Weddings

The bridesmaids are who the wife chooses

The groom is the husband

the bride is the wife

The ring-bearer carries the rings

the flower girl spreads flowers

the best men are who the husband picks

The priest says the vows

* You usually tick off on the RSVP card enclosed with the invitation and if you are concerned the employee will be hurt slip a note in and give some excuse as to why you can't make it. The decent thing to do would be at least buy her and her husband to be a wedding gift.

* The mother of the bride and the mother of the groom do not wear the same outfit. Mothers will wear dresses and they may be different in fashion and color as long as the color of the dress stays within the guidelines of the colors the bride has chosen for her wedding: Example: If the bride's Maid of Honor and Bridesmaids have long or short dresses in a midnight blue then the mothers could wear soft shell pinks; soft blues, etc. The bride or grooms mothers should never wear white or off white. One mother may want to wear a short dress while the other mother may prefer a longer dress. If you can and your Maid of Honor or Bridesmaids are in long dresses see if you can't get your mother and future mother-in-law to wear a long dress as well as it looks better in wedding pictures, but if one refuses it's not worth a possible argument. You can take your Maid of Honor with you and take both mothers to a wedding shop and have a say in what you would like as far as style, but go easy on the moms and realize they may have a good reason for choosing a certain dress to match their body type. If it is a matter of money for one or both of the mothers then rent the dresses.

* You can stop at any jewelry store in a mall and have them size your finger and ask them what size your finger is. Generally when the groom to be buys the engagement ring or wedding ring you both go into the jewelry store to have it sized.

There may be different dress codes in different cultures. However, in most cases, people wear sober coloured clothes, preferably whites. Since, it is a time for mourning, no one is really concerned about what you wear but if you wear a party dress for a funeral, it sure might raise some eyebrows.

Traditionally, the wedding takes place in or near the bride's place of residence but it is not a hard and fast rule. One needs to take into consideration practical matters, such as the convenience of guests.

No! Only the bride should be in complete white (she is supposed to stand out). You can wear another color with some white in it. Often, women will wear a summer style dress in black, but other colors are acceptable.

I'm not completely sure and i am no expert but i have had 2 gay customers where i work and they both had on matching rings and they were on the left ring finger like every other married couple

Yes, you can, you probably have already thought about it, it's not a good idea to get involved in a relationship at such age, but it's up to you. If it is a productive relationship, you both will be happy, supporting each other mutually to reach your educative goals in life first.

You need to be emotionally, intellectually and financially compatible to get married, it isn't just about love, unfortunately.

The question is a little unclear. If this means "Why would someone give you 36 DOLLARS for a wedding gift", then the answer may lie in numerology.

In some languages such as Hebrew, there are no special characters for numbers; the same symbols that are letters of the alphabet are used for numbers. In Hebrew, the number "18" uses the same characters as the Hebrew word "l'chaim", or "life". It's common among Jews to give gifts that are 18 dollars or multiples of 18.

So if a Jew gives you a gift of $36, he is wishing you "two lives", or "long life". As a wedding gift, this might mean "a life for both of you".

* You will have to ask the church the price of the bell ringers if there is a price. It may be part of the ceremony if requested. For something different you can give out tiny bells to your guests that will ring gently as the bride comes back up the aisle after being married and at the reception instead of clinking a glass to have the bride and groom kiss, the guests can use the little bells. You guests can take the bell home with them as a remembrance of your wedding. If you don't wish to go to this expense and have a Flower Girl and perhaps a young boy they can go ahead in front of the Maid/Matron of Honor and the Bridesmaids ringing the bell as you enter the church and again once you are leaving as man and wife.

Recessing down the aisle is the opposite of how they entered: bride & groom first, then (usually as couples) maid of honor with best man, ringbearer with flower girl, other bridesmaids with ushers, parents of bride, parents of groom, grandparents. Exiting the church (for throwing rice, etc.)- small people have usually been given back to their parents, parents and grandparents come out when they feel like it. Ushers & bridesmaids exit, then best man with maid of honor, and finally the newlyweds.

