Weddings - September 2007

im planning to get married in early June 2008. the problem that i am facing is that we don't have the funds for a reception...what can we do? i was told that many people get married and then go out to dinner with family...this is fine, but i really want to experience the whole father daughter dance and our first dance and cutting of the cake....any advice? i was thinking of a 'back yard' reception, but to pay for the tables, chairs, dinner wear, food...etc...its going to cost roughly the same ($4,000 - $7,000)...any one have a neat idea's or something that you did instead of a reception?

thanks...

---we live in Anaheim, CA - Orange County

--we do have a stable income, i just don't think i can afford the thousands it takes for a nice reception....any ideas would help. thank you.

2007-09-17 04:52:46 · 24 answers · asked by *+*+baby dust*+*+ 2

My fiance and I are doing a traditional wedding in a Methodist church, however I don't know if we want to do the unity candle or several readings, etc. I wanted it to be simple, but I'm getting opinions left and right about it that make it sound like that would be "weird" or "lacking" ? Do you think we need to throw other things in there? Or would it be ok to just have the vows, and one scripture reading per the pastor's requirements?

2007-09-17 04:51:08 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I waited because we went on a cruise that stopped in Canada and said we may need our passports. Well I am sure everyone knows now how long it takes to get a new passport. Anyways, where do I go now to change my name? The same office we got the license? Thanks in advance...

2007-09-17 04:24:19 · 15 answers · asked by Cash, Gage and Jax's Mom 4

i would rather spend that extra money of $500 and apply it to an even better food choice at the reception. Of all weddings I have been to, the favors are always left behind and seems like a waste of money. To me, I 'd rather treat my guests to an extremely great dinner other then the usual food that is at most weddings here in my town that is served.

2007-09-17 02:46:11 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am getting married in November and I don't think I will be able to walk down the aisle b/c of my nerves. I am afraid that I am going to throw up right in front of everyone. How do I stop from being so nerves? I mean its so bad that just talking about it makes me nerves. Can someone PLEASE help me I am desperate? I am so tired of being like this!!!

2007-09-17 02:42:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ugh, I just had a rough weekend, 2 months before my wedding and I go for my first fitting. I knew the top didn't fit due from weight gain and I think changing birth control (it's all in my bust!) but when I bought it they said they could take it in our out 3". Well, this dress could NOT be taken out, not at all..... And then they noticed it was yellowing around the neck!! Don't buy a clearance dress off the rack! So they were very nice about it and check the computer and called ever store that look like they may have had the dress to have it shipped down. Since the dress was bought 1 year ago- they didn't have ANY! They had me sit down- to calm down and gave me store credit and a sales person to find another dress. My choices were limited because the dress had been in stock so I could get it in October! This is what I picked! I am very curvy so I was looking for something that was vintage looking and flattered my figure..
I got it with the train and with a pink ribbon.

2007-09-17 02:18:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have only met her twice and my fiance hasn't met her at all.

2007-09-17 01:25:57 · 38 answers · asked by Saucy B 6

To listen to your mum or to your husband. To a married wife, who's the most important person between a husband or your mum??If it was you, whom do you select??

2007-09-16 23:49:48 · 16 answers · asked by Bubbly_Angel 2

I hired a photographer for my brother's wedding reception and he didnt turn up. Instead he sent a guy who we had used for the engagement and HATED!! He didnt call or anythign to say he wasnt coming, he just sent ths other awful photographer.
We saw te pics yesterday and they are awful. The colors are wrong. The makeup looks weird, there are some awful poses. There are no pics of the guests or even that many of the famly. There is not a single photo of my son - the bride and groom's only nephew/ringbearer.
I amn't sure what to do about it. The pics are awful quality too. They look like someone took them on their mobile phone. Severeal guests at the wedding took pictures and they turned out AMAZING. The bride looked stunning. But in the "professional" pics she looks ODD. This was the first boy's wedding in my family in 30years and our family is very upset. Can I sue the photographer or make him pay for rehiring of kilts and redoing makeup and he can redo the whole shoot??

2007-09-16 23:40:18 · 16 answers · asked by Lila 2

2007-09-16 22:44:53 · 15 answers · asked by victor 1

whats the correct spelling for man and a woman?

2007-09-16 21:27:27 · 20 answers · asked by mals2008 3

wedding ideas, types of looks for weddings

2007-09-16 19:15:29 · 5 answers · asked by Felicia S 1

i will be attending a wedding expo in phoenix january 2008. i work with a wedding photographer so we'll be out there competing.
So tello me ladies, what do you look for at the booths? what gets your attention? what can we do to help us get your business? :)

thank you all in advance for the input!

2007-09-16 19:08:46 · 8 answers · asked by Robert R 1

Should I phone them and ask them if they're coming or not? Or should I think that they don't want to come? (I think it's such bad manners not to reply!)

2007-09-16 19:04:28 · 15 answers · asked by Sophia 2

How do we find a church for a wedding? How much are they and do we pay for the priest? Marriage License? By the way, we live in New York.
First informative answer gets "best answer"


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2007-09-16 18:36:56 · 6 answers · asked by krazyklwn66 3

When my partner and I decided we would be tying the knot, his parents rang me and told me they would be giving us AU$5,000. Since then his father has changed jobs and they were trying to sort everything out. They had their tax done and his mum recieved AU$1,200 which she gave to me and they keep saying they will be adding to it. His dad recieved AU$2,500, which they said they needed to pay off some debts, which is fine, thats all good, until last week when they went out and brought a spa worth over AU$1,000. I feel a little ripped off, would you if you were me?
The thing that really gets me is that they told me 5,000 because thats what they paid for his sisters wedding, quite frankly I couldn't give a dam how much they actually give us, I feel its the principal, I believe you should stick with it. They refinanced the house for his sisters wedding but they wont do it for there son.
I didn't even ask for the money, but I think you can't give one child something and not the other.

