Eleanor asked:


I married the loveliest man in the world about 2 months ago and I was the happiest woman in the world on my wedding day. We lucked out on weather for our outdoor ceremony, the officiant did a great job, the caterer was amazing, and the limo ride back to the hotel (and of course the hotel itself!) were the stuff of dreams.

The wedding, however, didn’t make grandma happy at all. She HATED the fact that my stepdad (rather than biodad, her son) walked me down the aisle. To try and compensate, we’d arranged much of the rest of the wedding around her tastes – my groom, who is NOT Jewish, stepped on the glass, for example. The menu, music, and many other details were arranged around her picky tastes – to no effect, since she didn’t get what she really wanted.

I maintain good relations with dad’s side of the family, but dad himself and I don’t always get along so hot. He walked out on our family a long, long time ago, and stepdad has been there for us ever since. On the flip side, we showed respect to biodad. He did get the first dance at my wedding, to say nothing of an invitation extended to himself and his not-so-lovely wife. But dad’s side of the family sat there with their arms crossed the whole darned time while others ate, drank, and made merry.

I went to go visit my grandma 2 weeks after my wedding to try and make her feel better. Usually, a visit puts her right again. But not this time. She immediately started laying into me. The band sucked, the food sucked, the dancing sucked, and, of course, I ****** for doing such a bad job planning. Planning my wedding was a serious undertaking, of course, and I really tried hard. She really made me feel like I blew it. I told her to lay off me but she wouldn’t – then I burst into tears and my husband whisked me off to Key West for a few days for a proper mini-moon. But it’s still bothering me. It’s like she’s partly spoiled the memory of what was supposed to be the happiest day of my life by saying I did everything wrong.

I’ve blocked her from my phone, telling myself it was only temporary until I decided what I wanted to say to her. But honestly, I just don’t want to talk to her at all. We’ve shared a pretty good relationship our whole lives, but I think this is a pretty serious thing, and now that I think about it, she’s been a pain about a lot of other things in my life, especially my career (I’m a PhD doing my postdoc, and she continually asks me when I am going to get a real job). She has never shown any actual respect for me. All she can think about is herself.

I’d like to have a happier memory of my wedding day, and not let the bad things she said spoil everything. My husband and I are very, very happy together. I’ve been putting together my wedding album and that is sort of helping, seeing myself and my husband and everybody else so very happy in those photos. What other things can I do to convince myself that my wedding was a great time and that everybody had fun except for her?

zoe asked:


I was doing research on here and people suggested Pensacola as a cheap option..but Key West is the most favored by people here. There were also suggestions for Naples (tho very expensive so that’s out) and St. Augustine..which got my attention because it is based on history and has quaint little shops.

Hmmmm….so many choices. We are going in late Feb early March so hopefully the weather will be nice.

I see on the online website…it gives 300-400 per person for flight AND hotel. My question is…is the 300 to 400 per day? I’m probably reading that wrong, right?

Plus how do you match all the times on it? Like, how do you get the airplane to arrive at the same time as check-in…etc?

Also…can we each have just one carryon per person? (2 people) I’ll just have to jam pack everything in there enough for 4 days. Will that cut costs on luggage fees?

Please help thanks
Does this also include getting back? Or is that a different price, flying back?
I like expedia.com as the site to use. I see that flying to Key West is VERY EXPENSIVE! Any inexpensive options?

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Alli asked:


I have looked at the website and the pictures look wonderful, but I’d still like some feedback, or if anyone has gotten married in Key West, where did you do it?

mel_2512 asked:


Hi,

I am getting married in March of 2010 and having a hard time finding a venue and caterer we can afford. All places I’ve seen are $90 to $200.00/per person.

And here I was thinking I could do fine with my $10,000 budget.

The tragedy is that my choices either are the super expensive ones (like the Breakers Hotels, or other expensive venues) or crappy ones (Like the suggestion someone made of doing it at the Lion Country Safari or the Palm Beach Zoo)

The bridal websites havent been too helpful since most of them point me to either Miami or the Keys to places in Florida I havent even heard of.

I just need an affordable yet not tacky place where to have my wedding. I was thinking more on the $60.00 per person range.

Help?
Well I am on the east coast of florida. It would be too much trouble to cross to the other coast. Preferably places on the east

jennifersthegreatest asked:


We are strongly leaning toward scrapping out wedding plans and just going down to the Florida keys with close family and a friend or two. The more traditional route is just too overwhelming.
We’ll throw a party/reception when we get back. How would this work invitation wise?
Would we send out invites before the wedding? If we do that will people expect to be invited to the ceremony?
Does anyone know a good place in the keys to stay and/or get married?

klynn598 asked:


I am planning a small destination wedding for possibly spring 2008 or early summer. I was oriiginally thinking the caribbean but Florida would be nice too, the keys or the gulf coast. I have been checking out different websites but I am a bit leary of having someone remotly planning everything. So I am just wondering if anyone has done it that way and were you happy you did it that way? Any suggestiions.recommendations appreciated!

Many thanks!

FutureMsLace asked:


My boyfriend and I are going to elope to Key Largo this weekend (woo hoo), but we need to find a Notary Public to marry us. We are getting the license tomorrow and we have to wait 3 days to actually get married (Florida Law). We don’t want anything big and we ONLY need the Notary Public – not a wedding package! Help!

Patricia L asked:


I am recently engaged and would like to get married on a beach. I am thinking about an island or possible the Florida Keys. Can I have suggestions? I plan to have 20 guests and would love to know prices. We want the event to start on a thursday and get married on saturday then eveyone leaves on sunday. Are there good deals for just a weekend celebrations….possibly all inclusive?

erikskupeika asked:


I finally proposed to my girlfriend of over 10 years. Now I need some suggestions on where to find a beautiful place to have a wedding ceremony in North Miami Florida area to the Keys. I would love to have it on the water but price is an issue. Any suggestions would help. We would love to have a Disney wedding but Price is the problem. Thanks for your Ideas