Yes, you need to bring it with you! They and the witnesses have to sign it so it can be executed and returned to the clerk.

Minister: Dear family and friends, I call upon all of you gathered here to be fellow witnesses with me in the marriage of (Bride's and Groom's Names). You were each invited to join us today so that you may share in the joy that (Bride's and Groom's Names) are feeling as they pledge their love and commitment to each other.

The decision to marry is based in love and founded upon sincerity and understanding, which leads to a relationship that is rich in confidence and trust.

A strong marriage is dependent upon many factors. Beyond the love, respect and trust that you share with one another, there must be a strong sense of commitment and loyalty that bonds you. A shared faith and beliefs in God, and His grace in your lives, is important in building a strong marriage. And also important are a shared companionship and a willingness to communicate openly with one another. This respectful communication and the love that it displays, helps each partner to accept and understand the other's strengths and weaknesses and allow for the continued growth that is necessary in all good and lasting marriages.

In the Bible, Paul wrote beautifully about the power of love in his 1st book of letters to the Corinthians, Chapter 13.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect; but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away.

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood.

So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

(Bride's and Groom's Names), before you are joined together in matrimony here today, in my presence and in the presence of your family and friends, I am to remind you of the serious and binding nature of the relationship of marriage.

The commitment of marriage is one of the most important commitments that two people will make in their lifetime. Marriage, as most of us understand it, is a voluntary and full commitment of a man to a woman and a woman to a man. It is made in the deepest sense, to the exclusion of all others, and is intended to last a lifetime. The vow of marriage is a pledge of everlasting love, within the unity of matrimony, whereby, committing to share all that life has to offer, the good times and the bad, with patience and understanding. For a marriage to remain strong, your faith in that vow must never waver. It must remain strong through the trials of everyday life. The words that you speak to each other today are to be the cornerstone for your life together from this day forward.

Minister: (Bride's and Groom's Names), have you come here freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage?

(Bride and Groom) We have!

Minister: Will you love and honor each other as husband and wife for the rest of your lives?

(Bride and Groom) We will!

Minister: Let us say a short prayer:

God who has created us, each as an individual, open (Bride's and Groom's Names) hearts to feel your guidance and support through those who have gathered with them here today. Let their marriage be an occasion for them to see how you have been working in their lives separately, and together. May they remember the vows taken here today, not only in their minds, but also, in their everyday actions of kindness and caring for one another, Amen

VOWS

Groom: (Bride's Name), in affirmation of my love for you, I invite you to join your life with mine from this day forward. I will respect you and cherish you always. I promise to share with you all that life has to offer. I give myself to you, in kindness, unselfishness and trust, as we strive towards achieving a full and complete life together. Now I ask our guests to witness my vows to you. I (Groom's Name), take you (Bride's Name), to be my lawful wedded wife and partner, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health as long as we both shall live.

Bride: (Groom's Name), in affirmation of my love for you, I invite you to join your life with mine from today forward. I will respect you and cherish you always. I promise to share with you all that life has to offer. I give myself to you, in kindness, unselfishness and trust, as we strive towards achieving a full and complete life together. Now I ask our guests to witness my vows to you. I (Bride's Name), take you (Groom's Name), to be my lawful wedded husband and partner, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health as long as we both shall live.

Minister: (Bride's and Groom's Names) have brought rings to present to one another as a symbol of their marriage vows today. Although there is no precise evidence to explain the origin of the tradition of exchanging wedding rings, there are two strongly held beliefs. The more recent, dating back to the 17th century, explains that during a Christian wedding, the priest arrived at the forth finger (counting the thumb) after touching the three fingers on the left hand '...in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost'. The more ancient and widely accepted explanation, refers to the early Egyptian's belief that a circle was the symbol of eternity--a sign that life, happiness, and love have no beginning and no end. A wedding ring, or circle, was placed on the third finger of the left hand, the ring finger, because it was traditionally believed that this finger was a direct connection to the heart -- the perfect spot to place a symbol, representing eternal love and commitment. The vena amoris, that is, the vein of love, runs directly from the "ring finger" to the heart.

