The wedding is in a week, in Louisiana. The heat there will be awful the day of and they're having an outside wedding. I'm thinking of wearing shorts and a tank top. with sneakers. I'm not an integral part to their wedding so I think they'll be fine. But is it normal to do so?

There s a song that I love and was really wanting to purchase for playing at my upcoming wedding as I either walk down the aisle or we have our first dance but it s only available in America! Does anyone know a way that I can get the song in the UK?

I am asking my sister to be my maid of honor but because I don t have closer friends I m not planning on having bridesmaids. My fiance got upset by this because he feels his sister should have a place in the wedding especially if my sister is. I am not friends with his sister and we don t have a relationship. She will be getting married in a couple of months and I was not asked to be in her wedding. He said its different because we were not married or engaged at the time they got engaged and I am not in her or her fiances family. I feel like this is extremely unfair. I don t feel like I should be made to feel bad about this. So I guess what I am asking is should I feel obligated to ask her?

Is it acceptable to wear a pullover sweater that is an off white/gray with blue sleeves? I know all white is a no go but that's all I packed! I wasn't even thinking!!

So my friend and her now ex are not getting married next weekend and I got them a personalized champagne flutes with the whole Mr. and Mrs. last name and the date of the wedding. I'm going to hold onto them just in case they decided to get married again but if they still don't get back together, what should I do with the gift? I don't think she would want them because she's very heartbroken right now. Is there a place that I could sell them to that takes personalized gifts?

I getting married in southern Ontario in mid October and trying to figure out type shoes to wear. It can be warm or cold (seriously anywhere between 0-30C) in October here. I need them to be flats and comfortable. Any ideas?

Not hurt or mad at all. It is perfectly understandable as I am sure there are about 100 2nd cousins. So it is not that I am taking any of it personally or anything. However, she had hoped to have my branch of the family. So as of last Christmas I was really excited for it. However, I found out in spring that he had to downsize the wedding list and is only having 1st cousins and the one group of 2nd cousins that are the closest and have a grandmother living nearby. So my Chicago branch won't be asked. Again, all perfectly understandable and by no means am I offended or anything. However, I was so excited about the wedding and a possible California trip for it. I had heard "we look forward to having all of you" when the engagement was announced last summer. So how do I get over my disappointment about this? Do not count as a close relative to this cousin if not asked? Meant to say at the end do I count as a close relative still, not does not but do I.

Me and my girlfriend has been dating each other and we came to the point of getting engaged. We get along just fine and sometimes she treats me kinda harsh and doesn't feel remorse nor does she apologize for it. We're getting married soon and I really do love her and want to marry her. It's just she told me that if I didn't have any groomsmen at the wedding then she would call the wedding off. I'm feeling some type of way about this and when she told me that it hurt my feelings. If she had no bridesmaid then I wouldn't mind and I definitely wouldn't call off the wedding for that. I'm just hurt

I live in South Carolina, I'm 18 but I still don't have a license.

To be more informal like "the families of" I really feel conflicted and don't know what to do. Any suggestions?

So my wife was asked to be the matron of honor for my deceased daughter best friend. she accepted and felt honored and blessed for the request. She has struggled but is making it through it and doing it for the bride and our daughter. My questions is she has been asked to give a toast at the reception and she is not sure what to say. Should she mention our daughter (don't want to bring crowd down). wife says this is about the bride not are daughter and doesn't want to make a happy moment a sad one. The bride and our daughter were friends from the time they were born. Any advice greatly appreciated.

I had known my best friend for over 10 years. About 4 years ago who partner proposed (second marriage same as me). Straight off when she told me she asked me to be bridesmaid. It got put on the back burner as they decided to build a new house, go overseas etc. Over the years though we spoke heaps about the wedding and we remained close. Fast forward 4 years and she rings me on a Friday to tell she is getting married tomorrow and 'please be happy for me'. She said that the were not telling anyone which originally included me and were announcing it on Facebook. But she thought she better tell me. Fast forward nearly a year and she has shut me out of her life as she didn't like me response. Totally shattered???? There is a lot more to this story. Edit this there was no finance issues as they are totally loaded and my response was not nasty or bad. My response was really nice, have a great day and send me some pics. I put a congratulations on facebook when I saw the announcement. She sent me a text straight after the phone call saying please don't me upset and replied with a "im sad cause I want to just give you a hug tomorrow but not angry or anything, please have a great day, you will look gorgeous...…………..' I read on facebook that she was going for her honeymoon so I just thought she would message me when she got back. They didn't elope. They about 80 family members there. Yes I was totally invited. I meant it was cut down because of money. All my responses were along the lines of 'hope you have a great day'. We were best mates right up till that day and she talked heaps about the wedding and how was invited. Where she was having blah blah. When she messaged me when she got back from her honeymoon I said I was angry and would be always there for here! She had had a **** couple of weeks she said. she said she would get back to me when everything settled down. I messaged her couple of days later checking on her got a response 'still a lot going on and want to take a step'. So I left it as my husband forbade to contact her again as she did a lot of little things like this over the years. So then nothing! That was it!!! I am not so much as upset over not being bridesmaid, invited or being told!!! I would not and DID not do any of that to her!! I want to know would anyone else be be hurt of than being not contacted again????? I gave up trying to fix our relationship because husband's cancer returned for the 4th! I even saw her day the street one day. She didn't see me but I went back and found her and gave her a hug. Still nothing from her! So I am still the bloody villain???

