but then you both pick out the wedding bands? Thanks

Seems any man i meet never has money? Have all u guys been proposed to with a diamond ring or something els? I cant see any man ever buying one for me

My boyfriend is best man in his friend's wedding. He's been trying to pull together a bachelor party, but he's been low on money and only had to funds to even start about 3.5 weeks before the wedding. He texted the other five groomsmen asking for $50 to put toward the party and literally no one answered him. After a week of no-contact, he took it upon himself to plan a hotel party (about $500 total for 10-15 guys, including hotel room, booze, and food) and created the invite. In the invite, he again mentioned that he needed money from the groomsmen to make the party happen. He still did not hear back. He's repeatedly contacted them on Facebook, text, and tried calling them. The bachelor party is three days away at this point and I finally stepped in and loaned him the money for the party (before this point, the party consisted of a downtown hotel room and a bottle of cherry vodka). He sent a final note to the guys telling him he had to borrow all the money from his girlfriend and begging them to respond and give him money. I have been urging my boyfriend to contact the groom, tell him what's going on (if not the details of the party), and ask him to contact the groomsmen and tell them to provide the funds or gtfo. What is the proper etiquette here?

We are planning to have a wedding in August 2016 in north NJ preferably in Essex or Bergen County. We have a small guest list of about 50 to 60 people. We are having a hard time finding a venue that can accommodate our small group and is reasonably priced. So we thought we can look at restaurants with a separate party room. But we want place that has a dance floor and where we can have a DJ. Any ideas

We have been together for 3 yrs. I have a 13 and 12 yr old and we have together a 10 month old. We are currently living in a 3 bedroom apartment and would like to get a house. We would also like to get married though. Which purchase is most practical to pay for first? If we buy a house I'm afraid that there will always be the need for our money to go toward it. However, we have definitely outgrown our apartment.

We're eloping, but people know about it. We don't want any fuss or a post-elopment party like some people do, but we do want to show everyone we're thinking of them. I thought of an online photo album of the day, or sending personalized post cards of the view where we tie the knot. Does anyone have any unique ideas?

My sisters all got $50k-$80k wedding rings, my parents wedding ring was 40k (about 30 years ago). My girlfriend is has the typical I want the perfect wedding, etc. fantasy. I can afford a wedding ring that expensive, but it just so difficult to see that much money going into a rock whose value is artificially inflated by the diamond cartel. All my fiends who also do well also got their wives really nice rings too. Should I just suck it up and get a comparable ring like most people in my situation do?

We've dated for three years, 1.5 of which was taken up by going through a divorce with a nasty woman as we met when they were separated for seven years. Anyway, he's jumped ship to another job because he wasn't challenged at the first, which I understand. Now, he feels micro managed and is miserable about this job. From the beginning I told him this job was a bad deal being that it is an ill run small business, but he has a steady income and benefits. Though he's long known about the inflexibility and micro managing supervisor for more than a year, he now all of a sudden can't take it any longer even though I'd pleaded him in the beginning to find something else since he had finally gotten divorced at the same time meaning we were a free and legitimate couple with happiness on the horizon (killed by the inflexibility of this job). Now, with no ring on my finger and waiting for it to be "our" or "my turn", he wants to propose, but invest $10 grand into a startup with a patent pending product that isn't even off the ground and he'll be the second "employee" at. He knows my strong feelings against this and fully knows he does not have my support except for that I'll help him find a different real job. I have done all the research to show him why this is the worst idea and I feel as though we're at a crossroads but I'm not sure if it's me or him that needs to give in but I've waited for so long for us to finally get to celebrate us and he wants to throw a Monopoly "Chance". Help.

So I recently got engaged and a couple months before that my best friend got engaged and I can't help but feel like there is this weird competition between us! I have been together with my fiance for over two years and we've talked about getting married and everyone is very happy for us. My best friend and her fiance have been together for barely a year, he's seven years younger than her and everyone thinks they are rushing and honestly no one likes him. So to me, there just isn't a comparison but I feel like everything I tell her, they have to one-up it at how there's will be better and how great they are together and blah blah blah. It's SO immature! Any suggestions on how to just ignore their comments and focus on my time? It's hard because it's my best friend and her opinion matters, but the little comments and the competing really bothers me and is hard to shrug off. I don't need added stress and pressure and I want this to be a happy time for me.

