Wedding gift ideas for people who didn’t f***ing register!
“Since this is the second marriage for each of them, they are not registering, and to top it off, it’s a destination wedding! I want to get her something to celebrate the occasion, but nothing over the top if that makes sense.”
Hey! I’m a person getting married for the second time, who didn’t have a registry (until we were forced to cave due to various requests). Perhaps I can be of assistance. Here are my suggestions for “what to get the people who don’t want to tell you to get them, but you pretty much feel like you need and want to get them something anyway”…
Want to prevent chaos at the buffet? Try this catering reception trick
Althea and David’s Irish St. Patrick’s Day wedding was a wild and woolly romp, but their reception had a surprisingly easy organization method for calling in the troops to eat. They found a great way to keep the catering line organized. Want to hear it? Here’s how Althea described it…
How do I handle an alcoholic wedding guest and an open bar at my wedding?
I appreciated your article about how to handle a abusive/misbehaving wedding guest. I am getting married next year and I have a son with an drug and alcohol problem. I cannot uninvite him but need tips on how to handle him. He is fine until he starts drinking and there is no way that we can keep him from drinking since we are having an open bar.
I was considering hiring someone to attend to watch him and, as soon as gets boorish, place him in an cab and send him home. Where do I find a babysitter?
Our wedding was a financial wake-up call (and our lessons learned!)
After catching up post-wedding and entirely overhauling our finances, I can see all the places we went wrong. Whenever people ask how we knew it was time to restructure our finances, I answer with one thing — our wedding. This one event clarified a world of issues with our financial well-being, or lack thereof. And so, in addition to the standard simplifying and DIY projects that helped me through the process, here is some invaluable advice with which we walked away…
13 hidden wedding costs that can blow your wallet
Wedding budgets are the necessary evil of an already fraught-with-drama time in your life. There are all kinds of things that’ll balloon your wedding budget from necessary undies to last-minute tailoring to extra guests showing up. The best defense is a good offense by knowing what hidden wedding costs may sneak in and how to be ready for them.
Also, we have a quick one-question wedding budget survey that will help us craft editorial with you in mind!
I never imagined having a wedding until we did: how to throw a “non-wedding”
No one ever thought I would get married. Except I actually love weddings! I watch bridal shows and browse the stories and DIY projects on Offbeat Bride. When friends get married I’m super happy for them. But I can’t stand the thought of having a big wedding party for myself or see myself as a princess in white. We decided to get married anddecided to throw a party. Therein we have our challenge…