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So sorry for your loss. If nothing else you can read this thread and know you have women all over the world who are giving you a big virtual hug right now.

Beautiful pictures~Congratulations!

Love the pictures!!! Beautiful ceremony decor - your hair - colors - what a gorgeous wedding! Congratulations!!!!

Gorgeous pictures! Congratulations!

Quote: Originally Posted by atrott Sounds horrible but I can explain! First of all, this is the 2nd marriage for both myself and FI. My mother (my father passed away in 1992) was a big part of my first extravaganza. My FI eloped & didn't include any family in his 1st go round. His mother is attending OUR wedding with two of her girlfriends & his father will be bringing his wife. Here's my dilemna, my mother has alzheimers/dementia. She's totally healthy physically, mentally not so much! My brother has nicely volunteered to pay her way to the DR for our wedding in December. While I love the idea of having my family there to be a part of everything, I know that she's going to be completely confused & I'm going to end up spending more time worrying about her than anything & I won't be able to totally relax & enjoy myself. She still lives by herself & is very comfortable in her own surroundings. I just don't think she's going to do well with this kind of trip & I don't trust my brother to babysit her the whole time they're there. So far, I haven't figured out a way to nicely say "I love you but I don't want you at my wedding...." without starting World War III. The upside is that if I tell her, she's going to forger the conversation anyway! When I got married the first time, my grandmother had very bad dementia - so bad that the night before my wedding, she told me she couldn't come to my wedding because she was going to "Michele's Wedding". that was me, but she didn't recognize me. At the wedding however, she knew she was at A wedding, My Wedding, and she had a great time, and i was very happy she was there. but, only you know how your mother is, and who will be there to support her and take care of her while you are all away. does she have a doctor you can speak to about this - about how it will affect her to be taken out of her surroundings? that might give you and your brother a better understanding of what kind of undertaking it will be to take her out of her comfort zone. good luck with your decision.

Definitely has to be a combination of diet and exercise. find a food plan that works, like Autumn said, Weight Watchers can be great for motivation and tips. And there are lots of online sites to count your calories. Even if you start by walking for 10 minutes a day (I know it's really hot these days) it will make a big difference. and drink a ton of water! and if you can find a friend to do it with it might help too. I also invested in a personal trainer which helped a lot. Don't give yourself any unrealistic goals to lose too much weight at one time or you might disappoint yourself - I started in September for my April wedding and thought I'd lose 25 lbs - I didn't. I lost 15, but, I looked great and felt great from working out so much.

Omg - gorgeous!!!!!

Definitely agree with the other posts. We invited people who knew we were having a Destination Wedding and said they couldn't wait to come....and guess what....they didn't come. The people who say they will come and the people who actually do come, like Sheree10 said, may surprise you. Send the STD to everyone - that's the easy part, and see what kind of response you get. As far as Etiquette, I think you should send the invites - at least in my family, people definitely would have felt slighted if they didn't get the invitation, even if we knew they couldn't come.

If you want to bring Cuban Cigars back into the US, take the bands off of the cigars (that's what says they are Cuban). Not that I am advising that you break the law....I'm just saying that you can get away with it that way. And absolutely DO NOT DECLARE THAT YOU HAVE CUBAN CIGARS!!!!

Totally agree with Nicole. I was soooo stressed out on the day of my wedding, and my photographer was so helpful in getting me to laugh and relax...and I'd only met her that day! Wedding photographers, if they are good, know what they are doing, and are not really in your way as you are getting ready - they're in the background taking the pictures while you're getting ready. My other photographer (hsuband and wife team) got to my husband when he was 90% ready, and just snapped him getting his tie and jacket on... we didn't have a bridal party so I had my 2 best friends and my mom with me and he was alone. It made both of us much more comfortable for the hundreds of pictures that followed throughout the day. there are some really great pictures from that set.

We had 22 including the bride and groom. We'd invited 49. It was absolutely perfect!

Quote: Originally Posted by pat291 thank u ladies for the reply-you have me feeling much better about my situation, it's sad that other people give me the side eye when I tell them how long we have been engaged for and sometimes tell me if it took that long to happen it will never be and that I made a mistake living with a man b4 being his wife and some older folks even made the comment "why buy the cow when u can get the milk for free" I don't know how much truth there is to that, I guess they are trying to say I am already giving my fiance' the married life. Do not let what other mean people say make you feel badly. Only you and your FI know how you feel about each other and if you are happy together, that's the most important thing. There's no formula of x years dating + y years engaged = time to get married. you have to do what's right for your individual relationship. My DH and I were dating for 1 month when we got engaged - trust me, we got a LOT of crazy looks and comments for that one - we're married now and haven't even been together for 2 years....but we are ridiculously HAPPY and we love each other more than we ever thought possible. Don't let it get you down.

