So he's popped the question, giving you the most beautiful engagement ring, and you've answered yes, I will marry you. Have you thought about what you are actually doing? Maybe there are some things that you should look over before saying I do, even if you are so in-love that you're stuck in the moment. If its taking him more than 5 years to propose then we can all see why you're so quick to jump the broom, but marriage should be sacred, meaning it should be the union of two people together forever and not like a video rental with a return date that's past due. If you and your fiance are planning on spending your lives together you would seriously need to discuss financial issues, children, social activities,medical history,previous addresses,ex girlfriends,ex boyfriends, and lots more things that you probably started discussing but never quite got around to finishing it.

When i say financial issues this is simply because whatever debt your significant other has, by you two becoming one the debt will roll over to your partner as well. Maybe one or the both of you has children who's other birth parents are still in their lives, you need to discuss how the other feels about the situation because their have been cases where two people marry, one has children, before the marriage the boyfriend or girlfriend treated the child as if they were one of his or her own, than after marriage came the complications of they aren't my kids.

The reason social activities comes up is because if he or she is already spending alot of time out with friends or in the streets getting married will definitely not change this and if you think it will you are setting yourself up for more problems and tension that will lead to a failed marriage before the first year. Nearly 76 % of marriages fall victim to this every year ending in divorce because one cannot keep a hold on the other.

You also should know every detail about the others medical history, this is something you both should have known about each other before getting engaged. If you have never talked about medical history and one of you has had a std at some time you need not be embarrassed to talk about this if you are truly in love the other will understand why you never brought it up before or maybe not, but you definitely should get this out the way now.

Previous address discussion would be so that you know what people or area your partner has been associated with just in case they are keeping something major from you that will surface in the future, this is also needful for financial issues as well.

If neither of you have kids with the ex girlfriend or ex boyfriend it is safe to say that this should be discussed as well, I wouldn't want my partner being associated with a ex but because of the kids its unpreventable. When you have the ex girlfriends or ex boyfriends in your life that you're trying to start with someone new it can make the whole process stressful along with difficult for the other because often the ex will not want to see him or her happy with someone else and will create as much drama as possible to break you apart.

You should also know as much about the others family as possible, there are things they have not told you maybe because of shame but you two are going to be one so you cant hide anything from each other.

Those are only a few of the things you need to prepare for before throwing on the wedding gown, tuxedos and marching down the aisle.

Now that you've gotten past the rough part of the engagement ordeal, the next step is planning the perfect wedding. You may think that planning the perfect wedding is meant to break your pockets, but you'd be surprised what you can do on a low budget and still have that dream wedding ceremony. Its going to be tough getting everyone together but its definitely going to be worth it in the end. This is only supposed to happen one time in life though people divorce and remarry these days like trading in cars so it has to be the one day that you never forget.

First off, you can find a great place like bridal online store. At this store you can buy designer gowns for the whole party at prices starting at $99. They receive rave reviews from celebrities,have been featured in many popular magazines, designers include Kathryn,7011, and Marilyn along with other top designers. They have the classical wedding looks, sophisticated,party and whatever your style, plus all sizes. You can even do a layaway plan which is great for planning ahead.

Secondly if shopping for the wedding rings you can get nice sets from goldenmine. Goldenmine has prices starting from $50 and up depending on the carats but you are saving so much and getting the real deal instead of a cheap eBay set. Shopping here is easy and satisfying because if they don't have what you want they save you the hassle and find it for you. They have excellent customer service plus the fastest delivery time and best quality. There are other places you could check out but you might just want to stop here first.

Wedding Cakes are simply the easiest things to come by and better if you shop locally for these so that you don't have to worry about the handling of your cake as accidents tend to happen if not flying it it by plane.

You should decide early on if you are going to cater, I believe catering is the best and least expensive way to go because even though it may indeed sound expensive just think of what you will be saving on supplies.

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So have you decided where to spend your honeymoon? Vegas tops that list because as you already know what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. You can have a honeymoon, vacation,party all at the same time, and they have some of the nicest hotels such as Bellegio,Excalibur,Tropicana and Venetian. All are high class hotels with the basic amenities but lots more to offer, you can stay at anyone starting from $120 a night and you'll be ready to move in soon, or at least move to Vegas for good. Check em out, let me know what you think.

There's lots more planning ahead but unfortunately I am out of time, I will continue this as time permits because there are many more great places as I do love weddings myself and I am hoping my boyfriend looks at this page to sort of get the idea.