My sister is getting married and I work the day before but I need to run some errands due to me being one of the bridesmaids and in charge of the floral arrangements. I just need a professional excuse for me to call off work. Just to add I only called off work twice this year, making this my third call off.

Would it be appropriate to ask a man that has had a big impact on you (almost as a father figure) but isn't related to you?

Ok my close friends niece invited me to her bridal shower. As we all know these things you have to give money or.gifts? But here's the problem i am broke. I had to buy my kids school stuff and their clothes and don't have anything but $100 left to last me until nxt week thursday payday. I don't want to go to this bridal shower with nothing. What should i do? Pls give me some inputs of what i should do because my friend is looking forward for me to come tomorrow to the bridal shower. :(....thank you guys..

how do men feel about planning most of the wedding and picking out a dress for their bride? is it not common because women take charge and say they want to control their wedding or is it just something people don't think about and men often assume women should be the ones doing this. I don't really care all that much about specificityies in my wedding and I would let my boyfriend who I am getting married to pick out all the details he wants for the wedding, I would tell him a couple things I do not want in a wedding dress but let him pick one out himself for me. hew is the one who is going to be looking at me. this is hypothetical, i do not have a boyfriend.

I know Maggie Sottero carries them in her line. But are there any others? It would be nice to have a list of options for notable bridal dress designers.

It's a very long story, but my sister and her soon to be husband have not included my now fiancé in her wedding. The reasons are insane and they are both judging him harshly. They said they are concerned about his drinking all because at Christmas he got drunk. Literally nothing happened and everyone else in my family was toasted. A little background- my sister got engaged that night so we were all celebrating, my fiancé is on the smaller side and he was trying to keep up with my uncles/father, and it was his first time meeting everyone so he was a bit nervous. I assure you he absolutely has no drinking problem. On top of all this, my sister and her fiancé have been saying incredibly nasty things about my partner. I don't know if I can still show up to the wedding especially seeing how hurt my fiancé is by all of this. No one else in my family agrees with her decision and she even almost uninvited my mother for sticking up for me. There's a lot more to the story, but it would take forever to type out. Oh, and my sister told me this all over a text message before I went to work. No phone call or anything. I've been attending all the showers and **** but after recent events I'm not sure I can go support her marriage.

I'm getting married in a few short months and I am undecided on who or if anyone should walk me down the aisle. My father passed away many years ago and my mother and I don't really have much of a relationship since she got remarried...(that's another story onto itself) So, would it be wrong to walk myself down?

What are some great alternatives for a guestbook?

do it? Where? Would you do it again or would you do it differently? Why? Details are good. Thanks.

I have 3 bridesmaids. 2 that have been there for me, 1 of them became my bridesmaid half way thru engagement and have helped with me since. The other bridesmaid has been my bm from the beginning. I told her she wud be my bm and my maid of honour. She said she was happy n was looking forward to her moh duties. Time passed i messaged her loads n she never helped. My newer bridesmaid then started communication n took ideas from her as tho they were her own when rly she has nt done anything. I will get my other 2 gifts but the nice girl in me says yes my fiance says no as she hasnt been there. He says give them gifts on the sly. They know that she has not helped n aware of it. Dno what to do xx

If i ever got married that is, we've talked about it. But my parents or my twin sister have never really liked my boyfriend and my dad even said he would not accept my boyfriend's hand in marriage so he most likely would not walk me down the aisle, either. So i replied "Ehh i have thought about it wouldn't invite you guys to my wedding anyways." I know they are my parents and i love them but if i ever got married i would want people who support us at the wedding not people who secretly want us to break up?

For example, what about invitations, flowers, guests, band, reception, honeymoon, her wedding dress, which priest, which location, which church, etc etc etc. The more details the better. Thank you. P.S. This information could help many brides-to-be, besides being just plain interesting. Would you prefer a large, lavish wedding with a large guest list? Would you just have preferred to elope? Or a small wedding with just very close family and friends? Or something in between? Who? What? Where? When? Why?