If you’ve ever been a bridesmaid in a wedding, chances are pretty good that you’ve had a bad experience with the whole thing. Brides do crazy, stupid things, despite their best intentions. No one is safe from the horror stories of the time they wore the super-expensive bridesmaid dress that they wouldn’t ever be able to wear again – not to a formal event, not even to a costume party. Let’s face it, you might have been honored to be asked to be in the wedding, but that doesn’t mean you wanted to put up with all the crap. Or that your pocket book was bottomless. The same goes for the bridesmaids you chose. And you want to make sure that they don’t harbor any resentment over the way you treated them.

When people care about you enough to take time off from work and spend money on travel just to be a part of your special day, be sure to show them how grateful you are.

So, you’ve chosen the date for your big day, but who will you invite to your wedding? Determining the guest list is a very important step in the wedding planning process. The number of guests that you will be able to invite depends on the kind of wedding that you are planning to have and the budget that you have to work with.

So, you think you’ve found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. Are you sure about that? I mean, absolutely and positively sure about it? Because if you’re even considering proposing marriage, you had better be certain that your significant other is really “the one.” Otherwise, you could be looking at a divorce years (or even months!) down the line.

Usually, it takes longer than just a few months to really get to know someone. It is a good idea to date someone for at least a year before you decide to get engaged, and remain engaged last at least another year before you tie the knot. This way you’ll have time to get to know your significant other even better, and you’ll have enough time to plan the wedding.

When you ask the person you love to spend the rest of their life with you, it should be a monumental occasion, a memorable moment that you will both recall for years to come, a story that you will want to tell over and over again as you journey down the long road to becoming wrinkly old prunes together! In other words, it should not be LAME.

These days, a bachelor party doesn’t have to be all about strippers and booze—forget those old standbys and get hip with the times! There’s a whole world of bachelor party fun and excitement to discover outside of the strip clubs and casinos.