I like this guy at work at a warehouse I used to work at with my mother. I don't know him but I would always see him around and my mother would talk to him a lot. Tommorrow we are however stopping by there for a while to talk to the manager and hopefully maybe look for the guy really fast n talk to him n try to get his fb or number. Ik it sounds lame but since we don't really know each other my mom will b the one to ask him..any advice? I genuinely want to be his friend and get to know him I go to an all girls college and job i don't really meet to many guys I like and I really like him there's nothing to lose if you try I'm not a bad person

I am seeing different comments and suggestions regarding an open bar vs no host. I am a widow getting married at 50 so I have to pay for my own wedding and my guests are big drinkers. We will provide water and a couple of kegs. Some see it as tacky to say cash only so those that don't find it tacky, how would you word it?

I'm writing an email regarding a curriculum/scheduling conflict to a chairsperson and assistant dean that I don't know. I believe both are female, not certain. How do I begin the email? Can I use 'Hello,' or is that too informal? Or Dear and include both names? The reason I am addressing two people is because I'm not sure who would be able to help me. Maybe I should ask the lower person first, and let them forward it to whoever would be able to help me?

I'm having a civil wedding and I don't know what I should wear. I'm pretty clueless about civil weddings. Should I wear a long white dress like if it was a church wedding or just a simple short dress? Please help! We're getting married in madera,ca. Thanks

We will be getting married this August. I am 24 and fiancé is 25. We have been engaged for 3 years. We have a 6 and 2 year old. When I had my oldest I lost ALL my friends because I apparently was no fun anymore since I was a mom. My fiancé has his groomsmen already chosen and none of them have a gf. I have absolutely no girls to choose from to be a bridesmaid or and MOH. The only guy I would consider choosing for my "man of honor" is already his best man. I have a child hood friend but we are no longer very close since she has developed a attitude problem in the last few years and just rubs every nerve every time I see her. We also don t drink or anything and that surprisingly has lowered my chances to have a close friend. I have been told I am a boring plain person since I choose to not drink. I am plenty of fun. I just don t need a drink to make me fun and have fun. I don t know what to do. I have no girl to plan my wedding with. No advice input. No one to bounce ideas off of. I am a stay at home mom of 2 so it s not like I can just get out in the world and make friends left and right. I also don t have a Facebook because I hate drama so that hinders my friend making as well. Lol. Just the more I think about this wedding and try to plan it, the more sad and dumpy I get. How can I be this old and not have a single friend??? Especially on this special day. Any input is welcome.

This is just out of curiosity and because I did just get engaged and currently making a wedding planner and possibly going to figure out with my fiancé what we want and don't want at our wedding. Of course no wedding would be cheap but I rather be cheap so anything counts! But yeah a little heads up there will be many many questions on the topic of weddings. I've asked about a vendor. I know what a vendor is. However, for the explaination I was just wondering whether it was necessary or not. But that's not the initial question. My question is how far in advanced should I start planning my wedding with my boyfriend/fiancé? What are the 'little things' per say that I need to plan first before going into the big stuff like budget, vendors, venues etc. i would also like some advice on weddings and stuff because like possibly all or some girls I've dreamed about my wedding with the perfect guy - I'm not saying he's not the perfect guy - I just thought being with the perfect guy -even though not every guy is of perfection - that is (sorry I like going crazy with words) anyway point is I would like advice as far as a wedding goes. Thank you for reading and answering my question. I appreciate the help. :)

My half brother (although we've never called each other that...it's always been "brother") moved out of the family home many years ago after he got his gf pregnant. My parents were very upset with him so he moved out at 18, eventually married her and moved a half hour away. He had another kid and that was that...we rarely saw him ever again. Then his two daughters eventually had kids and then he really distanced himself. Occasionally we'd see him at the holidays or we would go to his house for a cookout. I tried to sustain a relationship with him but I always had to drive to his house and do whatever he was doing. He never called me ever, never stopped by my house to hang out and what bothered me even more was that he'd drive right by my house to visit his best friend without even calling or stopping by yet he always considers himself the black sheep of the family yet it was he who isolated himself from us not the other way around.. When my wife and I sent out the save the dates he never even called to congratulate us so I didn't ask him to be in the wedding. My other 1/2 brother was my best man and I was a bit concerned I'd hurt his feeling but I made my decision and I was happy with it in the end. I didn;t need to feel uncomfortable on one of the biggest days of my life and so I feel it was an excellent decision. has anyone else gone through something similar? If so...how did it work out in the end?

My siblings and I are looking to surprise our parents with a Vow Renewal for their 30th wedding anniversary. It's only 10 of us family, so- Looking for suggestions on somewhere pretty, and/or quiet, and as inexpensive as possible. I understand this is a big surprise, however our parents have always told us they wanted to renew their vows, and in Florida as well. (which, we will be vacationing on the day of their actual anniversary) This is not a question of whether or not our parents would like this. We know that they would be thrilled to be surprised with a well thought out ceremony in their honor, that once again, they have always wanted to do. All I am looking for is suggestions for places. Thx I have tried looking up Bill Frederick Park at Turkey Lake, but cannot find any pictures of any weddings that have been held there. If anyone knows where to see any, a link would be appreciated!

My dad and I used to be very close. Especially after my mom died when I was 7. Our relationship was good until I hit 16 and then things went downhill very fast. He was engaged and his fiancée at the time and I got along really well. But then he cheated on her and got with the woman he'd cheated with. It was hard to deal with because I didn't like his now wife. She never seemed very friendly and has always been hard to talk to. I ended up leaving home early (studied hard to go away to college) and didn't visit very often. They got married a couple of months after they became official. Over the last few years, I've had quite a few arguments and "fights" with my dads wife. Dad, for the most part, refuses to have anything to do with them. He'll only get involved if she tells him to. Then he takes her side no matter who she's arguing with. She's insulted basically every member of my family on both my mom and dads sides. The latest person she's been attacking for the last few years is my grandma (dads mom). She makes fun of her, calls her a baby and has told her she should grow up and stop acting like a child because she saw how happy and excited my grandma was when her older cousins came to visit. My grandma wouldn't say anything to my dad and wanted no one else to, because she doesn't want him to cut her out of his life. So she sits there and takes it and gets so upset when this b*tch opens her mouth and says something about her. She ruined a family wedding last year when she insulted the bride by calling her fat (she, the bride, was pregnant) and called me an ungrateful brat because I wouldn't stay with them while I was in town (she admitted she wanted the money). All of this and more makes me not want her there. I don't want to expose my fiance and his family to her and I don't want to have to sound happy to have her there. They aren't paying or contributing to the wedding. I'm still undecided. I would love a relationship with my dad. However, it's something I'm willing to sacrifice if it means cutting poison from my life. I'm not going to sit and listen to her insult me and the people I love. I don't care how much my dad loves her. If he's going to sit by and let her insult us. I won't expose my future children to her and I don't want that at my wedding. Behave? Ha. Not likely. She doesn't care if it's a public venue or a family event with plenty of people. She honestly wouldn't care if there were a million people there. It wouldn't stop her.