Everything For The Bride

I’m going to a last minute wedding next week and don’t have the money to buy a nice expensive gift. I’ve seen ideas about photo albums and decorating the invitation. Any other ideas??

Our family is going to the wedding of a church friend (the groom). Both the groom and the bride are in their 40s. They are getting married in our church and the invitation does not mention any wedding registry or reception. I am thinking of buying them a gift certificate, but I don’t know what they like. All I know is that the groom is very simple, nature-loving person.

Three weeks ago I sent out invitations for the bachelorette party I’m throwing for my best friend, the bride. The RSVP deadline is tomorrow and not one person has sent the response card back. It is not that difficult to do – in the invitation I included an envelope already stamped and addressed, all they had to do was drop it in the mail along with their check. I called everyone to be sure they received their invitations, and everyone had. After another week of no responses I called again to ask if money was the issue, because I know times are tough right now, but no one said it was going to be a problem. Besides, I am paying for the bride’s portion plus dinner for everyone beforehand; I am taking hundreds out of my own pocket so that her friends don’t have to spend too much money. So I see no reason for this behavior, I guess she just has some rude friends. The thing is, what do I do now? I cannot possibly plan the party without the responses of the other girls because I just can’t manage to foot the bill for everything and I need their contributions in order to pay and book. So can I really call everyone a third time, asking for their response and their money? It makes me look strange I think, and I feel like a crazy person. Or do I just cancel the party, which will disappoint the bride immensely, and just try to take her out somewhere myself? I’m just so annoyed that these people are this rude – the bride is very good friends with everyone who was invited, how could they behave this way?

I sent a friend of hers who is also a mutual friend of mine an invitation to my wedding.She complained that I did not send her an invitation. I explained that you do not send your OWN MOTHER an invitation. She argued that most mothers are in the same city with their daughters and they know what the invitation looks like. My position is that the mothers who are paying for the invitations know what it looks like and she is not paying for my invitations. I told her I did have one saved for her as a keepsake and she would get it when she gets here. She stated that it was not proper.
I have handled the details of my wedding myself. My mother has not assisted me at all. I have had to look for my mothers dress, only to have her complain that she did not like any of them, now she wants me to look for my grandmothers dress on top of all the other things I have to do. My grandmother was not invited to the wedding because I am afraid of the drama she will cause. She does it every family event.
Now I am being forced to give my grandmother an invitation because she keeps mentioning my wedding. I am stressed enough, why am I having to appease all these people with regards to my day? Any advice you have is greatly appreciated!

My husband’s old college friend is getting married. When the invitation arrived today, it was only addressed to my husband. On the R.S.V.P. card, the space for "Name" and "Number attending" is blank to fill in. I assume that I (the wife) am not invited. The groom knows that he is married. Is it bad etiquette for the bride & groom not to invite a guest’s spouse?
Update: Just to clarify, I am not taking this personally at all. I am just trying to ask for your opinions. After all, this wedding is a 2 hr. drive away and because it is an evening ceremony/reception, we initially considered checking into a hotel overnight (before we received the invite). When we got married, I addressed the outer envelope to couples as "Mr. & Mrs" or "____& guest" and the inner envelope with their actual names. Some R.V.S.P. cards I’ve seen go so far as to already fill in the "Number Attending" such as "2" and give the guest of the option of filling "Accepts" or "Regrets". This invitation was not so clear — and it did not have an inner envelope at all.

We are throwing a Stock the Pantry/Bar shower. We are coordinating songs with each invitation (when the song plays at the show, the guest that was assigned that they will bring their gift to the bride and groom). So I need to combine two great ideas as one! Anything will help that pertains to either idea. I will be able to put something together but need a boost! Please help!

I was supposed to be in a wedding in october. I got my bridesmaid dress and then 2 months ago I found out that I was going to be out of state for a majorly important job interview. I let the bride know right away and even found a replacement bridesmaid who agreed to buy my dress. bridezilla, also my old best friend, ignored me for the two months, wouldn’t return phone calls, texts, or facebook posts.

Then randomly she texted me and said she needed the dress that day asap and would pay for it some other day. I told her I wasn’t dumb and that she has ignored me so I know I’d never see the money. So I told her I didn’t trust that she would come through and she flipped out, called me names, degraded, and disrespected me. we haven’t spoke since and she’s going around telling people lies about me to make people be pissed off at me and she’s acting like a freaking 12 year old.

Anyway, that was maybe 2 1/2 weeks ago. But today I received an invitation to the wedding. It’s clear we are no longer friends and I let her know I wanted nothing to do with her anymore when this argument happened. So my plan was to have the postman return the letter to the sender and leave a little note on the envelope. She’s marrying my best guy friend since the day I was born and she cheats on him, refuses to get a job, talks shit about him and his family, spends all his money on coke and pot, even so much to the point where she ran out of money and their house insurance was canceled. shes made it clear she knows they’re going to get a divorce and she doesn’t love him, but she has no family, no money, and nowhere to go. I’m sick of her phony, sham, life and would like to get the point across that I want NOTHING to do with her.

so would returning the letter with a little note that says something along the lines of "no way in hell would I show up for your sham marriage" too rude or should I just drop the subject. I’m sick of her shady ways and someone needs to call her out.
they both know I’ll be out of state. I was going to stand up at the altar, just for the sake of my best guy friend because it’s what he wants.

she cheats on him and he works 12 hours a day and she spends all his money on drugs anyway. she’s the worst person I think I’ve ever met. They know I can’t make it. But she ruined what little of a friendship we had with what she did over the dress incident.

You know how every invitation sample you see words it like the parents of the bride request your presence as their daughter blah blah blah,, but if you are paying for the whole thing yourself do you still word it that way or some other way?

I know this is a new century and what not but is it not completely rude to invite someone to a wedding through a message on facebook and LAST minute.

To summarize, I am acquaintances with this individual through her family member who was my best friend. So I would see the bride at gatherings I was invited to and occasionally at my (ex)bestfriend’s house because they are cousins.
Well, I knew of her getting married, and even attended the shower and HELPED in hosting it with my exbf all for her. I was the only one who gave her a gift for her shower (the gift table was empty). I never had a problem with this girl but at the time, we were all getting along really well. In between the time of the shower and wedding "her cousin and I" had a falling out and we stopped speaking.

Well, I got a message from the bride a week before the wedding asking if I was still coming? But the thing is, I never got an invitation to the event! She asked for my address online prior to the falling out with her cousin and I gave it to her, not to mention her cousin (my exbf) knows my address by heart because she lived with me at one point.
I was never formally invited to the wedding like everyone else and plus it is 3 states away from where I live. So I left the message and didnt respond, she then sent me a message again on my facebook inviting me to the wedding! No address, time, or anything else.

I really do not want to go for the simple fact that it all seems so rude.

I was invited to a shower and in the invitation was their registry information. Does that mean I buy a gift from the registry for the bridal shower AND another gift for the wedding? I thought the bridal shower was for the bride, and the wedding gift is for the new life of the couple, thus the registry.