This dude is a crazy awesome immigrant I have since we met lifting at the gym. He joined my frat like 9mos later - crazy...rite?!! Anyways he is like 5'11" 130 lbs (kilos in his language) with a solid face and nice abs. Rock hard dudes

We've been planning a destination wedding to Costa Rica in Mar '17. Since sending our save the dates it feels like everything out of my control has been an issue. My mother has not helped, offered to help, shown support or given support in any way and openly told me she wasn't a fan of destination weddings and will not attend and because of that neither will my sister or step-father. So, the only family I have going would be 1 cousin. I chose my fiance's sisters as bridesmaids and they're also checked out. One sister (who's son we were going be ring bearer) is leaning toward not going since she doesn't think she can afford it, even tho she's had 2 years to save. My Fiances groomsmen have had18 months to put a $100 deposit to secure a room and after about million attempts to ask them to do so (even a stern email from the travel agent) 3 of 4 have yet to put any money down and aren't giving us clarification if they will be attending. My Maid of Honor has gone completely haywire. I understand I shouldn't be involved in my shower but since two of my bridesmaids are checked out and my MOH lives in Texas, it only makes sense that i help (also, they've asked me to contribute $1,000). I picked a dress for the girls and my MOH called and told me about 50reasons she hates the dress I chose. We are 27yo saving 30K for this (ALL BY OURSELVES) and have already spend $4K (we would loose if we cancel) Do we cancel and use the money for something else or go through our dream wedding?

1. You're not supposed to elope because so many people have invested in your life an it would be rude to have a wedding and not include family and friends. BUT... 2. You aren't supposed to ask for gifts or host your (or rather, the bride's) own wedding shower, because their attendance at the wedding is what they give to you, and the reception is what you give to them. So are the invitations a token of my appreciation toward them, or is their attendance at the wedding their gift to me? I feel like the whole of wedding etiquette is skewed to create a hardship on the couple. What is a registry, if not a passive-aggressive request for gifts? Okay, I think BeatriceBatten covered all the specifics I was looking for. Thanks al. *All

I would love to have a lot of options when I go to look. Are there any good jewelry stores that have quite a few options? I've tried Zales and Kays and wasn't super impressed with their selections.

I was recently a guest at my boyfriend's brother's wedding. The wedding, rehearsal, and rehearsal dinner were at the bride's parents house in Hawaii. Making the trip was no problem for us, but my boyfriend's other brother and his wife recently had a stillborn baby and lost one of their jobs. My boyfriend's brother and his wife called my boyfriend yesterday to complain about their other brother's wife not helping out with anything. They also told their photographer not to post any of the pictures with her in them. I don't think I really helped with much either, because I was a guest and it was a $30,000 wedding. The wedding was fully staffed but the rehearsal and dinner were all done by the bride's family. They didn't say they were mad at me, but am I wrong for not helping more?

What are some great online stores that have wedding invitations? I am familiar with the traditional shutterfly tinyprint vistaprint... Any off beat place?