I don't really want to have a wedding. People have asked why I have the wedding band on and only one person judged me for it. I feel being engaged is an awkward phase so why not just be married? Plus I feel our relationship is no less of a commitment and I wanted to be "unoriginal" Plus its American tradition, not a biblical rule right

My best friend works for the police. She's well respected in what she does. As a result of her job, both my fiancé and I knew there was a chance she could get hurt before the wedding and have bruises or whatever in our wedding pictures due to the type of work she does. She's only come out of hospital yesterday after being assaulted at work. She's covered in bruises, her arm's broken in two places and she's got cuts to her face and hands. She's turned around and said that she wants to step down from being my MOH, but I don't want her to. She thinks I'll be ashamed of my pictures if she's there all bruised and battered when it's far from the truth. I'm proud of her, she's fearless and I do wish I was more like her. It's why I asked her to be my MOH, because she's the only one who would talk sense into me if I got cold feet about marriage.

I am not actually a bad guy (I did nothing wrong in my life, I am just not perfect and I got in trouble with some guys who provoked me first and happened to be daddy's sons so they all blamed me), but there's this girl. I think I like her but I somehow know that I don't deserve her. She's a goof hearted girl, hard working, on saturday evenings instead of going to clubs she cleans two flats to make ends meet and help her unemployed parents. She manages to have the highest average although se works part time and has done everything by herself with no help, she's also cute especially when she blushes because I talk to her she pretends to have this really serious attitude while she gets emotional when I'm around. Apparently she never had a boyfriend, which makes her into my eyes even more special. I found out she has a crush on me because once I overheard her cousin shouting at her 'oh no, not him, please!' while we were talking she blushed and went away. The idea of having her as my girlfriend ans future wife is making me dream and fall in love with her, but deep down I see her as too innocent, while I am not like that. I had my experiences and lived in a poor country all by myself, while she cleans up and studies and obeys to her parents. Should I try anyway with her although we are so different?