Hi, I'm 28 and have a loving and caring bf now fiancé. We are in relationship since past 6 years and told my parents 2 years back that we want to get married but, they never accepted him and after two long years , they agreed to attend my wedding but told none of relative would attend which is okay. Now that I Have wedding in couple of months and it's me doing all the wedding arrangements, they never helped me financially or mental support for wedding. Now they completely stopped talking to me and say me don't marry that guy, we will not attend the wedding nor will talk to you in your future. I don't want to stop my wedding at this point of time but it's really hard to imagine and heartbreaking to have my wedding or even life for that matter without parents. How can one not miss their parents and live like orphan once they disown you? how can parents be so stubborn ?

That being a gown made entirely out of plastic garbage/trash/bin bag/liners.

My maid of honor, who I thought was my best friend, has recently told me that my fiancé has a lot of sin in his life and just doesn't like him or supports him as a person at all, and also says that she's scared for me to marry him. I asked her if she still wants to be my bridesmaid since she feels this way, and she said if I still decide to marry him, she'll find a way to support us as a couple, but you can't force your feelings. Should I just un-invite her to my wedding altogether? I feel like I should because I only want people at my wedding that support us as a couple, but I don't know if I'm being rash or not. Also, should I still attend her wedding and bridal shower? It's a month after mine and I don't know what the right thing to do is. I want to go, but I don't know if that looks too faced if I don't invite her to mine. **my bridesmaid hasn't learned any new knowledge of my fiancé. She thinks he's "filled with sin" by her opinion, but anyone else would say he's fine. she's had problems with him in the past about the same issues that she says are the "sin" in his life, but they were meeting up and talking about it to make their relationship better, but even though she said in their meetings together that she's ok with him and nothing's wrong, she is now choosing to say that she has never been ok with him. ***This is the so-called "sin" in my finance's life: my bridesmaid thinks he's a dead-beat dad for moving to another state when he has his child in another state (with a previous girl). He went to a different state when he was offered a better job, so he can pay for child support and better support himself. She disagrees with it, bcuz it's not the correct way that she thinks he should have handled the situation. She thinks he was just running away from his child and was only thinking of himself.

Rough draft of wedding 'vows' are below: Sometimes I still have trouble comprehending how we made it to this spot. I am so grateful for how our lives arranged themselves so perfectly so we would meet. When I finally did meet you I thought "wow this guy is so opposite me." He's exciting and has great social skills and I can't even stand next to a crowd of people without hyperventilating. He's calm and optimistic and I seem to create stress out of thin air. He walks around humming and I enjoy being quiet. Those things may make our relationship complicated, but our love is simple. I love you because you make me smile, stay relaxed and positive. I love you because you remind me of my strengths and inspire me to give that back to the world. I need you to know that I value the time we have grown together. I promise to share in your dreams and support you as you work to achieve your goals. I promise to always give you the best of myself and speak to you with hope and encouragement. I promise to create a home with you where we can steer the direction of our own growth, our hopes and freedom. I am excited to know that together we will build a life far better than either of us could imagine alone. I have no doubt that our marriage will be even more beautiful than this wedding. I love you.

We started dating at 16 and now we are 25. When we were young she tried everything to break us up.(taking away phone, not letting him out, 9pm curfew in college, screaming at me, accusing me of stealing, much more) and we moved in together at 20 to try to get away from her. She then started being nice and helping us a lot so I thought she had come to her senses about pushing away. We got engaged and she completely flipped when I told her she couldn't help plan the wedding. Although that stuff is in the past I still dislike her for what she did to me and my fiancé during our relationship and his childhood. She has now convinced his whole family not to come to the wedding. I know he will resent me in the long run if they really don't come. I also don't want to have her in my life forever. I am considering calling the wedding off. Any advice?

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He's going to his brother's wedding this summer. He will be the best man. We live in the east coast and the wedding is in the Caribbean. I don't know what the protocol is... I'm not invited to this wedding but I know he mentioned something like "bringing a plus one" and stuff like that. I know all his family and we get along. I want to go so badly but at the same time, it will be a lot of money, especially because I had a couple of financial issues this year. I'm willing to buy my dress/heels/purse and pay for the salon to do my hair/nails but that's already as much as I can spend. I can probably offer to pay for a nice dinner, but nothing more than that. Also, we have been dating for a little over a year and he hasn't treated me on a vacation yet. P.S: I treated him with a getaway to Atlantic City for his birthday last year. I'm surprised with the responses stating that I should pay just bc we aren't married or bc he is not obligated or bc I'm a grown up... I'm sure he doesn't "have to" pay for me, but that's the nice thing to do as the man in the relationship who is taking me as HIS +1. Just like I don't "have to" do my hair/make up and get all dolled up when we go out, but I still do it. Women nowadays have lost a lot and they're doing everything for men now pretending they dont want to be pampered, that's sad...

The bride whose wedding I'm wants us to get a dress that is about $200. There is also additional reformatting of the dress as it's not exactly what she's looking for which will cost much more I imagine...I understand wanting it to look how you want, but I can't justify spending $200 on a dress that is gonna be cut apart...thoughts? Naturally, you can't say anything because it's not your wedding, but I don't like to "waste money...." not saying being in the wedding is a waste by any means, just seems high to buy something and then change it....*sigh*

I'm an American living in Japan and my fiancée is from here. We are planning on having a small family wedding in about 4-5 months. The issue: she comes from a large family: 3 siblings, all of whom are married and have kids. If we include their families, plus her parents and the living set of grandparents, she brings in 17 guests (5 are kids). For me, there's my parents, my sister and her boyfriend, making a grand total of 4. If we open it to aunts, uncles, and cousins, the list of potential guests grows exponentially on my side (also on hers, but slightly less so), but because we are having the wedding in Japan, I might be able to net only 2-3 guests on 4 months notice (delaying the wedding isn't an option: I'm getting transferred by my job early next year l, pro sky to Europe, and we and our families want the marriage and wedding before that). Meanwhile, most of her side could make it. I'm fine with just the four (that's just fact: she's got a big family, mine is small). Her family is actually very supportive, I get along well with them and they are super thrilled to meet my parents and sister. However, she's balking at the mismatch a little. I've got a bunch of friends here that are actually dying to come, but she's not really for including friends, and for me doing this would also leave some butt hurt old friends in the states who can't make or afford the trip. Any ideas?

Give me some wedding gifts ideas. Its my friend wedding and i'm little confused about the gifts...