Wedding Planning Tips

I’m looking for some bridesmaids dresses but everything at bridal stores look to fancy, I’m looking for some spring type dresses that my girls can actually wear again but are cute enough for an wedding, my colors are silver gold and turquoise, I’m findin it difficult to find more casual dresse in turquoise, I live in the Arkansas area but I could order online if necessary, any ideas!?

I’m looking for some bridesmaids dresses but everything at bridal stores look to fancy, I’m looking for some spring type dresses that my girls can actually wear again but are cute enough for an wedding, my colors are silver gold and turquoise, I’m findin it difficult to find more casual dresse in turquoise, I live in the Arkansas area but I could order online if necessary, any ideas!?

My husband and I met when I was 17. An old friend of mine hooked us up, at the time I was really lonely.. My mom never let me go out, only once in a while even though I was an ok kid I didn’t feel like putting up a fight. So one night my mom let me hang out at my girlfriends house and actually sleep over. The guy she hooked me up with is my now husband his name is adam. We only made out.. I didn’t have super great feelings for him. I knew it. I remember my sister, and her bf invited us both to go to the lake and I didn’t want to go, so I didn’t. I remember when I said I didn’t want to go I saw his face and how upset it looked. I felt bad. Anyway I actually ended up hanging out with other guys. But while I was hanging out with these guys I decided that Adam (my husband) wasn’t as stupid and I figured that he wouldn’t hurt me like these other guys most likely would.. So I decided to be with adam. So we were together for a year almost and I was 18 by this time. My parents were about to move to the US, they wanted me to go with them. A week before I was about to go with my parents I found out I was pregnant. For some reason I remember being happy because I didn’t want to leave adam and I was actually pissed because I was 18, and I was sick of my parents controlling me, yes they were still insanely controlling and I couldn’t stand it! Anyway, my parents asked me to go with them even though I was pregnant because my parents weren’t too fond of the way adams parents were. I didn’t want to at all, I wanted out… as soon as I possibly could. So I was for once in my life free, and it felt awesome. Anyway, I made good choices. We stayed with his brother and his gf I got a job and we did pretty well and are still doing awesome. He makes a lot of money now and life isn’t that bad. Other than the fact that Its still hard for me to have feelings for him, or to love him? We got married in July of 2010. A month before the wedding I text my husband and told him I didn’t want to marry him. In fact the reason why we were getting married was because of me. What I told him was “if we’re not going to get married than why should I be with you, what is the point?” That is what I thought of at that time.. I wish I never said that but I “was” super religious at the time. Not so much anymore. Anyway, so I text him I didn’t love him, and I wouldn’t answer his calls and his mom came over. she was angry. There were other times where I didn’t want to be with my husband, I would always give “reasons” why when really the real reason was because I don’t love him. His mom said “what she doesn’t love him?” on the phone while she was at my house. At the time I didn’t even want to believe that, I just thought, no its because of this, this and this. My husband pissed me off a lot. (not so much anymore).
There were many times I told my husband I wanted to break up. He never, ever took it seriously. I threw my rings at him before too he‘d get so defensive. So I had this idea in my head for a while, the only way I could get out of this relationship is to cheat on him. So… I had this idea in my head, though I never ever, ever thought it would ever happen. I thought , there wouldn’t ever be an opportunity. Soooo.. That may not be the case. Although I didn’t cheat on my husband, I almost did. I went to my husbands Christmas party, got drunk and my husbands brothers wife grabbed me and we went to a bar with some of the guys my husband works with, my husband didn’t come. So when I saw this “cute” guy there, whom works at the same place as my husband, ive seen him before and played Frisbee with him and some girls in the summer time. (btw, I was SO drunk, I didn’t even know I could get that drunk cause it had been so long) So I was pretty much flirting with him and grabbing his hand from what I remember (there were a few black outs) although he said “he cant., or no” I said why? And he said, “because I couldn’t do that to adam” so I guess it was closing time (I didn’t realize till he told me so, because I asked him where all the ppl were and he said it was closing) so he walked me to the door and told me if I wasn’t with my husband he would F the **** out of me.. Weird. Anyways, I saw a cab and ran in there and went to see my husband and I passed out at home, woke up in the morning and walked down stairs and laid on the couch and BAM all those horrid memories came back of the night before. I was devastated the whole day. And thought “I cant live with this lie” (even though I am living a lie right now, it doesn’t feel as bad) so, I told him sometime during the afternoon, he was pissed and hurt, I was so upset I hurt him that bad. Then after that I said “why don’t you just break up w/ me”. But he wont. The real reason why I wont just leave is possibly because I am very fearful about what will happen when I leave. I guess u can say I am afraid of the unknown, or all the anger/sadness/drama that could possibly come with divorce…but i dont…know

YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ THIS IF YOU DON’T WANT TO IT MIGHT BE BORING!!!!
well, my big brother (he’s the only sibling i have) our sibling relationship is more of friends even though he’s 22 and has friends of his own he still played video games and watched tv with me. when my mom was married to our step-dad (that neither of us liked nor his kids) he would never speak to me or go near me in fact i hardly ever saw him (do to his relationship with our step-family) but when i was home sick my mom made him stay home from school and we’d play school at home and at lunch time he’d make me tomato soup and grilled cheese then play school again.
our mom divorced our step dad and we move elsewhere and he’s had a few girlfriends (that i know of) the first girl i didn’t like i never really got to know her but i just had a feeling i wouldn’t like her (i was maybe 9) i only met her once but she broke up with him for another guy, the second one i actually liked she actually WANTED to get to know me and not just my brother but she broke up with him because he was moving too fast.
THE ACTUAL QUESTION!!!!!
NOW (so sorry for the life story and his GF story)
he got a new GF (fiance) she moved in with us cause her parents kicked her out shes not addicted to drugs but she does them if gets the chance, she used to smoke pot, and her mom and younger brother does drugs too and drinks, her cousin lives nearby and i’ll admit it i don’t like her or her family at all. I skipped her cousins baby shower today and now her cousin and her are mad at me. My brother asked her to marry him (not traditionally)
the way they got engaged was that they talked about it and decided they would and since he didn’t have a ring then (my family is not rich and we barely get by) all i ever heard from her was “do you have the money yet” “when am i gonna get my ring” “will it look good” “it better not be that ugly gold color”
she is SOOOO ungreatful she ALWAYS drags my brother away when he wants to watch tv or play games with me in fact i’m used to being let down and whenever he says “I promise” i always doubt him and whenever he keeps his promises (very rare) he wanders why i get surprised.
his lines are “not today” “i can’t i gotta go to bed” “im too tired” “(she) won’t let me”
the only time i get to even talk to him is when shes at work and he’s off work. and his fiance kinda forced the role bridesmaid on me without even consulting it with me first and my mother says i should do it, I hate the idea because i strongly dislike her and her family and since my whole family lives in a different country they cant go because of health or past injury (my whole family isnt like that only my aunts and uncles) one of my cousins is still in high school so he can’t come over on his own, and his sister (my other cousin) just had a baby so her, her baby, and her husband can’t go either. My mom is inviting some friends so i figured i could endure it if i had a friend or two, My mom said i had to ask my brothers fiance so i did and she asked “which one?” when i told her she said “no i don’t want her at my wedding she annoys me.” (my friend is my BEST FRIEND and by no means annoying what-so-ever she never ever talks to my brothers fiance) so after thinking
“i don’t like her or her family, my family won’t be there, i don’t know any of my moms friends, and i’ll be by myself” i figured i didn’t want to go and i told my mom and she yelled at me saying “he’s your brother!, he’s the only sibling you have!, you’ll be ok for *so many* hours!!!, you’ll regret it if you do!”
i honestly don’t wanna go and im sure no one will miss me, my mom will have her friends, his fiance will have him and her family, and he’ll have my mom and her, PLUS they both live with us so it’s not like i won’t see them everyday!!! who am i really hurting if i don’t go everyone will be too distracted to notice me gone.
Am i doing the right thing by not going?
if i end up being forced to go should i retry getting my friend to go?
and do you guys think i should go?
sorry its too long and trust me i know i didn’t explain exactly why i don’t like her but again trust me if you knew how she treats my brother you’d understand why. please help and thanks guys

