An interesting topic came up on my baby board.  Should people who have kids before getting married bother spending money on a big, splashy wedding and engagement ring?  Or did they put the cart before the horse, and instead focus on saving that money for a home, retirement, college, kids, etc?  Basically did they miss [...]

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So I promised a wedding photo earlier but I didn’t want to disturb my anonymity.  But here’s a shot to give you an idea of what my day was like.  Yeah the day and setting were amazing.  The other photos were even better.  This is my $17k wedding/honeymoon, except I didn’t honeymoon in Hawaii.

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This is a very strange etiquette post and finance post in one.  So how do you save on a wedding gift?  Don’t give one!  Are you obligated to give a gift to the couple?  What happens if you don’t?
Our roommate went to a wedding memorial day and didn’t give the couple a gift.  And yes [...]

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I realized as I had dinner with a few couples the other night it’s all a matter of perspective.  What do I mean?  Well one couple had just gotten married over Memorial Day weekend.  It was a lovely wedding.  But from their perspective it was a small wedding of 175 guests. 
My jaw started hanging, when [...]

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A woman asked the question, if she and her husband had agreed to be in a friend’s wedding party, how late is too late to back out? 

We’re supposed to attend an out of state wedding for friends in a few months.  These are very very close friends of my DH and I’ve known them for [...]

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