I recently got married. I had a ceremony with plenty of witnesses. My dad is a man of God, and he is the one who married my husband and I. In the state of Kansas he does not need to obtain a license to marry us. I paid for a marriage license and got the paperwork needed to fill out to prove our marriage. My dad filled out all the information needed. Well, I never ended up turning in the paperwork. Its been a few months now. I feel in my heart that I am married to my husband since we did it under God. My question is, since our marriage is not recognized by the system because paperwork was not filed, are we still married to God? Does he recognize our commitment to each other? I know we may not be binded through paperwork, but there is such a thing as common law marriage. So, could we still technically be married in the states eyes also?

I asked my wedding party to stay at a hotel near the venue the night before my wedding to help with all the last minute details and be moral support for me. Be there the morning of the wedding and if they choose there welcome to stay a second night after the wedding.  My maid of honor / sister  and my cousin / matron of honor told me they will not agree to this plan. They can both only afford one night. They want to be able to enjoy the reception have drinks since it s open bar and then take the shuttle bus im providing back to the hotel. It s not fair to them to not enjoy the wedding and party with family. They say they can drive back and forth the night before and morning of the wedding. I m honestly not sure how travel is going to fit into the time line of everything that needs to be done.  Additionally my maid of honors kids are in the wedding party as flower girl and ring bearer.  She claims she absolutely has to get her and her family ready at home. Meaning she will be late to the hotel. Despite the fact her mom , 2 aunts , and other family will be at the hotel and available to pitch in. Plus I have my college and high school friends to help me. I find my cousin / matron of honor and my sister / maid of honor to be completely unreasonable and disrespectful. Would I be wrong if I dismiss them??

My best friend is getting married. Her wedding rehearsal/ rehearsal dinner is the day before her wedding. The rehearsal starts at 2:30 pm and we are going to be going to dinner afterward. Her wedding is the next day. I work in retail and I initially wanted to ask for both days off but I am afraid that is asking too much. I was even planning on asking my boss if I could work a partial day on the rehearsal day (like from 10 am - 2 pm) but I feel like this might be hard. I need to know how to walk in the rehearsal because I am a bridesmaid and I will be walking with the brother my friend is supposed to marry. How should I go about this? Will my job be angry with me?

My fiance and I have been together for over 7 years. We have planned weddings off and on for most of that time but never committed to anything. 3 months ago I decided that I was sick of not being married so I asked him if we could get married soon. He said yes and I began to plan a wedding for February. I asked for his input and pretty much begged him to help with the plans. He always said he didn't care what I chose and it would all be fine. I finally planned it all out and got the church booked for the ceremony. We decided on a small wedding with only immediate family (about 25 people). Suddenly a week before the wedding he said that he wasn't sure he wanted to get married right now and we fought. He said it was fine and we would get married as planned. Then 4 days before the ceremony he told me that he really wanted to postpone it until spring because the weather will be nicer and he will have a chance to be excited. I understand his side and I don't want him to feel pressured or be unhappy at the wedding but I really don't want to cancel just days before the wedding. Any advice?

My best friend's wedding is coming up in one month. I want to go because I am one of her bridesmaids. Lately though, I am thinking if I should go at all. Recently, my friend kept telling me for a month to get a dress in a certain color. As the month was passing, my friend texted me extremely frequently every time asking me if I got it yet, etc. Thankfully, I didn't. My friend and her mom recently called me and said the dress color has changed. I was perturbed because what if I wasn't able to return the dress if I did get it? Also, for a month they kept telling me the rehearsal dinner was a month before the wedding. Two days ago, my friend finally tells me that the rehearsal dinner is actually the day before the wedding. For a month I didn't know that. Plus I asked my job for the day off today just for her supposed rehearsal dinner. My job is really picky so I was perturbed that I had asked for this day off for nothing. Another thing that's not as much of a big deal but she wants to invite one of our mutual friends and I don't think she should invite her because she is not going to be a bridesmaid so she might feel left out. Should I still attend this wedding? I don't want to drop out because I am supposed to walk down the aisle with the brother of the man she's marrying.

His soon to be wife did not attend my wedding because she was "busy". Now they are planning to only have a "close family wedding". Am I obligated to give a gift/cash?