Hello. I am 21 years old and i m still studying. I live with my parents, brother and brother’s wife. My parents went through a financial crisis when i was in my final year of school, so they refused to finance me for further studies. I had my own aims and it was SHOCKING for me to accept that i cannot study further. Since my brother was earning and he was un-married at that time, i asked him to help me by financing my studies and promised to return it back once i start earning. But he Denied. So i started earning at my own, i did two to three part-time jobs after my college to earn the fees and managed to complete my college somehow.
Since i remained a bright student, i decided to pursue a masters degree. Now i m doing my masters. My parents have NO money or jewelery at all in store for my future(by that i mean for my wedding). I have two bank loans on me, so i m doing a part-time job to pay the loan-interest and save a little money for my future.
My father was still under crisis so recently he decided to start a new business for which he required money. My brother had already helped them financially alot in the past hence he refused to help further. So my mom asked me for money (around US $230) and she promised to pay some amount from it every month. I accepted the deal since they are my parents. I gave them the money which i had been saving for so many years for my future. I dont even charge any interest on the principal amount.
But now my parents dont even pay me the monthly installments. Upon asking they give thousand excuses and my mom gets angry and starts telling me what all favors they did to me when i was a kid (Despite the fact that i am completely independent since i did my school-because they NEVER helped me).
I stay with them, and they don’t charge me for any electricity bill, house rent, or food and washing stuff. So I feel guilty when asking for my money. But yes, my mom never cares for my food. Most of the days in the week i eat only the dinner at home. Due to my busy schedule, i don’t even use their home alot, i only come back home to sleep, so i don’t even use much of their electricity or even the house. I wanted to shift in a hostel but they didnt allow me to.
So now, i am under dilemma, should i keep nagging my parents for my money back or should i not because i stay with them?

Hello. I am 21 years old and i m still studying. I live with my parents, brother and brother’s wife. My parents went through a financial crisis when i was in my final year of school, so they refused to finance me for further studies. I had my own aims and it was SHOCKING for me to accept that i cannot study further. Since my brother was earning and he was un-married at that time, i asked him to help me by financing my studies and promised to return it back once i start earning. But he Denied. So i started earning at my own, i did two to three part-time jobs after my college to earn the fees and managed to complete my college somehow.
Since i remained a bright student, i decided to pursue a masters degree. Now i m doing my masters. My parents have NO money or jewelery at all in store for my future(by that i mean for my wedding). I have two bank loans on me, so i m doing a part-time job to pay the loan-interest and save a little money for my future.
My father was still under crisis so recently he decided to start a new business for which he required money. My brother had already helped them financially alot in the past hence he refused to help further. So my mom asked me for money (around US $230) and she promised to pay some amount from it every month. I accepted the deal since they are my parents. I gave them the money which i had been saving for so many years for my future. I dont even charge any interest on the principal amount.
But now my parents dont even pay me the monthly installments. Upon asking they give thousand excuses and my mom gets angry and starts telling me what all favors they did to me when i was a kid (Despite the fact that i am completely independent since i did my school-because they NEVER helped me).
I stay with them, and they don’t charge me for any electricity bill, house rent, or food and washing stuff. So I feel guilty when asking for my money. But yes, my mom never cares for my food. Most of the days in the week i eat only the dinner at home. Due to my busy schedule, i don’t even use their home alot, i only come back home to sleep, so i don’t even use much of their electricity or even the house. I wanted to shift in a hostel but they didnt allow me to.
So now, i am under dilemma, should i keep nagging my parents for my money back or should i not because i stay with them?

