Invited Late? A Gift Is Still Usually Warranted A friend of mine from graduate school is getting married next month (we are both currently in school).  We have been friendly for nearly two years but do not often get together outside of school.  I have known about his wedding for a while but was not […]

My fiancée and I have chosen a destinationlike wedding. The location requires a ferry ride to an island. We had not intended to pay for our guests’ ferry rides (it is simply not in our financial ability), but the boat is owned by the restaurant. When placing our down payment on the restaurant/location, we also […]

  Fairy Tales Come True, Even on Monday     What is a bride to do when she falls in love with a reception site that is beyond her budget? Start negotiating or consider a Thursday. When Jenny Pinzari, 28, was planning her August wedding to Adam Blotner, also 28, she fell in love with […]

I am thinking of inviting all the ladies at my church to a bridal shower. There will be approximately 30 to 40 invited, and possibly up to 20 will attend. We are a small church (approximately 100 each Sunday) and the groom has been attending all of his life (30 years). His fiancée is new […]