Hello, So I was in a relationship with my ex, and we went to buy an engagement ring with my mom because mostly me and my mom wanted too he didn't really want too. My mom purchased it and when we got home he got on one knee and proposed and I accepted because I loved him. I don't think he was serious about it though because he didn't even want to be there. He used to talk about me behind my back and stuff. I'm pretty sure he didn't even tell his mom because she didn't want to meet with me after it happened. Anyway, a short time later we ended up breaking up and it was like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. He initiated the break up. My mom opted to keep the ring and use it in the future because she bought it. Fast forward to now. This was years ago. My current boyfriend really likes the ring and he knows of its history and is going to be buying it off my mom. Although my mom isn't obv charging him full price for it. But she owns it so it's her choice. I do love the ring and we all love it and I just heard stuff about bad energy and wanted to confirm that there is no bad energy associated with an engagement ring. That I believe should dissipate upon change of ownership. I was trying to find prayers or anyway to cleanse it according to Judaism but found nothing so here I am. Thank you.

What are some of the best places you've visited in the world that would be great for a honeymoon? Doesn't have to be tropical or what you might consider a typical honeymoon destination. We are just looking for some ideas to throw around besides just what you find when you Google "honeymoon destination." Thanks in advance :)

I am getting married this year and am afraid I will feel down in the dumps on the big day. This always happens on days when I want to feel happy such as my birthday as a kid and now as a young adult on Christmas. I am not having a huge wedding because of this (50 guests on my side and 50 on husbands). I am very afraid of this. How do I make this not happen or minimize it if it does?

I get overwhelmed when too many people want my attention at once and I don't want to spend my wedding day with high anxiety, how do I keep it small without hurting anyone's feeling by inviting just a few members of the family. Because I want certain cousins and aunts there. My mom was 1 of 9 and they each had about 3 kids and then they've gone and had about 2 kids each. That's just my mom side and not including my dad's or the groom's! And no, I do not want to run off and elope. I want a small service with loved ones.

My siblings and I were excluded when all my other cousins were welcome there and even two or three 2nd cousins. It hurts so much to be 2nd class. I feel like a 2nd rate family member. The wedding was recently and I still am in pain. The bride and her new husband will likely see me in September at the wedding for another cousin and that will open the pain. I assume I should still be cordial. They are not mean or anything, but my Dad does now get along with their Mom so we don't see them as often as the other cousins. How do I get over the pain of being a 2nd class citizen in the extended family?

Im planning to propose to my girlfriend in the spring of 2020, but my girlfriend's older sister is getting married in October of 2020. The older sister thinks it's disrespectful to propose less than 10 months before the wedding. What do you guys think? I don't think it is, but maybe that's just me...

Planning on spending about the same on either one, just wondering what's "better"... I'm thinking about the spa since it's something that she has never done... she goes shopping all the time.

My best friend who I've non in a completely platonic friendship for 8 whole years is getting married.I'll be blunt, I dont approve of the guy she's marrying. 1. Because he's athiest, and we all know what the bible says about being unequally yoked. 2. Because he's 29 and still hasn't gotten his life together. Despite these red flags she let him talk her into a ringless engagement that lasted like 2 weeks and a marriage just 2 weeks later. She knows I dont approve but I was going to the wedding anyway and she asked my to be an usher. It didnt hit me at first because I was focusing on the bum she's marrying but why would she make her best friend a mere usher? In case you couldn't tell, yeah I'm male. We were so close people would say we would get married; a notion I declined, but I knew I would be at her wedding. Never in a thousand years did I think I'd be an usher though... You guys are absolutely right. I may not agree with this marriage but I dont have to piss on it. For my best friend I'm gunna be the best usher ever!

I've been her boyfriend for 4 years, a few months ago she jokingly gave me a deadline to propose. She showed me the ring she wanted [which is expensive], but I jokingly told her that I wouldn't be able to surprise her with the deadline so that she should pick the ring and I just buy it. The last 2 years we've gone to several weddings and she would mention how everyone else is getting married but she isn't. She would also tell me of her wedding ideas. Last week, out of nowhere she doesn't want a wedding because ''she wouldn't get what she wants'' which is a most likely $20k wedding minimum. And while we could save that in a year, it would really take a little more because she has to pay off her car and we want to buy a house, which would be postponed 1-2 years with a wedding. So now she just wants a $80.00 court marriage out of nowhere, I haven't even gotten her the ring... We have talked about getting married and I am all for it/ However, it feel like I am destroying her dream. We both make ok money and we travel a lot, in 4 months we will be visiting India and possibly Nepal as tourist. I've proposed we buy the house in 2 years and then save for a wedding, but she doesn't want a wedding years after we marry in court, so no wedding at all. Thoughts?

I want to meet people but not be in your face nice like stalkish.

Also do immediate family/relatives (like the siblings of the bride and groom for example) and members of the wedding party typically receive a formal invitation and if so, do they receive their invite earlier than other guests or are all invites sent at the same time?