My bffis getting married. This wedding was over the top, out of budget, it was called off, then called on. My personal opinions of the wedding never had an impact on the wedding itself, because I kept my feelings to myself. The whole thing has been rushed, unorganized, and entitled. During this time, I was pregnant and lost my baby. My best friend wasn't supportive of this at all and I don't feel like she was there for me; she was consumed by wedding planning. I brushed that off and I kept being supportive of her. I kept being supportive, but kept my mouth shut. She then suspected her fiance of cheating, called the wedding off, then it was back on. After involving all of her close friends in all of this. When she decided the wedding was a go, we were just supposed to suck it up and again be supportive. This was really hard for me, but I did it without complaint, because that's what friends do. Now the bachelorette party. I was planning, not the MOH. I tried my best to order things here and there, send invites, and plan the itinerary. Then the whole groom fiasco happened. It really set me back. I wasn't excited anymore. I also didn't realize the impact of the loss and the grief I would feel coming up on one year. I don't feel like I have to explain myself and burden other people. So I told the bride I couldn't afford the party – before she took over and booked a hotel room – she then proceeded to book the room. Now, I am the daughter of Satan – or at least you would think.

Has anyone bought their wedding/engagement ring from Kohl's? I heard mixed reviews. One person said it was fine, they love their ring, but another said that since it's not as good of a diamond as you would get at a dealer, the ring gets dirtier faster. I don't even know if Kohl's has any deals where they clean it for you? Thoughts/advice?

Hello all! Planning on getting engaged in December and maybe getting married by next June. For those of you who have done it-how do you recommend going about looking for/buying a place together while still keeping traditional values. We don t want to live together until after we are married. I was thinking maybe buying the same time as we are preparing to get married?

I woke up today, and I see that the world is just as it should be. For my brother ... has won the best woman." This toast goes to the beautiful bride, my beautiful sister-in-law and to the handsome groom, my sweet brother. Here's to you both (raise your glass) `May you live as long as you like and love as long as you live` and 'may your love be modern enough to survive the times but old fashioned enough to last forever' OR Love doesn't come around everyday; if we're lucky, it's once in a lifetime. These two people, this beautiful bride and this handsome groom, they're the lucky ones. To be able to grow older together, to find new life and to fall in love over and over again; that's a gift unlike no other. (Raise your glass) Here's to you both.

We are getting married in mid-October, and my fiancé's best man told him last week that he had plans the weekend before -- saying it would be Friday and some of Saturday. Now when my fiancé told ME this, I misunderstood what he said and thought his BOSS told him he had plans the weekend before the wedding, and I got all mad about it. But once it was clarified, it was fine. That night, I was talking to his best man about the misunderstanding and he says "don't worry we'll have him back by Sunday." Which, I responded to sarcastically thinking he was joking. Turns out, he wasn't. They were really planning on having him be gone all weekend...the weekend before my wedding. Adding to the complication: even if he comes back by noon on Sunday, I work Sunday afternoon. So I'll basically be by myself all weekend to wrap up any last minute wedding stuff. Long story short, it caused a big, stupid fight between me and my fiancé. After which, his best man agreed to my terms when I said I really wanted him home by Saturday night. Now one of his other groomsmen has told me what the overall plan was and that they need to cancel it if they can't go all weekend (involves renting a lake house). I don't know what to do. I don't want to be a big fat buzzkill, but I'm pretty mad that they thought it was okay to take him away the ENTIRE weekend before our wedding. Keeping in mind, once again, that I work 3-midnight and basically see him for an hour a day, if that.

I'm getting married in less than a month. I am glad to be spending my life with someone I love; but I am scared for the lovemaking aspect. I chose to wait until I get married. I just don't know how I'll handle him seeing me naked. My fiancé is gorgeous and I have self-esteem issues. I never really thought I was that pretty despite what others tell me. It doesn't help that previous boyfriends have put me down and cheated on me. My fiancé Howard says I'm beautiful but I don't think so. How can I make love to him feeling so insecure? Even now I question how I ended up with someone like him