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I am glad you can come here to vent. It sounds like this shows you that you are definitely needing to move on from these women who can't even be there for you. Good luck to you and enjoy your wedding

Good job. Maybe I can get there too.

1. How old are you? 35 2. At what age did you/will you get married? 35 (20 first time) 3. Do you have children? No 4. Did you think you would marry the person you are with now? Nope 5. Were you ever engaged or married to someone other than the person you are with now? yes 6. Do you want a garden wedding, beach wedding, or the traditional church wedding? Ocean wedding 7. Where did you/will you get married? Tampa Florida 8. First dance - classic waltz, slow and sexy, or fast and spicy? slow and sexy 9. How many guests did you/will you have? 28 10. Do you want/did you have an extravagant wedding or a simple wedding? Simple 11. Vows - traditional or something you make up on your own? make up somehting 12. How many layers of cake did you/will you have? 2 (3 for at home) 13. Is/was your wedding/reception at a hotel? no 14. When did you/will you get married - sunrise, mid-day, sunset? Midday 15. Did you/will you have your reception outdoors or indoors? on a ship 16. Plan every detail down to the napkins or let someone else decide? most details 17. How did/will the bride enter? walk alone 18. Song to walk down the aisle to: I'm Yours 19. Song to make your exit: If your wondering if I want you, I want you to 20. Will you/did you have a solemn ceremony or a light one? in between 21. At what age did you think you would get married? was married earlier before I even thought about it. Never thought I'd marry again. 22. Who to invite - practically everyone or a select few? Select Few 23. Wedding menu - fine dining or simply delicious? simply delicious 24. Champagne or red wine? Champagne 25. Honeymoon right after the wedding, awhile after the wedding, or no honeymoon? right after 26. Was your/will your honeymoon be at a place special to you both or somewhere brand new to you both? New! 27. Who will pay for the bills? Us 28. Living together: Not before marriage or absolutely before marriage? Absolutely before 29. Anything else about marriage you'd like to say? no

yep another post here to get the count to what it needs to be. Hope some day I am not a noob. LOL

Chesty Glitterthong! Woohoo...

So cute! I love your dog taking a nap with your sweetie.

I think I am using Puff the Magic Dragon. Strange choice, I know, but I have a lot of memories of my dad singing this song when I was a little girl. I may not do it because just thinking about it makes me start to cry and I don't know if I could get through it.

me too... almost to 100.

Venus 909 I am the same way you are, but then I realize that I really want to see everything too. I think I waited too long though. I leave for my wedding in one month.

Way to go. Maybe I can get there before I get married... LOL

I've never heard of this before, but hey, why not?!

Great idea. My mom and mom in law to be mean so much more to me than either dad, yet the dads get all the honors traditionally at the wedding.

I love this idea and the instant gratification for both the guests and you were able to have the pictures right away! What a wonderful keepsake.

Thanks for sharing this last year. I think I may steal your idea of the shot vs champagne. That's a pretty cool twist.

I really like those. Thank you for sharing that. I have been looking for a charm frame that doesn't look cheap and these are nice.

How pretty and sparkly, makes me wish I had a starfish theme.

These are so beautiful at night! I wish I could set these off from the cruise ship. Oh well for me

Sounds like some good ideas. I can't see attachments yet, but I like the idea of dressing up the basic cake.

I like this design for the programs! Thanks for sharing all the information.

I am having these as my colors too... along with a little touch of orange and turquoise added.

We are getting married on a cruise and thankfully the cruiseline offers a registry that those who insist that they must buy us a gift can choose an item from there. It helps us with the honeymoon and those that feel they must get us a gift can choose something they think we will enjoy. In the end, we really just get the funds to use as we wish on the cruise or get as cash to come home with. Either way, it makes it easier to deal with for us.

Casey, I think your ceremony sounds very nice. It isn't too long, but yet touching and personal. I also like the stone portion, very cool.

Sorry you have so much stress being added in to a stressful busy time anyway. You did follow proper "rules" for making your invitation but for those family members who are less informed, I could see that they might think you were being somehow disrespectful. And perhaps they don't realize the reason you left your mother's name off. Maybe they don't know about the "who is sponsoring gets listed" thing. Don't kill yourself worrying over it all. If someone calls to yell at you, say that you'd appreciate if they would let you and your mother deal with the issue, it is a private discussion. Sounds like you and your mom have lots to work out regardless, so I wish you the best of luck in getting past this difficulty.

Leigh, I would think that the "service fee" would cover tips for the bartenders. I'm not sure what else the service fee would be for, if not the people providing the service.

I think you've received good advice here. What I don't get is, why would you want to go to the wedding of someone you don't know... Stick to your guns and don't feel pressured to include people you don't want to.