Hello. I am 21 years old and i m still studying. I live with my parents, brother and brother’s wife. My parents went through a financial crisis when i was in my final year of school, so they refused to finance me for further studies. I had my own aims and it was SHOCKING for me to accept that i cannot study further. Since my brother was earning and he was un-married at that time, i asked him to help me by financing my studies and promised to return it back once i start earning. But he Denied. So i started earning at my own, i did two to three part-time jobs after my college to earn the fees and managed to complete my college somehow.
Since i remained a bright student, i decided to pursue a masters degree. Now i m doing my masters. My parents have NO money or jewelery at all in store for my future(by that i mean for my wedding). I have two bank loans on me, so i m doing a part-time job to pay the loan-interest and save a little money for my future.
My father was still under crisis so recently he decided to start a new business for which he required money. My brother had already helped them financially alot in the past hence he refused to help further. So my mom asked me for money (around US $230) and she promised to pay some amount from it every month. I accepted the deal since they are my parents. I gave them the money which i had been saving for so many years for my future. I dont even charge any interest on the principal amount.
But now my parents dont even pay me the monthly installments. Upon asking they give thousand excuses and my mom gets angry and starts telling me what all favors they did to me when i was a kid (Despite the fact that i am completely independent since i did my school-because they NEVER helped me).
I stay with them, and they don’t charge me for any electricity bill, house rent, or food and washing stuff. So I feel guilty when asking for my money. But yes, my mom never cares for my food. Most of the days in the week i eat only the dinner at home. Due to my busy schedule, i don’t even use their home alot, i only come back home to sleep, so i don’t even use much of their electricity or even the house. I wanted to shift in a hostel but they didnt allow me to.
So now, i am under dilemma, should i keep nagging my parents for my money back or should i not because i stay with them?

im 15 in grade 10 and iv started thinking about my future a lot but im not sure what to do im gonna b 17 when i graduate high school and i was thinking about not going to school till january and ill be 18 so from the time i graduate and january i would want to get a job and work my other option is taking a year off to just work and make money then go to school
i have always had a passion for make up nails and hair styling and for decorating or even a wedding planner
my mom wont let me be a interior decorator shes so dumb shes like you have to go to peoples houses they can rape you like wtf
i want to do cosmetology school and work at the same times then when im done i want to work at like the body shop and do hair nails and stuff in my spare time but at the same time i want to be a wedding planner too
so what should i do i really need advice

I just got engaged 1 month ago and am so incredibly happy! My entire family witnessed our engagement and my parents planned & paid for a one week Vegas vacation for both my fiance and I to celebrate. My entire family loves my fiance and are super involved with wedding plans already!
This is all great, but I can’t help but feel sad that my future in-laws have not even acknowledged our engagement. My fiance texted them the night it happened and they responded saying “congrats” but that is all that they have said regarding the issue. I asked my fiance if his parents had said anything at all about our engagement/ wedding to him since and he said that they had not brought it up… in fact, he said that he tried to talk to his dad about it and his dad changed the subject (as if he did not care!). My fiance is hurt by his parents lack of interest in our engagement/ wedding, and now i’m beginning to feel bad too.
So I’m wondering if i should take the initiative and call my future in-laws? I don’t want to make them uncomfortable, but it hurts that they have no interest and its awkward knowing that i havent even spoken to them since getting engaged… i mean, they are going to be my inlaws. Also, i feel I should add that my relationship with my fiances parents isn’t bad, and i’m pretty sure that they don’t dislike me… so i don’t think thats an issue.
Has anybody experienced anything similar?

I really want to be a wedding planner but i do NOT want to have my own business i just couldn’t do it. What should i take in college that will give me experience in that field?? I am going to Solano Community College and they do not have event planning. So don’t know what i should take for it