I have a friend who I have been friends with for over 10 years. I ve been engaged since July 2015 and my wedding is 5 weeks away. Since the start of my engagement I ve been wanting to have her involved with lots of things, and she has missed every single thing so far. She missed our engagement party (texted me she couldn t make it AS it was starting). She declined my invitation to come with me to pick up my gown after it came in, she missed my bridal shower (texted me the day before and sent her gift along with someone else), and now she s not coming to my bachelorette party either. She was originally supposed to be there for the rehearsal dinner and with me and the bridesmaids at the hotel afterwards for our last "girls night"(and getting ready together the next morning), and I m starting to feel like I don t even want her there. Maybe she s bitter about the fact that she s not a bridesmaid, maybe she finds my wedding boring because we re not having liquor, maybe she doesn t like my fiance .....regardless of her reasoning, do you think I should tell her to just forget about coming to anything? She s made it clear that my wedding is not a high priority. I already bought her and our hairdressers "thank you" gifts for being part of my special day, and I feel silly even giving it to her (if she even shows up...) She also has yet to send back her RSVP card and the wedding is 5 weeks away.

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So my bridesmaid dropped out on the LAST DAY we could order her dress in order for it to be here on time. She seemed beyond excited to be my bridesmaid when I initially asked, but then I didn't hear from her for months after. She lives in a different state so there wasn't much I could do but message her. She didn't respond until I finally sent her a text politely telling her that if I don't hear from her soon, I would assume she no longer wants to be part of the bridal party. She quickly responded saying she is still in, but will message me later. Then on the day before our last day to order her dress, I told her "I know you said you want to be part of the party, but you still haven't bought your dress. Like I have said, I will buy it, I just need to know your size". She then told me she was not going to come. Now I'm confused on what I should do. I know it's not the end of the world, and the wedding would still be fine if we have a different number of bridesmaids compared to groomsmen. It's just odd and will make the pictures look a little strange. But I also feel against asking another friend in fear that she will feel like a B-List bridesmaid. I'm sure I could beg to get the dress rush ordered, and I would pay for the new bridesmaids dress...but I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by making them feel like a replacement. Yet, on the other hand I don't want family judging us on yet another thing. What should I do?

Since asking my bridesmaids to be by my side, they have all been badgering me about getting their hair and makeup done. I have been a bridesmaid three times and have never gotten my hair or makeup done. So I assumed since the theme of the wedding is natural and bohemian, they would look fine with doing their own makeup and hair. They still keep persisting to ask and they all individually told me that they will pay for their own, but if I don't provide professionals, they will leave the hotel room and go get it done somewhere (no one asked my opinion on that, just told me). I really wanted to all be together on the morning of the wedding, getting ready and excited, but I feel like if I don't provide professional services for them that I will be left alone in my hotel room until picture time. So, I caved in. I just found a great makeup artist, but she said since it will be wedding season, she does require that at least 3 bridesmaids get their makeup done as well. If it weren't for my bridesmaids continually asking for makeup, I would have declined her at that moment, but since they keep persisting, I told her that was perfect. So I booked her. But....when I messaged my bridesmaids about the good news, everyone declined. Do you think they still expected me to pay for it? Am I in the wrong for not paying or should I stop stressing about it? I already paid for their hotel, brunch, totebags, robes, etc. I am choosing affordable options and only requiring they pay for their dress.

My family is offering to pay for a lot of things and they have started paying for a lot of things. We are asking him to pay for his ring and the cake and the limo. Now they have asked him to pay for both our rings the cake and the limo, and he is saying he cannot because he did not plan that. That he is not rich and he does not have to do that if he does not want to. So i asked him so he means that its okay for my family to take on a lot of expenses and you the little you are asked for you feeling like you shouldn't have to do it if you dnt want to? So what are you marrying me for? He then hangs up on me telling me im trying to twist his words. He even tried to blame it on someone because he has to do this. I am trying to figure out if i was wrong for even bringing this up. I feel like even if he cannot afford it that is not a way to talk to someone you are marrying.

My fiance and I have actively looking at wedding locations in Massachusetts. As we have been looking we have realized that it is super expensive. We live in South Eastern Mass but we are willing to travel if need be. We are looking at a guest count of 100-150. We don't want open bar for the whole wedding ( consider that tacky but we are far from rich). I'm just looking to see if anyone had any ideas for reasonably priced places.

wedding already took place but reception is in June reception will be a backyard barbecue with coral and gray as color scheme wedding was nontraditional, no bridal party, his mother and my father are both deceased

I'm getting married later this year. I'm very excited, though a little bit sad because my dad won't be there (he died when I was 19). I grew up with him and saw my mom and her husband for a few weeks every summer. Our relationship has never been great and I don't have the best relationship with my half siblings either. But they're still my family, so of course I'm inviting them. My mom took it upon herself to confront me about not asking her husband to walk me down the aisle. It was something I should have expected, but never really thought would come up since we aren't close and I really only make the effort because of my younger siblings. She said it was going to be a slap in the face if someone else were to walk me or I walked myself down the aisle, because people will wonder why it isn't him. When I told her I was walking myself, she left pretty fast (she was supposed to be visiting for 5 days and left after 2). Ever since that visit, I've been getting calls from my 12 year old half sister, asking why I won't let her dad walk me down the aisle. It's been playing on my mind quite a bit lately. Even more so since my granddad, who helped my dad raise me and was there for me a lot, won't be there because he's now too sick to attend. When my mom found out my fiancé and I were planning to see him after the ceremony, she flipped out (and I don't even know how she found out). I don't want this to lead to a confrontation at my wedding. So should I walk alone or not? My mom is not paying or giving money for the wedding.