My Fiance and I are planning a small wedding reception, would it be strange/too formal if I wore my wedding dress out to a nice dinner afterwards?
it would be fine
i see that all of the time
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I just wanted to ask this question because i was curious but if I purposed to my girlfriend and we were planning the wedding, there would be a uneven number of guests for each side. my girlfriend has only her mother and friends and I have an entire clan (30 or more people), so if there was a wedding plan what can we do, is it even really important the guest list because i would love all my family members to come.
In the end it will all work out just fine. Don’t worry about your fiancé not having enough family at the wedding. You plan the wedding and invite those you know. My aunt and uncle got married and my aunt had none of her family at the wedding. She’s not close with her family so she didn’t invite them. On my uncles side of the family he invited his family. Then the two of them invited their friends.
In my situation, mfiancéce has less family than I do. Were inviting everyone we know to the wedding who is our family. I’m not worrying about who has more family. You should do the same thing. Invite your family to the wedding and invite friends. Don’t make it a big deal. Families come in all shape and sizes. Who you invite to the wedding will still be special. You don’t need a lot of people at a wedding to make it special. I hope you do propose to your girlfriend. Congrats if you do!
He would rather go to the courthouse.
I want some memories.
His argument is that we will be together and it does not matter.
We don’t want to spend a lot of money, but I want a dress, flowers and pictures.
I think personally your wedding is something to celebrate.
My own mother agrees we can just go to courthouse and have a wedding later.
How do I win this argument???
I am planning on a small garden wedding to at least include our parents.
That is not so bad right?
You win the argument by sticking to your guns, and telling your mother to keep out of it, if she’s not going to support you.
You tell your fiancé that it’s either the wedding or nothing – and your mother’s idea of ‘courthouse now and wedding later’ is crap, in my opinion.
You will always find other things to spend your money on, and once the occasion has passed, it’s gone. What I mean is, your fiancé doesn’t want to spend the money NOW, what makes you think he’ll want to in a few years’ time, when one of you will need a new car or something else which will seem more important than a wedding.
To be perfectly honest, your boyfriend is not striking me as being very enthusiastic about marrying you. But I might be wrong, keep pushing for this. Don’t let it go; you will regret it (a good friend of mine had a civil ceremony (courthouse) and a dinner for six (the couple, her parents, her sister and brother-in-law), and kept telling me they’d have a proper wedding later. It’s six years later, they have two kids, and everything is a priority now, except for a wedding).
My community college has a partnership with a wedding planning online certification school, and I was wondering if that was enough to be certified in to start planning weddings?
No you don’t need a "degree" – it just is (supposed) to sound/seem more impressive to potential clients if you tell them you’ve got a "degree" in wedding planning. But think about it, if you’ve got the connections, talent/flair for it and some experience – go for it – otherwise, you might consider taking classes to get some connections, tips, etc.
Is it ok? I’m not talking about setting dates or reserving halls and DJ. Just planning stuff like colors, possible places, my dress and bridal party dress styles. Maybe putting it all in a scrapbook so when its my time i’ll kinda have a guideline that i could go by.
This is not something I am going to do with my boyfriend (eventhough we have talked about marrige and he is the one ready but i want to wait a while). I think if we wait a while we will both be better prepaired and more stable as individules and it would go a lot smoother.
Haha, this is definitely a girl thing to do.
I think it is fine!
You will be super ahead when it comes to planning. I did this ’sorta’ thing too before I was engaged. The more research you get done sooner, the better! Plus it will give you more time to bargain shop and price compair and stuff of that nature! I think that every girl when it really comes down to it is all too excited about their wedding! Plan away!
I’ve been engaged for a month and we are going to get married April 2012. When can I start picking out my colors and trying on dresses??? I dont know when is the right time to start. If I start now will people wonder why I am already planning for a wedding that is a year away? Please let me know what you think!!
Get in as early as possible! Its not just the fun stuff that has to be done ie. picking colors & dresses – there’s picking venues, getting pricing, photographer, flowers, cake, seating arrangements, guest list, suits, accommodation, choosing attendants, honeymoon venue, hair trial, makeup trial…..plus a whole lot more…..& this way, if you can’t have exactly what you want, there’s time to find a good alternative.
If you start making plans now, & doing things well in advance, you may get discounts on things, & you can pay for things as you go, over the space of a year, instead of having the huge cost at the end! Even if you aren’t paying for it, you will be a lot more relaxed about everything knowing that you are being well organised.
I’m starting my own wedding planning business, and wanted to know what you brides( or grooms) look for in a planner.
Professional behavior, lots of creativity, strongly willing to make things happen and make suggestions, makes all of the costs clear to their clients, organization skills, and resourcefulness. If something doesn’t work out the last minute, it would be nice if the wedding planner had some contacts who would be willing to come in and help.
i am having issues trying to think of something but i cant think of anything
please help!
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My in-laws were totally against my marriage to my husband. We lived in another town and another state and when my husband called his family and told them that we were getting married they drove down and took him to their hotel room and gave him a long list of reasons he should not marry me. They hated me. So we called off the wedding then. A little over a year later, we got married on our lunch hour on a Friday afternoon. We went to a judge at the courthouse and got married. My in-laws told my husband it was a stupid thing to do and it would not last.
It has been more than 25 years and we are still married. The in-laws on the other hand, are not. So I would have to go with the elopement. It has worked for us.
My fiancee and I have been engaged for 4 months now and have been dating for 2 1/2 years. We are having trouble finding a date to get married. His parents are nenewing thier wedding vows next year and his younger sister is have her quincenera in 2012. His other sister just celebrated her quincenera this month. We don’t really have much choice but to wait until the next available year which is 2013. Is that too long of an engagement? We had no clue about his parents’ wedding next year!
In the begining of next year, we will be house hunting to find our first home together. Does anyone have any suggestions on what we can do in the meantime? We were thinking about going to court next year or so and then having the actual ceremony in 2013.
We originally wanted in on June 6th, but I didn’t want to put a burden on the other family’s events.
When his parent’s are renewing their vows, they are having another wedding all over again. It would cost us and the family too much to have two weddings. I understand there are other days, but planning wise, the money isn’t there to plan for 2. His parents and my fiancee are helping with the wedding.
So every time someone gets married or has a quincenera (whatever that is) in a year you think you have to wait until the following year? It seems to me that you are just putting it off because you are unsure. Also you mention money as a problem and it should not be if you two really love each other and really want to be with each other in marriage you will find a way to make it work and quit finding excuses to put it off.