They really loved each other, madly. Before she met my son she was struggling because she was alone and bullied at school. My son was the one to help her, love her and encourage her. After his death, one year ago, I was told from her mom that she is in hospital due to delusions and severe depressive state. I understand her mom wanting to deal with it alone but she could have told me before that since then the daughter had been in this state, at least I could try to help her. My son is dead and although there's no single day I don't think of him, life goes on. She has to live with it. She has to thank for the time she had with him, just like I do. Otherwise I would go crazy too, but I don't, cause I thank every minute spent on this earth with him. She must do the same. As I saw her in hospital having delusions and calling him while she was crying I felt like dying. As much as it hurts, she must learn to live with it. She must live, love, experience life, maybe one day find love again. I so want to help her but I don't know how. I wish I could find her some girl friends, but I am an aged woman. She is just 18, she can't be like this. Even the doctors don't say anything to encourage her. I don't know what to do, but I have to help her right away.

I ask because I'm really insecure (about my looks, etc) and don't like being in front of people

My best friend got married in Philadelphia on December 7, but I didn't go to the wedding because I live and work in China. Plus, early December is always a very hectic time for me at work, and also I had to return to the US anyway on Dec. 19. So, it would have been a lot of traveling in a very short period of time during which I was already stressed and busy. In any case, since telling him (in June) that I would not be attending the wedding, he has not spoken to me. I offered to make it up to him in several different ways, but he simply won't respond to my emails, and still hasn't spoken to me since. Is it me, or is he being ridiculous?

As in just three of our closest friends, parents, and biological siblings. No step siblings, no step family (aside from parents), no grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. The reason is simple. We will save a lot of money. Having a small wedding party means we can reserve a table at a nice restaurant for the after ceremony party. Saves hassle, saves money, saves headache from trying to plan things. More than 10 people is just too much to deal with. I want to know how we go about inviting people since it's not really a typical, traditional wedding. How do you formally invite parents? I know how traditional wedding invites look and I feel like they'd be too much for what we're doing. But we don't want to be tacky and send invites by phone or social media either. Any other advice will be welcome too. Thank you!!

My fiance and I are debating what to do for our wedding, whether to go to the courthouse, elope to Vegas or have a wedding with his family. My parents and grandmother are deceased, no siblings. So I was just thinking would it be ok for his step mom to stand in for my mother? His father passed a few months ago and they kinda adopted me long before I lost my family. 

We decided to elope for a variety of reasons. We're sick of family drama, and we do not want our wedding day to have anything to do with it. Weddings are very expensive and neither of our family's are helping to pay for it. We want to be married. That's the end goal. We do not care about a fancy ceremony, we don't want to deal with people who get upset they were not invited, we don't want to rack up a bill. We just want OUR day to be about us and love. So, solution? Elopement. We live in a state that does not require a witness, so that helps too. I just want to see what kind of advice others have. Anyone who has eloped, what was good about it? Bad? What do we need to know ahead of time (other than legalities and planning.) Thank you! I would never ask anyone to help pay for the wedding.  I simply mentioned that because, it's really up to us since we're going to be paying for everything. I'm glad no one is helping pay.  Gives more room for us to do exactly what we want and not have to appease anyone else.  Also, we know we are going to deal with family drama.  It comes with the territory. But we deal with it through the holidays.  We want one thing to belong completely to us.  Our wedding day should absolutely belong to just us...

So I asked two girls I was close to to be my bridesmaids. They are also very close with each other. My wedding isn't for 8 months but I already officially asked them and showed them dress options. But now I'm regretting it. They said they would come bridal gown shopping with me and they knew the days 3 months in advance. (Also the both moved about 4 hours away each direction and live in between both of them) I asked them what the plan was about a month before they both said they couldn't make it, I was okay with it at the time. Then next thing, I sent them dress options and then one of them said that they both like a certain one and it sounded like they made a separate chat to talk about it without me. That's where I started to get kinda iffy about it. Now it seems like I'm the only one initiating any form of contact and I saw they they both came home for Christmas and we're hanging out together, normal i wouldn't be bothered but they told said "we should totally hang out when we come back" and then nothing. I'm starting to feel like the odd man out and not included. I don't have a lot of girl friends but I feel like I'd rather have cousins be my bridesmaids at this point. I want them their as guests now but how do I tell them