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WedNet has been providing wedding planning advice to brides and grooms since 1995 and includes hundreds of articles and a database of thousands of wedding vendors.

Wedding Money: NSF!

By Dr. Taffy Wagner, CEPF, WedNet Specialist Blogger on Wedding Money, http://www.DebtAtTheAltar.com

That title got your attention didn’t it! Hold on to your seat because I am going to change it up for you. I am well aware that you are the shopper in the relationship and your fiancé does not know it. So NSF for you means Not So Fast. That means you do not go to the store every day or even every two or three days. But you go at least once a week and each time you go, you shop.

Lean in close – you are a SHOPPER! Even if you tried to play by the NSF rules, you are a shopper. In that regard because you like to shop even prior to marriage, you need to establish some boundaries for shopping. Sure you do because you are more than likely a shopper that will give in to peer pressure. Think about it. How many times have you been out with your girlfriends and had not planned on buying anything, but once they started buying you felt that urge to buy as well?

Or how many times have you gotten sales flyers in the mail and that led you to stop what you were doing and go to the mall or that particular store? Prior to receiving the sale flyer you did not have a reason to go to the store. I know what happened, when you opened the flyer there were several items that called out to you. You could not disappoint them and you put them out of their misery and went and purchased them.

If you are a shopper and have not shared this with your fiancé, I encourage you to have this discussion prior to walking down the aisle. Money challenges can have an ugly affect on marriage. This will make a difference in who manages the money and other financial decisions that should be made prior to marriage.
Groom Issues: Honeymoon Planning
By Jimmy Horner, WedNet Specialist Blogger on Groom Issues, The Man Registry, http://www.themanregistry.com

This is one of the most important items that the groom is typically at the forefront of planning. It is, for most couples, a trip of a lifetime that can be made spectacular with a little additional planning and foresight. There are some easy questions you can ask yourselves to get started:
- What is the destination you are looking for, beach, cruise, overseas, the mountains?
- What is your budget?
- How long can the two of you be gone for?
- Do you want all-inclusive?
- Do you want to go somewhere new or familiar to you?
- Do you want a more leisurely or more active honeymoon?
These are great questions that you and your fiancée should discuss during the very initial stages of honeymoon planning. Start with deciding on a budget and then on a timeframe. The honeymoon is typically paid for by the groom or his family, but with most things in wedding tradition this can easily be changed. Other ideas for budgeting are splitting the costs between the bride, groom, brides family, grooms family, or even with friends through help of a registry set up for your honeymoon. It is becoming common for a couple to ask for cash for there honeymoon as there wedding gift. Whatever you decide, remember you only get one shot at your honeymoon, so make it count.

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