[WeddingFilter] I need recommendations for a really, really basic book or Web site that explains how to plan your own wedding. Bonus points if it holds your hand and tells you "there, there, it will all be alright." [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 27 answers 
Why have a wedding? [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 53 answers
Complicated name-change issues. I am changing my last name, but not due to a legal marriage. Can I get my name changed now, but start using it for everything later? [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 10 answers
[Proposal Filter] We've lived together for 7 years, been together for 9. We've discussed the future, kids, plans, etc. I was always okay with our living-in-sin/unmarried status until recently. [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 34 answers
We are getting married at The Reef Playacar resort in Mexico in June and we feel as if we are getting the runaround from the staff. Does anyone have any experience at this resort or others in Mexico? [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 10 answers
What's a good wedding present for someone who doesn't believe in the sanctity of marriage? [more inside]
posted on Dec 29, 2007 - 20 answers
Did you write your own vows when you got married? Should we? If you did, what part of your customized vows were you most happy with? [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2007 - 31 answers
How common is it for couples to get married without an expensive engagement ring? [more inside]
posted on Nov 19, 2007 - 117 answers
What kind of things do we need to do before the wedding day? [more inside]
posted on Nov 11, 2007 - 24 answers
She wants to get married in a Catholic church, I fundamentally disagree. What to do? [more inside]
posted on Nov 6, 2007 - 99 answers
Nice cheap or free places to get married in Dallas/Fort Worth? [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2007 - 4 answers
I'm officiating my younger sister's wedding, and want to find out what they want out of their ceremony. [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2007 - 5 answers
Should I get married wearing a tuxedo or a suit? [more inside]
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 34 answers
Getting married next week and need a French reading. We're bilingual but our ceremony is all in English. As acknowledgment of the French side of our culture (an as a concession to the French side of the family) we'd like to have a French reading as part of our ceremony. The only problem is that we don't know any appropriate French poetry or other nice words that could be read. The wedding's in a week and I'm starting to freak out a bit, although the worst thing that could happen is we skip the reading (deep breaths....) [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2007 - 10 answers
Can anyone reccomend any estate jewelry dealers in the Los Angeles area? I'm looking for a relatively traditional engagement ring in the "couple thousand bucks" price range, but I'm a recent transplant.
posted on Jul 18, 2007 - 7 answers
How do we go about choosing a priest for a catholic wedding when I am lapsed and he is atheist? [more inside]
posted on Jun 13, 2007 - 34 answers
My fiance and I started wondering if two people with our same last names have ever been married before. [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2007 - 8 answers
Best Wedding Gift Evar? [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2007 - 31 answers
We've been invited to a Buddhist wedding. How can we stay faux-pas-free? [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2007 - 23 answers
I've been asked to give a reading at a friend's wedding, so I'm looking for a poem that would be appropriate. Ideally, it should be modern (written after 1900) and sweet, but not sexual, religious, schmaltzy, or emetic. Most suggestions online are variations of Maya Angelou's "Touched By An Angel". I found the previous two AskMe questions on this topic helpful, and I have some ideas, but I'm hoping to generate a few more. [more inside]
posted on May 14, 2007 - 20 answers
How sure should I be before accepting a marriage proposal? [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2007 - 63 answers
Need recommendations for good locations to get wedding rings in New York City. [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2007 - 13 answers
Going to a wedding where I will make a humorous speech. The groom just got out of basic training for the reserves, so I've been brainstorming a on the theme of "he used to say [civilian speak], now he says [military speak]." Below is what I have so far (just the shorthand.) Any contributions would be most appreciated!
Wedding ring => Chain of Command
Orgasm=>Honorable Discharge
"That time of the month"=>Defcon 3
Blocked Shot (basketball)=>Court Martial
Wedding Day=>D Day
?=>WMD
Urination=>Operation Golden Flow
?=>Flak Jacket
"Yes Dear"=>Roger
?=>AWOL
?=>Going Below Decks
SEX=>Sierra Echo X-ray
posted on Feb 20, 2007 - 22 answers
How to create a low-key "indie" wedding? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2007 - 18 answers
Did you marry someone despite misgivings and have actually it work? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2006 - 22 answers
Looking for a place for a small wedding reception in the Tiwn Cities, with a few other specifications.
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posted on Oct 30, 2006 - 11 answers
NerdProposalFilter: Looking for a creative way to ask my boyfriend to marry me, via World of Warcraft. [more inside]
posted on Oct 21, 2006 - 8 answers
My sister is having trouble finding someone to marry her and her fiance in the Gastonia/Charlotte, North Carolina area. Help! See extended explanation. [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2006 - 15 answers
My fiancee and I are not particularly religious, but my mother is and she's pissed! What are my options? [more inside]
posted on Jun 22, 2006 - 69 answers
My fiance is looking for wedding dresses this weekend, and is wondering if anyone has recommendations for stores in the San Francisco Bay Area (esp. SF, Peninsula and San Jose areas). She is looking for places with a good selection of <$2000 dresses. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
posted on Jun 15, 2006 - 6 answers
MarriageFilter: Is it possible for an average citizen in Manitoba, Canada to legally perform/solemnize a marriage ceremony? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2006 - 4 answers
InterFaithFilter: Jewish/Non-Jewish intermarriage. Any Mefites have personal experience? [more inside]
posted on Dec 1, 2005 - 26 answers
Help me be a fabulous maid-of-honor for my best friend's wedding. [more inside]
posted on Nov 1, 2005 - 11 answers
Mefibrarians and Mefi-Seattlites: Help us plan the dorkiest wedding ever.
