Hi! I'm doing a courthouse project for school. This is my mom's email. I don't have yahoo email. Thank you for answering.

weddings have traditionally supported a multi-million dollar industry in the u.s. halls, caterers, bakeries, dress shops, tux rentals, photographers, printers, gift shops, not to mention store registries, have all depended on a constant supply of couples getting married to stay in business. but with the recent trend of straight couples opting out of marriage, did the government need to legalize same-sex marriage to make up for lost business to save the wedding industry?

Okay so here's the deal: I have 4 girls I want to ask to be in my wedding. For the bridesmaids, they all live 2 hours away, so I plan on just sending them cards in the mail that say "Will you be my bridesmaid?" But for my maid of honor I wanted to do something special since she is also my roommate. She's a Starbucks head so I had planned on picking her up coffee one day and instead of writing her name on the cup, I was going to get them to write "Will you be my maid of honor" on it. BUT, she just told me this morning that her sister was asked to be a maid of honor in a very similar Starbucks way. So I don't think I can do that now. So I thought about putting it in the mailbox disguised as a bill. Or I could have rose petals outside of her bedroom door, leading up to the note. Opinions? Other ideas? Something along the simple but cute lines that cost under $5. Thanks!

My boyfriend and I have been together for 7 years. His parents are very controlling. Everything has to be done their way. They go out of their way to make what they want happen. Nothing is ever good enough if it's someone else's. If you have something then they have to get the next step up. For instance, for my birthday my mother bought be a gazebo style walk in plastic green house. When I showed my boyfriend's mom instead of saying "oh yeah that's nice" etc. Instead she says "Oh yeah John (bf's dad) is going to make mine with all nice glass windows and it's going to have shelves built in and be a little bigger than this" My BF is 27 years old and works in law enforcement. His dad tries to control him like he's 15. It's hard to explain how they are. I can't even put it into words. Its almost sickening. My whole family sees it. Anyways, today his mom says to my mom "so the kids are getting married next summer. I need to order the tent, the flowers, have to get her a dress, I already know a caterer, I have to get his sisters airplane tickets booked and let them know etc. I know I should be thankful but I think I should at least KNOW if IM getting married! They already have it planned out! When it's going to be and how it's going to be!! I honestly just want to elope at the courthouse if I'm going to get married and go on a nice honeymoon. I told my BF how I feel and he says "what am I supposed to do?" What do I do? Hell Im not even engaged yet! Help!

or even get married? Will living together instead make any difference?

My Dad's nephew and my mother's niece are getting married the same day. I would rather go to my Dad's nephews wedding as growing up since my parents were divorced I didn't get to see my Dad's side of the family as often so I enjoy seeing them now as an adult. My mother and her mother are shocked that I would dare pick my Dad's relative over theirs and my mother's niece is the first female wedding in the family so it is like the wedding of the century to everyone. I am 31 so I pick the one in my Dad's family but how do I explain this to my mother and my maternal grandmother to avoid getting constant grief from them? The weddings are in September. I should add I was asked first to my mother's niece's wedding but I would much rather do the one in my Dad's family and missing it would bring up old bad memories of having to miss stuff as a kid due to my parents divorce.

We are a 27 yr old couple who haven't had much alone time and are planning on baby #2 ASAP.

I'm getting married in November, now the wedding will be in Mexico therefore I would like a Spanish Hashtag... I love my friends hashtag for her wedding "porsiempreperea" I obviously cannot steal hers though😫. My last name would now be Garcia.

My boyfriend and I want to get married now, by the Justice of the Peace. I am 6 months pregnant. But after I have the baby and lose baby weight etc. we would love to have our wedding before God. I know some may see it crazy to want that considering we are having our baby before marriage, but thats what we want. I have always dreamed of bridesmaids and groomsmen etc., nothing expensive but something we can celebrate our marriage with our family and friends. I am scared if I get married now that it will cause me to lose the feeling I should have when walking down the aisle. OR does that feeling still happen? Has anyone gotten married by the Justice of the Peace and then had a "Real" Wedding afterwards? How did you feel about your decision? We both love each other unconditionally and have always said even before our pregnancy that we would get married in a heart beat, but ofcourse our financial situation had us seeing that in our future nothing soon and then we discovered we were pregnant. Any helpful advice is appreciated. Thanks