plan/pay for the shower. This wasn't shocking news to me considering she's a college student. Then he mentioned that the bride asked her two best friends (ones a bridesmaid and one isn't) to plan it. My brother asked me to contribute and plan as well. The other girls are working minimum wage jobs and I'm pretty sure the burden will fall on me. I told him that's the maid of honors duty and if she can't do it the bride needs to pay on her own or get her family to throw it. This all comes a few months after a situation with my nephew (their two year old son). He was baptized Catholic and I assumed the godparents would be myself and my brother. Her family isn't catholic so I thought they'd be out of the loop on this. Well they selected my older bro as the godfather and her cousin (who isn't catholic) as the godmother. I was also contacted and told that the godmother was only able to contribute a few hundred dollars for the church donation and they would need help with the reception, so me and my older bro split it about three thousand dollars each (the parents aren't supposed to pay in a baptism in my culture, the godparents do). I love my nephew very much and although bummed I wasn't selected as godmother I wanted him to have a party he deserves and could enjoy in pics and video when he got older. The honest to god truth is that these two occurrences now have me feeling used. Why is my money god enough but not me, is how am feeling. Can anyone chime in and give me some perspective?

I have several friends invited me to wedding and I came to their wedding. I hate to sit and watch their 'first kiss' in wedding. It made me jealous and angry about my past relationship because we were supposed to get married but we did not work it out. I am single for 5 years now and still can't find a man. Now, my friend is getting marry soon so I plan not go there because every time I go to wedding and it always hurt my feeling like I'm suffer to living in my single life. Anyone have this same feeling or experience?

I have been invited to both the bridal shower and the wedding for a friend I care a lot about; however, we haven't seen each other very often in the last few years. I wanted to get her a nice gift, but my research is telling me that each even is a separate gift giving occasion? I am seeing a ton of variation of opinion on this topic! When I got married 12 years ago, I had one shower, rehearsal dinner, and the wedding. Most people gave us ONE gift, unless they were close family/friends. And one was great! Most folks bought from the registry, but we also received a few extremely nice surprises out of left field. And that was fun! Some say gift at the shower and then money at the wedding. Others say one and done is fine. Some say split your budget up. Still others say trivial gift at the shower and big gift at the wedding. I thought the shower was to help her set up her home? Aside from the whole other topic of "obligating" someone to give one or multiple gifts... I am going and I want to give her a gift. Splitting my budget means I give her two ok gifts instead of one really cool one. Let me add that it's not my first rodeo. I've been in weddings, including my own, and a guest at plenty - some multicultural with numerous parties where the "rules" for giving were very clearly and traditionally laid out. I'm leaning toward one really nice gift and leaving it at that. Thoughts and comments from the peanut gallery? TIA everyone! LOL. Make that 13 years ago. JUST had an anniversary. And when I said we had rehearsal dinner, you are correct that this was not a gift giving event. I was simply simply listing what we had. No 12 showers, engagement parties, etc. :) AND obviously (thank you for pointing it out though), the gift I am planning is for both of them. I plan to give my gift at the shower, but wanted to make sure (for budgeting reasons) it hasn't actually become expected to give something at the wedding too. I agree that that part is a celebration. We actually got a lot of ours before and after in the mail, and not at the wedding at all! You open them at the shower anyway, and not at the wedding. Thanks everyone! I'm in the USA, but this is not an Italian family. I know those cultural traditions are a little different, which is why I mentioned that in my question before.

Most of my friends are pretty wild and we wanted to go to New Orleans for drinking and strippers, just like my fiance and his friends. But his sister is very conservative- she doesn't drink, and definitely wouldn't find a stripper amusing. But I don't want her to feel left out? And just sit in her hotel room? But I also don't want to force her to come and be uncomfortable. Her husband will be at my fiance's bachelor party and they're both before the wedding.

My fiance and I are starting to plan our wedding, and I'm just looking up different sites. Can anyone verify this site before I decide on anything?

Okay, as what it says, I'm 17, and I'm thinking to purpose to my girlfriend, which is at the age 17 too. After she gives birth, and yes, I am becoming a father. Back to the question, "Can I get engaged at the age of 17?" Althought I'm thinking of getting married in 2 years, and we'll be graduating next year. Oh and I don't want any negative comments/answers. I hate people like that, like damn, just answer the question, no advices about getting married at 25 and finishing school first. Get out if you have anything to say related to those.

I'm on vacation in Amman, jordan and currently kit is wedding season. I love Arab weddings because they are full of music. However, even though I'm Arab, I live in America and I have no idea how to dance at these weddings like the rest of the women. Most of the women use elements of belly dance, but it's not like full out belly rolls and shimmying. If anyone, especially native Arab women, could help me out it would be much appreciated. Here are some examples of songs used for dancing at these weddings: Oumi ta nou2rssi Law Bassely Efrah Fiki Gahwetko Almost any Nancy Ajram song

My wife and I are getting married and we have an idea. We want to have it late at night on December 31 and have a clock running and have it set up so at like 11:59:59 we kiss and finish in the new year. Any opinions on this