2007-09-16 18:23:47 · 20 answers · asked by christy 2

Let's do a fun one for a change guys. Best story wins best answer!

2007-09-16 17:40:16 · 28 answers · asked by ul_chick2006 1

I need help finding an updo to do for my wedding?

2007-09-16 15:55:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-16 15:40:47 · 15 answers · asked by MaMi 1

2007-09-16 15:10:45 · 30 answers · asked by Patches 5

2007-09-16 14:13:33 · 3 answers · asked by Josh's Girl 4

2007-09-16 13:31:49 · 35 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7

My ex and I had a misunderstanding 1 1/2 years ago. He had a problem with communication; would feel I was pursuing him to try and push him when I was just trying to talk so we could make well-informed decisions. I was good at this, and we were very happy. One day, though, I lost my job and I was not on top of things. He thought I broke up with him. It was too complicated to deal with at the time, and I let it go. He got together w/ a rebound person and I was hurt, and then, I think he thought I was just trying to either make him be with me against his will or keep him as some play –boy, but I really don’t know, because he was never even willing to admit he had lost trust in me, and I was too stressed about my job situation to be able to do serious relationship repair. For a long time, I thought he really hadn’t been in love with me in the first place, but as time passed and we had some exchanges, I gradually figured out that he feels very overwhelmed by his feelings for me and is for that reason somewhat afraid of me. Now, I am coming back to the other side of the country for my best friend’s wedding, and he is, for whatever reason, going. He’s not even that good of a friend with my best friend, I’m pretty sure it is me he wants to see. But, he has been with a new girlfriend for 4 months. In the past two weeks, we started talking and explaining some of his actions in a different light for the first time. Last Thursday, I got a text from him saying, “Do you want to tell me why I should trust you again?” I texted him back once, but I haven’t heard from him. I don’t want to seem pushy, so I texted him a second time saying I wanted to talk, but I would wait for him to call. But, he has not called. The wedding is next weekend. There are many things I could explain to him that would probably make things better, but I think we really need to talk, because I don’t know exactly where to begin. Should I chill or write him an email?

2007-09-16 13:15:46 · 11 answers · asked by Christina V 1

who, by tradition, is supposed to be your maid of honor? i have friends who could be my maid of honor, but i wouldn't know who to choose, so i was thinking i could just choose my mom, since she and i are close, etc. is it ok to have your mother as maid of honor? also, she is married. thanks in advance!

2007-09-16 13:03:14 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My soon-to-be MIL is insisting on helping me plan my wedding when me nor my fiance want her to help. She's actually trying to convince me to wear a wedding dress that I hate! It's big and white and very poofy and it'd make me look like a little kid and then she wants my hair in to buns aganist my head one on each side and have them braided and then have a long fancy veil. It'll look like I'm playing dressup. And she wants the MOH, bridesmaids, junior bridemaids and flower girls to wear theese dresses that are the same style as the dress she wants me to wear but pink. She wants their hair to be in pig-tails.

How can we tell her that we hate the dress ideas and we hate how controlling she's being. We tried telling her and she gushed "Oh Taylor your going to look so cute." and then pinched my cheeks. HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!

2007-09-16 10:51:57 · 16 answers · asked by Jasmine 4

2007-09-16 09:22:40 · 15 answers · asked by ♥ 3

I have been dating my BF for almost a year. We both work in the healthcare field and really love each other. I am planning on moving out of my father's house in the next six months when I save up enough to rent an apartment and buy appliances. Recently while i was over his apartment he propose the question of us moving in together, we would split the rent and share neccessites. I told him I would think about it. I am a little scared of the idea. I am the kind of person who likes to give guys their space. We spend alot of time together on the weekend since we both work mon-fri and can't see each other at that time. He always complain how he doesn't see me that much and how he misses me. I am scare that if he sees me every day that he will grow weary of me. Am i just overreacting?

2007-09-16 08:53:53 · 11 answers · asked by Kerry Kay 1

2007-09-16 07:44:35 · 13 answers · asked by REM 2

I think society with a mixture of personal views have left me mentally a bit lost!

I fear marriage because i fear eventually i will want a divorce because i am a quitter and would happily walk out when the going gets tough. I fear divorce because i'm watching men around me have their lives torn apart...financially! To work for so much by yourself and then get screwed over, i heard one comedian call it "expensive prostitution"

Then people always say, well you dont have to get married you can be a partnership whatever, but i personally believe when i do have kids i want to be married, and if i said to my girl, i dont want to be married (because of the reasons above) that hardly shows i love her. Kind of undermines her etc etc. I have hurt my girl before and walked out (more than once) maybe that has an effect on me thinking well if i get married i might walk out again. But i keep going back because i love this person.

Only this situation hasnt just occured with this one person.

2007-09-16 07:25:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

we are having a wedding meal that only seats 50 how do you go about inviting family members without there children as its very expensive without offending them or should we just include them all? please help!!!

2007-09-16 07:12:54 · 34 answers · asked by shmily 1