It goes without saying that weddings – and who we invite to them – are a personal thing, and no one really has the right to tell us what to do.
That said, when we are NOT invited to a wedding we really feel like we should have been invited to…what is our recourse?
Without going into a long and winding tale, an old friend of mine is getting married next month – a friend who as soon as he got into this current relationship, basically began to ONLY spend time with his girlfriend, and disappeared off the radar. So, to that …read more

While it sometimes seems that women are the more commitment-minded of the sexes, it appears that it’s the other way around!!!
Recently, Date.com, Matchmaker.com, and Amor.com, teamed up to poll their members to see who would be willing to give marriage a second chance after a divorce.
Check out the results, when asked if they would remarry after a divorce:
Men
Yes 65.4%
No …read more

This is the season to plan for weddings, graduations and other  special events. Flowers usually play a prominent role in these occasions.  Floral arrangements can be expensive or within a reasonable budget.
A couple examples of keeping expenses down are my daughter’s and my weddings.  Perhaps you have some other tips to contribute.
Neither my daughter nor I had the traditional floral arrangements and bouquets for our weddings.  I had natural flowers and my daughter silk ones.  For both of us, the cost wasn’t exorbitant.
For my wedding, my mom purchased a mass of flowers from a local florist.  My mother-in-law-to-be made the bouquet …read more

Here is an update on the 08/08/08 wedding story; more than 300,000 couples were married in China. According to National Nine News at http://news.ninemsn.com. The actual total was 314, 224.
Wow. I bet a lot of the day was spent waiting in line.
We’ve got a touch of Olympic fever, here at my house. We’ve stayed up late every night so far, but our viewing habits will have to change shortly as we are back to school in 2 more days. That includes me, as I’m an aide at our local elementary school.
Do you …read more