So we didn't end up making fancy dinner for my birthday on Friday, planning instead to put it off until Sunday, but that is OK because instead I got an engagement ring. Now we need to find a library or library-ish building to get married in. [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2005 - 19 answers
Is it ok for a couple to ask the groom's grandparents or parents if we could hold a small wedding at one of their homes? If so, what's the best way to ask? [more inside]
posted on Aug 29, 2005 - 12 answers
Where should I get married in New York City? [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2005 - 23 answers
How much should I expect to pay for my wedding rings? Just doing some preliminary research in regards to the rings, I've already found a range of prices, both far below and above what I expected to be charged for these. Has anyone had any recent experience with this? What can I expect? Is there a significant price difference between in-store and online ring shopping?
posted on Jun 6, 2005 - 19 answers
I'm looking to elope later this year. The plan is to go on honeymoon to a place like Belize, starting off (there) with a simple, unattended ceremony. What are the implications of getting married outside of the US, and what sort of things do I need to do prior to the trip down there? Is this a bad idea?
posted on May 17, 2005 - 6 answers
We're getting married in June at the courthouse. Our parents, and anyone else who's around and wants to go, is welcome to come along but we're not formally inviting anyone. We are, however inviting people to the reception, and I have questions about what the invitations should say. [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2005 - 18 answers
Getting married next week and we need help with our first dance steps. [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2005 - 7 answers
So how often do people object before the fatal I-do's are spoken at weddings? Either shouting something like "Ellllaaaaine!" or the more understated going up and conferring with the clergyperson and celebrants. [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2005 - 20 answers
QUOTEFILTER: Newly(-ish) married, ISO some good quotes to emblazon upon my groomsmen's thank-you gifts (flasks)
posted on Jan 27, 2005 - 6 answers
Where should I get married in Las Vegas? [More Inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2005 - 17 answers
Should my fiancé and I elope?
posted on Nov 26, 2004 - 45 answers
One of my best friends is getting married, and I am thrilled to be the best man. I have to write a speech. Now, that's tricky enough in and of itself, but there's an additional wrinkle: My friend is having a pretty traditional wedding in Mexico. My Spanish is somewhat broken, but I have friends and family who can help me translate whatever I write. My question is: what is appropriate in such a speech in Mexico? How long should it be? What can I expect? More inside...
posted on Oct 13, 2004 - 3 answers
Minor riff on the mixed belief marriage question of earlier:
Has anyone ever participated in a marriage ceremony that had no legal basis? That is, a wedding without a marriage license, the public commitment without the contract law behind it. Your experience and opinions are appreciated.
posted on Oct 1, 2004 - 12 answers
So the finace and I are starting to ponder our honeymoon. A coworker suggested a Canal Cruise across the pond in England as a possibility. Does anyone have any opinions or tips regarding putting down the canals at three miles per hour on a narrowboat built for two? Things that a pair of young Americans should watch out for? Thanks!
posted on Sep 10, 2004 - 9 answers
Does anyone have any experience with self-solemnizing a wedding? My fiance and I are getting married soon and, since Colorado allows it, we'd like to solemnize our own wedding. Please share experiences and/or opinions, poetry has already been taken care of. Simple, tasteful, non-religious but meaningful is our goal.
posted on Aug 27, 2004 - 2 answers
EtiquetteFilter. Specifically, I'm interested in wedding invitation etiquette. Even more specifically, I'm interested in the proper etiquette for addressing wedding invitations. No, not the proper wording, because I've found that ... I really just want to know: Do we have to address all of these things by hand?
posted on Aug 3, 2004 - 18 answers
Marriagefilter - I (we) got engaged a few weeks ago, and the wedding planning has started. We're frantically searching (our minds, the intraweb) for pre-ceremony songs. Something along the lines of Sarah Mclachlan, something easy for a male and female vocalist. My fiance is even considering a song by Wynonna. Please lend any suggestions; we're brain dead.
posted on Jul 24, 2004 - 22 answers
Thanks for all your help with the engagement ring question. I swear, on my MeFi account, it's not me...I'm just the reluctant best friend. Right...so I need some more ammo.
My friend is agnostic, his fiance is athiest...yet her family wants her to have a Jewish wedding...so much so, that they're again applying the pressure, and since she "feels" Jewish, even though she doesn't believe, she's going along with it. See, her parents won't go to a civil or catholic ceremony, and if they don't have a Jewish ceremony, there's going to be hell to pay. But, my friend's parents are staunch catholics, and while they would go to a Jewish wedding, they won't wear yarmulkes, and some of his family won't even attend.
My advice? Either insist on a dual ceremony, or just let her parents have their way, considering they're going to shell out the money. But on top of that engagement ring debacle, I'm afraid he's set too many precedents.
What the hell can my friend say to her parents to get them to lay off? If he puts his foot down, what can he expect from them? From her? Anybody marry into a domineering family? Anybody intermarry Catholics/Jewish?
We all know this is a downward spiral, and if he doesn't put his foot down, next it's going to be Hebrew school for the kids, etc. (oh yeah, they're also doing the "you're going to raise the kids Jewish, aren't you?" thing).
Oy Vey! If the parents just weren't involved, this entire engagement/wedding thing would be simple.
posted on May 26, 2004 - 87 answers
