We're having a small and very casual backyard wedding and are planning on feeding classic backyard BBQ foods to our guests. We're trying to create a more solidified budget, but I have no idea how much we should expect to pay for food for 20 people. Also, how big should the burgers be and how many burger and hotdogs should be purchased to feed 20 guests? Thanks in advance!

Okay so my fiancé and I were planning to already get married in April(have gotten the venue and everything). Well we are heading to Vegas this weekend and his two friends that are coming with us were joking "what if you get married in Vegas?" And then we started to think on it and we thought "why not?" The only issues with it are I personally still want a wedding(since I bought the dress and blah blah) and my family would be furious(mostly my parents) if I got married and they found out. I do want to get married but without the chance of them finding out. So me and my fiancé agreed to keep it a secret until after our wedding day. We were even thinking later on our actual wedding day after we say our i dos, at the reception we thought it would be funny to put our Vegas wedding video well have up. Or should we just tell people after and maybe show the video to just close friends and family. We thought it would be funny but I want to get other opinions. Is it bad if I get married in Vegas then wait to tell me family until after the wedding so no one gets angry?

I want a traditional wedding with all the works. My fiance, on the other hand, doesn't want a wedding at all. Her reason is that it's "not her thing" and she doesn't want to invite people she doesn't like just to be fair. Today she told me that she'd settle for a small private wedding with just our parents and our siblings. That's not going to work for me. How can I get her to compromise and have a normal wedding? By the way, money isn't in issue here.

I have one friend that is getting married and I will be asked to be a groomsmen. While I'm happy about that it don't think I would ask him to be in my wedding. He does not have many friends. He's a quiet person and things like that don't matter much to him. I on the other hand have a few other close friends that I would ask and he would not be one of them. His wedding is before and I am not sure how to approach???

One of my siblings close friends is getting married that he has known and my parents have known for awhile. I was invited and one day was at the couples house and saw the seating chart. I saw that I was seated next to a friends parents. Later in talking about the wedding I mentioned to my sibling how I was seated next to them and thought it was strange as I don't know them that well. My sibling thought it was strange those parents were invited but not ours. A few days later I see an invitation addressed to my parents and was told it was dropped off today and it was forgotten because it fell between the seats. It even was slightly crumpled. I find this hard to believe as I was hounded for my invite. I am positive we would have been prompted about our parents rsvp too. I have a strong feeling my sibling said something and to be honest it's a bit awkward knowing this now

I have been living with my bf of 6 yrs plus our daughter and no engagement ring. He says he wants to marry me and doesn't want anyone else but me but says he won't propose without a ring. He can't afford one and I told him I don't need one but he insists. Yet he spends money on other things instead of putting it aside for a ring. Am I wasting my time?

My husband and I have been married for 3 years. We just a civil ceremony at the courthouse for religious reasons. However, now I've completed RCIA and have joined the Catholic church, he would like to have a church wedding this coming May. It will be our 4th anniversary. I'm okay with it, and think it's a great idea. But he wants an actual wedding with the church ceremony, followed by a reception. I understand that for him it's more of a cultural thing to have a church ceremony. He's incapable of having a small celebration, so I know the reception will be like 100-150 people. We're already hosting a party for our kids' birthdays, so planning another party so soon....yikes! He grew up Catholic; I grew up Missionary Baptist, and recently converted. Needless to say, I'm not really familiar with the practices regarding marriage. Growing up, it was either you had a civil ceremony at the court (which was pretty rare) or you were married in a church. There's so much going on at the moment, that I can't make a decision. But we have less than 2 months to notify the church if we plan to go forward with it.

My fiance and I are getting married on March 25, 2017. We have decided on having eight bridesmaid and eight groomsmen. He has all his groomsmen picked out and I still need two bridesmaids, he has two sisters so it shouldn't be a problem filling the other two spots. Since they have a reasonable, I figure they would like to be standing at the altar to see their brother get married. So is it rude to assume they want to be in the wedding or should I ask them?

My boyfriend and I have been together for 5 years and have decided to get married. We don t want a wedding or anything like that. We just want to be legally married to each other. How do I do that? Do I make an appointment, is there a fee? Someone explain the steps.