Missouri Wedding Finance, Loans, Insurance, & Money Q&A

Coed Shower on a tight budget!

A friend of mine is getting married in March in a faraway place which all of us bridesmaids will have to pay for our own hotel rooms, etc. Well, another friend of mine and me are wanting to have a couples shower for her and her fiance. But, we are both on tight budgets and will be spending even.... [Read more]

How to have a low cost wedding reception on a budget

My fiance and I want our reception to be a big party. Semi-formal, but not over the top. We would like to pay for most of it ourselves and have begun to save up for a budget to work with... any idea's for a formal, low cost wedding reception... possibly under $1,000.00??? Then again, what is a.... [Read more]

Why is asking for money as a wedding gift so improper?

My fiance and I have been together for 7 years, and lived together for 4 of those years. We have accumulated enough stuff to furnish a whole other apartment, so we don't need any more dept store gifts. We could really benefit from money as gifts for our wedding to help us start saving to buy a.... [Read more]

Wedding gift registry for money gifts

My wedding is costing more that expected (I bet this is unheard of! LOL!) Anyhow, I would rather use the funds towards a home but that's not going to happen and that's ok. But I have recently heard of engaged couples settting up accounts that family and friends can deposit money into for things.... [Read more]

Other bridesmaids wanting to spend money I don't have

I'm the matron of honor in a wedding with 5 very wealthy bridesmaids. They are either single and living off daddy's money or married to executives. I'm a working mom barely making it, and the bride is my sister. As the matron-of-honor I'm very pleased to be in the wedding, but financially it's.... [Read more]