Propose soon?

Fellow Long Islanders and others, please help! I'm ripping my hair off trying to find a small venue. Our wedding will be traditional in any other way. Outdoor area/garden is a must for our ceremony. So far I'm stuck with either cheap looking party halls or fancy expensive mansions. Interested in Nassau and border with Suffolk areas. I just want homey feel and foliage.

Sort of like a consulting service for guys who need a best man at their weddings and organizing bachelor parties.

I recently got engaged and I was just wondering how much a wedding really costs? I want a simple small wedding so my questions are How much was your wedding? How big was it? Is there any advice you want to give? Any ways to save money? Thanks! :)

I am getting married in june, I keep seeing things on my to do list about ceremony readers, and i really have no idea what they are supposed to do! Are they supposed to read scripture? I am not a very religious person and I am not sure if i would like that. help!! lol

I'm getting engaged for the holiday (we've discussed it) and we plan on eloping soon. We can't afford an engagement ring and are going with a simple civil elopement, as we've been together for so long the marriage is what's important to us, not the engagement. So, do we announce the engagement to our families or hold off until after the elopement and only announce it then? I'd feel bad announcing an engagement and then two weeks later, potentially, announcing we eloped. Any thoughts on how to handle this?

We are looking at having a wedding one of at several wedding locations that allows 50 guests. We have a wedding party of eight. Do they generally count towards the wedding guest list? I know it may vary place to place, but as a general rule, do they? Thanks!

I can't add a gift card to my registry like I can add other items. What do I do to add these?

My son is getting married in September. I have stayed very close to both my son and his finance until just a couple of months ago. We spent a lot of time going out to eat and activities.Although, I have never been involved in any of the wedding plans or information except this issue. This is my sons second marriage. Earlier this year my father passed away and I inherited some money. My sons finance wants me to pay for their very expensive wedding.She was upset when I offered to pay for only a small amount. Then when I found out my son was inviting her brother to be in the wedding but not his own brother who he grew up with I suggested to him that he should ask his brother to be in the wedding. I told them it was their wedding but his feelings will be hurt if he is not somehow included. It made his finance angry with me and she deleted and blocked me on facebook and won't visit and my son has seen me once since then but he doesn't want his finance to know he saw me. He asked me 3 weeks ago if I got the invitation. I finally got it yesterday. No name on the envelope, just the address. My son said his finance doesn't want me to come to the wedding but he would like me to come. I will not be seated as parents of the wedding party and as silly as this may sound to some....I am debating going at all. Being a parent has been the greatest experience of my life and highest honor. I feel like if I am not even given the respect of a "mother of the groom," perhaps my attendance may be more of an issue than necessary for the bride and groom. I would never make a scene, but what I mean here is that where a wedding is for the couple, really the day is for the bride. I don't want to add any grief to her. I dread their future as my son has not been able to spend time with his brothers, father or me since all this. And since his finance won't talk to me, I don't know how to work things out with her. So, my question: Should I attend the wedding?