Now I ask that God bless these rings that (Groom's and Bride's Names) will exchange as a symbol of their love and fidelity

RING VOWS

Groom: (Bride's Name), with all that I am and all that I have, I give you this ring as a symbol of my everlasting love.

Bride: (Groom's Name), with all that I am and all that I have, I give you this ring as a symbol of my everlasting love.

Minister: As you begin your married life together hold close to you the words that you have spoken to each other today. Life isn't always an easy road, as you both know. Rely on your faith in your promises made today to see you through those times. In times of trouble be strong. Ask God to grant you the gifts of caring and understanding in your life together, allowing that each may be to the other a source of strength in need, a counselor in times of uncertainty, a comfort in times of sorrow, and a companion in your joys.

You have declared before all of us that you will now live your lives together in marriage. You have made special promises to each other, which have been symbolized by the joining of hands, taking of vows and giving and receiving of rings.

By the authority vested in me as a Minister of the State of Wherever, I now pronounce you to be husband and wife.

Now that the ceremony is over and the experience of living day to day is about to begin, go and meet it gladly.

May I have the pleasure of presenting to you, for the first time as husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs. (Name).

Pay 1/2 If you are going the traditional stream of thought, here is the usual breakdown: * the engagement party. *

* invitations, engagement and wedding announcements, enclosures, personal stationery, newsletters, postage, wedding programs, and thank you notes. *

* brides wedding down, shoes, accessories, and honeymoon wardrobe. *

* formal wear for the bride's parents. *

* bridesmaids and flower girls dresses, shoes, and accessories. *

* bridesmaids tee, luncheon, or dinner. *

* groom's engagement ring [if he's wearing one] and wedding ring. *

* bridal consultants fees. *

* ceremony and reception decorations and flowers. *

* bouquets and corsages for bridesmaids and flower girls. *

* fee for ceremony space, Sexton, organist or other musician, rental of aisle carpet, canopy, huppah, and any other necessary ceremonial items. *

* reception: all professional services providers, including the caterer, bartender, and musicians or DJ. *

* engagement and wedding photos, and wedding video. *

* transportation for the bridal attendants and bride's family to and from the ceremony and reception. *

* bride's gifts to bridesmaids and flower girl, and bride's gift to her groom. I will post a link to a budget planner so that you can get some more information.

no his name is spelled tesh and he is married to connie sellecca

It's either a fiance (man) or fiancee (woman).

• Generally the maid of honor in a wedding party is either close to the age of the bride or even older, but there is nothing written in stone where the maid of honor cannot be younger than the bride.

All you need to do is go down to the courthouse and get a marriage license. You'll need a witness and proof of identification. You may want to call ahead and make sure that is all you need, because I'm sure it is slightly different for every state

It's the part where the presiding clergy might say something like, "In the presence of God, we have come together to witness the marriage of ... ... ... ".

Could be considered the welcoming message ... the preface to the wedding, or the announcement/proclamation of why the assembly has gathered for this holy event in a church setting.

Both have a betrothal at the beginning, then marriage, then honeymoon, then children, then discords. Are they not similar? :)

But then, there are differences. Most of the time marriages among hindus would be arranged by the family (of course, the bride and the groom express their wishes and that can change the family decision). A Hindu marriage is not just for the bride and groom, but it is a coming together of two 'extended' families. It is expected to last a life-time, divorce rate here is as low as 1%.

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no Katie Griffiths isn't married but her old on screen character 'Chlo Grainger' is married to 'Donte Charles' who used to be played by Adam Thomas (who's the younger brother of Ryan Thomas coronation streets 'Jason Grimshaw) but this toke place on Waterloo Road than left Waterloo Road a few years later after her character had had a baby called 'Izzy' (named after her mother who had been murdered earlier in the series) and 'Izzy', 'Chlo' and 'Donte' left after finishing school. so the answer is no if you meant is Katie Griffiths married but yes if you meant is 'Chlo Grainger' married! i really like Waterloo road and think that she was one of the best characters and wish she never left