Stephanie N

Any good ideas for a Father-Daughter Dance? There are always the sappy ones (butterfly kisses, blachhh). I really don't want to have to dance for the entire song, I'd rather pick something that I can dance a little with him, then my groom can jump in with his mom... etc. But slightly sentimental since it means a lot to my Dad.

Any ideas of how to do a swap when I have 1 mom, 1 dad, 1 stepmom, 1 mother-in-law and 1 father-in-law.

There are so many website out there... which one is the best for tracking the seating chart? Are there any with fancy-smachy tables you can move around once you put people at them? Visually move around. I can imagine how to do it with paper and such, but I would LOVE it online. Maybe I'm asking too much (I'm an engineer I want it to be efficient). Thus far, I've been using excel with pivot tables and such for addressing things and tracking responses.

All my finance and I wanted for the rehearsal dinner was a cookout in a park. Since his mom isn't from the town, we found a few options for parks and left it up to her. The park we hinted was the best choice has a pavilion and we can reserve it ahead of time.

She wants to rent a tent and caterer for the crowd. We're thinking like 100 people. So for like $3K, she's going to have this elaborate shindig that she will never find a location to have it at (No place in this town will let you wreck their yard with a tent). The caterers in town are pricey.

All we freaking wanted was for her to go Sams or Gordans and buy some burgers and potato salad. Make a couple Uncles grill it up. Make a couple aunts pick up the three things. Its not a freaking big deal.

Am I suppose to just give up on having an out-of-town cheap get-together? Should I just give in to the fact she can't handle it? Would it be terribly rude to just plan it myself. I'm not a high maintenance bride, but $3K versus $300?