So my boyfriends parents are getting re married after 25 years (his mom is 42, dad 52) and they are having everyone help out with the wedding since they can't afford it. Like someone is paying for the building, the food, basically everything and we were asked to buy the wedding rings. She makes it seem like it would be reasonable but the ring she wants is $800. I think that's ridiculous, am I wrong to think this? She thinks it's meaningful since we're ring barriers but I think it's absolutely ridiculous and told my boyfriend if anything wedding bands are more than enough, it's not our job. Please give advice

Hi! my husband and I are looking for reception halls/places in Astoria, NY for after our Convalidation (Catholic Marriage blessing). We have looked online, seen a few nice ones (one of which turned out to be bad according to family member who went to a wedding there!) but it's hard to search out small ones. Inside or outside venue is okay, if anyone knows nice ones around or near Astoria it'd be greatly appreciated!

I'll be designing our wedding stuff (my wedding dress/his tux & our wedding parties dresses and tuxes) Ever since I told my mom about it, she's been acting like it's the end of the world that I'm not going to wear white. After a lot of helpful advice on here, I stopped talking about the wedding with her. Well, a few days ago, my sister calls me and informs me about our mother's latest stunt, our mom told her that since I'm not wearing white like she wanted, she refuses to attend the wedding! I could honestly care less if she's at the wedding, but my fiance wants her there because she is my mom

Okay, so my last question got mixed reviews. A lot of people are on my side about how ridiculously stupid my sister's wedding theme is and then there are the people who are actually defending my sister's stupid wedding theme and my sister? (For example our parents & a couple of other family members, the users on here Sam, Carol, Shannon and a couple of other users) Why defend their stupid wedding theme!? It's totally idiotic and childish as a lot of posters pointed out on my last question (even though she's 27!)

A friend of mine recently told me that at her wedding they were planning to have people dressed up as orcs like in lord of the rings attacking the bridal party and she has wanted my daughter tho be her flower girl. Now I know my child and things like that scare her and to experience it up close would cause her to have nightmares for a long time. I told her it's her wedding do what she wants to make her day memorable however my daughter will not only not be in it she will not be attending, now she is upset cause I "ruined" her day by depriving her old a flower girl. I see it as I am keeping my child from an experience that will scare her so bad she won't be able to sleep for weeks.

I have been with my fiance for 5 years. I am 22, he is 31. We got engaged in December of 2013. It wasn't really a proposal, more like we both decided we wanted to get married one day and I picked out the ring. In a lot of ways, our relationship is great. We joke around a lot, we go to church together, and we have a lot of fun together. It's just that we don't have a whole lot in common and we don't communicate well. I feel like I can't have a serious conversation with him without him getting irritated and angry. For example, we are looking into building a house on some land that was passed down to me. He is living in a bad neighborhood so last week I wanted to discuss where we would live once we got married and when he planned to sell his house, etc. He got very angry, talked ugly to me, asking me why his house wasn't good enough for me. We come from two very different upbringings. We haven't had sex in over a month and lately we haven't talked about anything with substance. I have already pushed back our wedding date twice and felt tremendous relief each time I did, although it aggravated him. I love his family and hate to disappoint them by calling it off. Also I know my dad will be upset because he likes my fiance so much. My mom has already spent $150 on a marriage counseling course that is nonrefundable so I feel like I should just go through with my plans as to not upset anyone. At the same time as June continues to approach I feel sick. I do love him. Please help.