I have two cousins, that have a very odd relationship. They are 26+ older one of them is about my age. They call each other sisters and if one has a kid the other one pops up with a kid (that kind of strange). I do not want to invite them to my wedding, they talk down to me and they also never respected my relationship. I finally had to tell my grandmother what was going on because they would not leave me alone. I was consistently harassed "you were invited to mine" 10+years ago "i invited you to mine (invite was sent 2 days before wedding and knew nothing about it and her husband shhhh her about having two different wedding invites). I am glade my grandmother is on my side and fully understands what has been going on. funny how they want to come to our wedding but they never bothered to get to know either of us. The only time I hear from them is when they want to one up me on something or they feel that they need to know our love life with my now faience so they can gossip. I feel bad for my grandma, i never wanted to put her in the middle of it all but everyone was asking her to tell us to invite them. I am afraid that my cousins are going to push her in till she has had enough. What would you do in my situation? Have you had to deal with crazy family members?

Some rich men are marrying middle-class women. So that means there aren't enough rich men around for single, rich women. Right? Do rich women find poorer guys and marry down or stay single?

My girlfriend and I are getting close to the next step. We have lived together for almost a year. Im 30, have a good job and make around 60k a year. Shes 24 and works at a high end independent jewelry store. Were not talking mall quality, were talking best of the best diamonds/ Rolex kind of place. Ive always thought that a 5-6k ring was an expensive piece of jewelry. Come to find out, that doesnt buy you much. Especially if you want a high quality diamond. She knows her sights are set high and she has told me repeatedly that whatever I can afford shes ok with. However, I know what her dreams are because she is shows me 1.5-2 carrot rings that retail for the cost of my last car. Having a huge rock will probably help her sell more like it. Like marketing. She also gets a huge employee discount that helps but still puts the size and quality of diamond in the 10-12k area. Would it be acceptable to say, Since I know its important to you, here is $XXXX, the rest we can finance and pay off together with wedding money? Or is that tacky and out of reach with reality? I know all too well its not the size or quality, the ring is just a symbol. But the stats matter to a girl who is all up in this business every day.Also, we both dont ever want to "size up" later down the road for sentimental reasons. HELP?!

from my experience; all women enjoy the fun, sex, care, time invested etc but when they hear the word marriage they just vanish or run for their life...why is that ??

So my daughter (let's call her Amy) is marrying her girlfriend (lets call her Beth) in about 6 months and Beth's parents don't support this at all. For almost a year now we have been trying to convince them that there is no issue with 2 girls dating/getting married/having kids, we've tried to get them to change their minds, but no. They won't have it, and won't listen. So they only a few weeks ago decided they won't be coming to the wedding, and their decision is final. The only relatives of Beth's who do plan on attending (from what we've been told anyway) are her two older brothers and her grandma (the grandma has also tried reasoning with the parents). We did suggest having my brother give Beth away but she wants someone in her own family to. So what happens? Does the grandma give her away or do the brothers? And if it's the grandma what can the brothers do? And is it too late to try reasoning with her parents again until they get the message, or do we burn bridges with them?

We are getting married this June. I normally hover at 140lbs at 5'5. But like every bride-to-be, I want to look thin and beautiful on my wedding day so I'd started cleaning up my diet. Right now I weigh 125lbs. I think this is a pretty good number. My fiancé and I both go to the gym. I normally went 5 days a week and I'm still doing that. I worked harder at it though and then eat differently. But anyway he is not that big of a fan. Like if there's leftover food when I make something, he puts it on my plate even though I tell him I don't want it. When I have my period, he buys me chocolates I like and that's normally the only time I eat them but he's twice bought them for me spontaneously or he keeps telling me how skinny I am. It'll take work to maintain this weight and that was my plan. I explained to him, I just want to look skinny and beautiful on my wedding day and he was like, "I've always thought you were that though." I am starting to feel self conscious now though. Because while I want to look good for photos and our guests, the most important thing is really about how he thinks of me. Should I gain a few pounds to make him happy? It's not that he wants me to be big or overweight, he just says he likes curves.