Fantastic detailed review! First - I LOVE LOVE LOVE dueling pianos - I wish they had that up here - DH has never seen that and it's so much fun. Second - the smile on your face in the picture where you're having your dress laced up is GORGEOUS - you look so happy and beautiful - Love it. Even with the small pitfalls - it looks like you had a beautiful wedding and cruise - Congratulations!!!!

Love the pictures Taylor - looks like everyone had a great time! and I love the cupcakes with the cake! We FINALLY got all of our Thank Yous done last night - I'd done half of them myself but was kind of lazy about the rest. I have to say DH helped a lot more than I expected - he addressed and stamped more than half of them and mailed them all out for me. Definitely feel better that it's done and out of the way now - and still under the 3 month mark!

You know, I forgot to tell everybody, I got my marriage license in about 4 weeks. Way shorter time than I expected, and it's actually a pretty document.

Very nice - BBQs are a good way for people to mingle and get to know each other.

What a great job - i LOVE LOVE LOVE your dress! Your guests will love all of the effort you've put into everything! Congratulations!

Quote: Originally Posted by skadow Confession: I know I am going to sound like the biggest b*tch, but I don’t want my FI niece and nephew to be my flower girl and ring bear. They are only 5 and I am afraid they are going to be running all around, and people are going to think it is cute because they are young. I really have no patients for that type of thing. I do not think it is cute. I want the attention to be on me. Any other event I would be fine sharing, but not MY wedding. My FI mother has already hinted to having them in the wedding. And how cute the girl would look in her little dress. …meh I don't blame you at all - it's YOUR day and YOU should be the star and center of attention. You can choose not to have children in the wedding...tell your FMIL that you appreciate her input.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege Definitely check with your dress. Some dresses the corset goes basically to the butt crack. So sometimes you have to have a little bit of a modisty panel. But otherwise, I love it both ways. So beautiful! That is exactly what was the case with mine...if I took the panel out my whole butt would have shown -I love the look of the panel out, but I kept mine in and it still looked awesome! Talk to your seamstress if you aren't sure.

Quote: Originally Posted by sasse75 I wanted to share some great news......although it is still very early, we found out last weekend (on Father's Day) that I am pregnant! We are both so excited Congratulations!!!! What wonderful news!

I think it was $70 - make sure they get the "event pass" that covers the entire time - they have one for days and one for nights but the "event pass" covers the day and night.

Quote: Originally Posted by Shoesiesluvr Krista I think it will extremely difficult to find a dress that will match the girls since we bought the dresses in Jan/Feb and they are from a reg store not like a wedding or dept store so we cant go online and order it off there...and i doubt that there is any way to alter it since theres hardly any extra fabric lol and the material of the dresses is kind of like sheen material and in a bright fuchsia color so it kind of shows all This is the closest i could find to the style of the dress just in a diff color ^^ and the material almost looks like this, the color is similar as well... Hopefully you guys can understand why im soo stressed about it...with the color and the material it would be very noticealbe...and ther reason we chose such a tight and bright dress is because the 3 of the BMs all have hott bodies and they look amazing in the dresses...AT THE TIME lol and now its like, lets add more stress haha Personally, I would always try to look good in anyone's pictures, but you cannot force these other girls to lose or watch their weight. All I can say is that the worse they look, the better you will look. You have to try to find the up side of these things.

Quote: Originally Posted by KimmyD My FI and I just found out my in-laws will not be attending.We think it is because she has decided not to like me. (She does not like any of her sons wives or girlfriends) Although my wonderful FI really thought she would love me, he was dumbfounded that she did not. (I am sooo lucky!) I was thinking of sending this email, I am not sure I should or what it should say. Here it is: I am sorry that you have chosen not to attend our wedding. I was told that you had other plans. We were engaged March 17, 2009, we sent out our save the dates with 9 months notice. I simply cannot comprehend what could possibly be more important than seeing your son get married. You have really hurt Mike with this decision. Mike's reaction to this has surprised me, he is extremely angry. This wedding location was picked out by Mike, this is very important to him, he has been planning this thing right from the start. This is also an opportunity for you to meet my side of the family and our very dear friends who will be attending. It seems that Mike's side of the family will be solely represented by Seth. Thanks goodness one person from his family cares enough to be there for him. This is the start of a wonderful new life for us. Help Ladies, Please! Thanks, Kim I know you are so hurt that your future in laws aren't coming and the thought that they might not like you is an awful one. I have to agree with all of the other ladies that sending this note will only things worse and not better. Your FI needs to speak with them to find out what the situation is. He's the one that knows them and how to deal with them best. Weddings, whether they are Destination are not, are times when you sometimes find out the worst about people. Let him handle this. Good luck!

I wore a strapless dress - I went tanning in advance and for the 2 days I was there in advance, I kept my straps down when I was in the sun with LOTS of sunblock. I had no lines.

I actually can't believe I never shared my dress on this thread! It is a Maggie Sottero - Nakita - it is now discontinued - I fell in love with it when I saw it and actually got to wear it 3 times - the day of the wedding, the TTD and for my AHR