I am having a hard time talking to my father about it. He is catholic and very conservative. He said that he will think about it before the actual day of. I am having a hard time talking to him about it. Any advice?
I’ve been a bridesmaid for most weddings I’ve attended (very few!). Now my male significant other will be a groomsman. The wedding we’ll attend seems like it will be pretty nice, though not ultra-formal. The groomsmen and groom will wear suits instead of tuxedo. I am not sure if it matters, but most of the people attending will be Vietnamese, and I think the wedding will be in a Catholic church. The wedding will be early summer. My usual dressy style is dark clothing year ’round and I favor skirts from just above the knee to floor length. What do you think will look proper for someone in my position to wear? Thank you!
Hey all, Im just wanting a few verdicts on what you all think about the above question but before jumping to conclusions, here is a bit about our relationship…
Me and my partner have been together for 5years now and been living together in our own house for 15months. I work part-time at the local hospital and am studying to become a nurse. My partner is a fully qualified turf manager at the local golf course.
We both have seriously discussed making our relationship more official by getting engaged. We both agreed on the correct morals by him asking my Dad before hand etc. Im not worried by what anyone else thinks; at our age its too young, because the way we see it, we aren’t ‘infatuated’ or ‘young and in love’, we LOVE each other and will be in each others lives for a long time ahead and I know we dont know what the future lies but we believe in forever.
Our plan is to get engaged and have a long engagement, as in plan the wedding but not have it til after im fully qualified and on steady feet. I also have read arguements about engagement meaning ’setting the wedding date and planning it’ but thats not a definition its a belief of only some. Engagement is defined as a ‘mutual promise to marry’ or ‘a promise, obligation’.
Just would like to hear your thoughts!
Cheers.
Hi everyone!
I live in the Philippines and my partner is in Australia and holds a permanent visa. We are getting married this coming June. We’ve been in a long distance relationship for a long time and it’s really hard! The thing is shortly after the wedding he needs to go back to Australia for his work. We want to go back together coz we’re really tired of being apart. I have heard that applying for a partner visa will take time so we’re planning to get a tourist visa so we can go back to aust together and while am there I’m going to apply for an onshore partner visa. Is it possible?
Thanks and God bless.
I have been with my lesbian partner for a little over a year now. I have always had difficulties…even in past relationships…having an orgasm. I am able to climax using “my toys” and recently made a break through of being able to orgasm with my vibrator with my partner there next to me. I am in love with this woman and we are planning a wedding. I know that this is a huge disappointment for my partner that she is unable to please me in the bedroom. She loves sex, and while I enjoy being intimate with my partner, I feel I am not fulfilling her wants in bed. I have thought about therapy, read books/internet articles on the issue but nothing has been resolved. Has anyone else had this issue? I have come to the conclusion that its probably physiological, but I don’t know why…
Please help me…
If you have any concerns about any aspects of the wedding then you should be discussing it with your partner well before the wedding day. It is not often for most people that everything goes 100% smoothly when preparing for the wedding, and unless you can communicate any differences of opinion during this stage, then there are likely to be problems later in your wedded life, so now is the time to discuss any concerns that might be distressing you.
Planning a wedding often brings out areas that need discussing with your partner and more often than not, these areas are concerned with either partners friends and or family. Where there are important jobs that need to be done on the day of your wedding, you need to consider who you will make responsible for these jobs whether they are family, friends, or somebody that you need to pay – to ensure that you get the job done right and on time. While it might be nice to get members of your family and friends involved in these important jobs, if you know that they are unreliable you will be doing yourself a disservice to leave the responsibility in their hands. It might be better to get them involved in something else, as you don’t want any last-minute hiccups destroying your plans and this can happen so easily when the wrong people get involved.
While it might seem to be a common form of joke, in reality the in-laws often cause the most problems with couples and the best solution is to generally, allow each partner to deal with their own parents to ensure that everything goes smoothly. If you aren’t happy with how this is handled, then discuss it with your partner and expect the support that you should be getting at this stage, as proof that you will still be getting that sort of support after you are married. While these decisions might be difficult for you to make, where you don’t allow friends and family to get involved in specific aspects of your wedding, the important thing to remember, is that everything needs to be run efficiently, as it is such an important day in your life that will be remembered forever. When people can’t do the job efficiently they need to be replaced with somebody who can whether they like it or not.
Sometimes you will find that partners have various issues with each other’s friends and these also need to be resolved where possible, to ensure that you will support one another first and foremost. Obviously you want to be diplomatic when friends and family are involved, so that is why you need to sit down with your partner and go through the planning process, well in advance, to determine who will do what and how you can keep other people happy – without affecting your wedding outcome and your happiness on the day. It is your day to plan how you and your partner like and that is something that you must remember throughout the whole process.
If either partner has friends that will be in attendance at the wedding that are a cause for concern for the other partner, then get the problem solved as soon as possible and if necessary decide, whether or not anybody who could cause trouble should be invited to the wedding or be left off the list.
Sometimes these are tough decisions but they have to be made and the sooner the better. You don’t want to allow anything to deter from your happiness on your wedding day. If people are truly thinking of your best interests, then they will be happy to help where they can, according to your instruction. Sometimes this is the reason why people employ wedding planners, who can go about running the wedding, as they would do in any business, and make decisions that could otherwise cause problems if they are made by you or your partner.
There is a whole lot more in-depth information to be found at The Wedding Planner Ezine, and remember, it always pays to Discuss Your Wedding Plans With Your Partner.
