How much do you - 2 people - gift the bride and groom if you have already spent more than $4750 on their wedding and related events (bachelorette trip, shower gift, engagement gift, bridal party dress, travel for & lodging at destination wedding, etc.)?

What are the best prep materials to prepare for the CFA Level 1? Looking for some recommendations.

Just checked my credit score and it’s an 835. Is it possible to ever get an 850? If so how? (Know it’s not impacting any of my loans, just curious)

Hi guys.. would like to know what's the probability to get selected in H1B lottery?

I have an offer from another company with 30 lpa and current company offering H1 nomination next year with 98k usd.. need some suggestions.

Yoe - 13 years

My wife has two offer ,already confused and don't want to apply for any other opening now.

TCS- 20LPA ( 15.8 Fixed+ 80k retention bonus after each successful year of completion+ 3.4 L monthly and quarter variable pay)

IBM- 20.35 LPA (Total fixed) and 50 k joining bonus.

Yoe- 7.3 years. Technology- IICS.informatica power center.
Which one to join considering-
1. Career growth
2. WLB
3. Maternity leave benefits
4. Future annual hikes

Please suggest

Why so red? Any stocks good to buy now?

Hi all,

Are there any jobs related to Finance BPO/Generals accounting/ Record to report process in Indore ( M.P) or are there any companies related to this field who are providing permanent work from home??

Does Persistent Systems gives reimbursement for Internet/ Broadband wrt WFH ??

So how worried should I be about NY not getting an extension for the Real ID Act? And not getting my passport renewed in time.. putting it out for rush now

Any F 🐠 in their 30s in DC interested in connecting?

What are the hours like for a program manager in the Bay Area?

Serious question: I’m too culturally Korean to be a marketable product in the US dating market. I’m too culturally American to be marketable in the Korean dating market. What do I do?

After watching Arpana and her attitude in Indian Matchmaking, purani kahawaat yaad aagayi...
“ Na shakal na *^*^* Aur nakhre unchi unchi”

30M based in nyc. Any F ready for casual dating? Happy to DM if interested.

Any F 🐠 want meet up for drinks tonight? 31/m

Any single females in the Evanston area want to grab a drink tonight?

How many times has an interviewer no-showed and the recruiter profusely apologizing on their behalf?
Happened to me with Mindtree recruiter, for an IoT leadership position where the interviewing VP chose to no show twice… after which I thanked the recruiter that I was impressed by their book of busi-ness and that it was intimidating to be thinking about the prospect of working for Mindtree… as I’m too incapable for those performance standards… 😂😂

staying in tonight. Favorite movie tv show related to advertising that is NOT madmen

What’s everyone working on these days? Anything fun?

We decided to do a photo session before the wedding for the two of us and family. The photographer and the location were amazing but the makeup was terrible, and because I was low on time, I couldn't fix it before the photos. The makeup artist make me look yellow! Idk if there's anything that could be done at this point, but feeling so disappointed :(

Budget friendly bridesmaid proposals if you’d still like to give a small token in addition to a card?

My stepmom threw me a very elaborate bridal shower. My stepsister pitched in and also did a lot of work for it. Bridesmaids helped but didn’t do a ton. What, if anything should I do for my stepmom and stepsister as a showing of gratitude? I don’t want to spend a lot of $$ but definitely want to act quickly and thoughtfully.

Anyone do their own bridal makeup? Any advice or thoughts?

If you have a lace wedding dress, would you get a lace veil or a beaded one? It's been hard trying to find similar/exact lace.

I’m excited for my wedding but it’s almost 9 months away and I started planning it over a year ago. However, whenever I’m around friends/family it’s the only thing people want to talk to me about. It’s constant and generally there’s not many updates to give & I’d just rather talk about other things. I work full time & I’m in school right now so I’m stressed about those things and I don’t know how to communicate that I’d just rather not talk about the wedding without sounding ungrateful/happy

Guest list stress 😖😖 how many did y’all invite vs how many came?!

For those who have already had their weddings, what advice do you have? Anything you could change?

So, we have a wedding registry and my fiance and I would really like people to stick to gifting us what's on that registry. Yet, people keep asking what they should get us. The thought of dealing with a ton of crap we don't want or need is stressing me out. How can I politely tell people to only buy what's on the registry?

We’re having an Indian wedding on a Sunday with ceremony in the morning, followed by lunch, and then cocktail hour + reception.

Given that the wedding starts early, we will have guests (~30) flying in the day before. What is the expectation in terms of arranging dinner for them? We’re trying to avoid having an additional event Saturday night - any idea on if these guests would need to have food arranged for them by us and what that could look like on a cost effective budget.

Have you talked about your wedding with coworkers? I made the mistake of saying I had to leave work a little early one day because I was going to do a tasting at my venue. That starts a debate on why one shouldn’t get married, how much wedding costs & what a waste it is, dresses are stupid because you only wear them once, etc. I haven’t talked about my wedding much, but I didn’t appreciate this. I ignored the negative comments and we moved the conversation along. Not talking about that anymore!

Is a hair and makeup trial really necessary? It seems like such a waste of money.

My partner and I are planning to elope. We want the wedding and the trip that will go with it to be for us. That being said, we want to throw a party of some kind to celebrate with our friends. We're pretty lost as far as the general etiquette around this goes. Do you have to tell venues it's for a "wedding" reception? Is it expected that we will still make a gift registry?

Looking for solid bridesmaid dress recommendations with a good color, design, and size range!

Thoughts on kindly asking your bridesmaids to please not give a gift? I am over the moon excited that my bridesmaids will be celebrating me and traveling for the wedding and bachelorette. I really do not want a gift from them at the wedding. Full disclosure, my fiancé and I have great paying jobs and my bridesmaids are grad students, artists, and teachers. How would you frame this? Even if they were millionaires I would not want a gift, but I don’t want it taken the wrong way.

How much are you spending on photography? (I’m looking at 2 photographers, 8 hours) I live in the Bay Area

Considering getting highlights and/or extensions for my wedding. Is it worth it? Or is it a bad idea to update your hair for the wedding?

So my fiancé and I are having a microwedding in Rocky Mountain National Park next year, and we’re working with an elopement planner.
She sent over a sample ceremony (intro, sweet poems + passages to be read, and example vows), and we read through it last night. I was reading it out loud while my fiancé made dinner, and it just hit me that this is really happening. I’m just really happy that I found someone who is willing to take a vow to spend his life with me and I’m so excited for that day :)

Budget question! How much are you estimating spending per guest? This includes food/alcohol/venue, etc

Any tips on making a small wedding feel intimate and special versus tiny and boring?