I am graduating from college this Friday. I invited family to come see me. I have some family that are coming from out of state. I had planned on doing something at my house but it's kind of out of the way. The family that lives closer talked and decided that we should all go out to eat afterwards. I said that it was fine and chose a place that was convenient for people out of state going home and those living here. My FMIL states that I should pay for everyone and it would be rude not to. We are looking at probably 20 people and it would be 250-300 dollars.

You know it's kind of strange. My FDH and I have to opposite problem. He "favors" my DD and I "favor" my SS (his son).

First of all to me, my daughter is older and I expect a lot more out of her. She has more stability and should act like it. I feel like SS is younger and hardly ever here. FDH works offshore. It is so hard to break bad habits in just a few days and sometimes FDH takes it overboard with his son. This has left me taking over discipline with SS.

There is something that I was wondering. There is nothing in particular going on. Just a thought. What is the wedding etiquette for bridesmaids and groomsmen who are married? Is it appropriate for them to walk down the aisle with someone else? I know there's situations where the bride doesn't know the wife or the groom doesn't know the husband. What about the wedding party table? If the wife or husband accompanies their spouse as a date, is the spouse left alone? What if he or she doesn't know anyone else? I was just kind of curious about this.

Wow! That was the most insane hurricane ever. We did get by ok. We didn't swim but it got darn close. The tornadoes were horrible. I didn't think that it was going to be as bad as it was. We went through Katrina in a different part of town. My daughter was one and we swam and spent the day on the roof. It was insane. I have been through many of category 1 2 and 3 hurricanes and never had this happen. Thanks everyone for the prayers! It seemed to help. After days of pounding I'm glad it's over.