2 Weddings or flying? My Parents live in Germany and my fiances family in the USA. What makes more sense?
I really want my family with me. everybody does. But my parents and Parents-in-law do not have a lot of money. Makes it sense to "ship" one family? Or makes it sense to bring my parents over here for one wedding and his parents over to Germany for the other one..... Its so hard!!!
Weddings - 11 Answers
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One wedding and fly the family in.
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I would have two ceremonies, but before planning I would talk to members of both families to make sure they understand why you're doing it. If you live in the states have an official mairrage here then fly over there and have a simple ceremony. That way everyone gets to be a part of your wonderful day (or days I guess).
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Try to figure out which place host the wedding will be cheaper including air tickets and hotel fees. Don't invite too many guests and have informal or causal wedding will helps too.
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Wow. Very tough decision. I was here once and it broke us up. I wanted everyone here in the US, he wanted everyone near his home in Europe. Try picking a place in-between. Maybe the Caribbean or Ibiza? Make it a vacation for both families, tell them neither is to pay for anything, but the vacation to be with you and your mate on that special day. Ich wunche dir veile Gluck!
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One wedding ceremony, 2 receptions. I had friends that did this, excpet their family was in Oregon and Chicago, not so drastic as yours. This way you don't have to worry about the formality of the ceremony and can just celebrate with family and friends! Or I would suggest just do 2 weddings. They probably can't be as glamorous as if you were just having one, but it will mean so much to the family. Besides, i would love to relive my wedding day again, here's your chance!
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You only have a wedding day once in a lifetime if you do it right the first time. 2 weddings? How do you decide where the first will be? How do you capture that magic all over again for a second? Do the right thing and bring your parents here. Get on a registry from a store that is in the USA and Germany so your parents friends and/family from Germany can join in on the gift giving. Best wishes for a long and happy marriage.
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1 small wedding. 1 video recorder. 2 big receptions with a big screen looping the ceremony.
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We had the same issue and ended up doing two very small weddings; the second one was just a reception. We both had too many people to fly. I would say it depends on -How much can you afford -How many people would need to fly -Can you accommodate all these people if they fly -Will anyone be offended if you do 2 weddings? You could also try to make a second wedding the beginning of your honeymoon... Lots to consider!
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i would say two weddings. the family can put you up in the country you don't live in. also both should help cover wedding expenses. some of what they saved on hotel rooms plane tickets and food should be put towards your wedding
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I have a friend in the military who married a Japanese woman. They got married in Japan with a traditional Japanese ceremony and took tons of photos. For their one year anniversary, they came back here to the states. They had a small "traditional" american wedding as a renewal of vows for family and friends to attend. At the reception (picnic at his parents house) they laid out the photo album of the wedding in Japan. I took a pile of pictures of the renewal of vows ceremony and made a photo album full of pictures (and put them all on cd also). They took that album home to Japan for her family to see what happened here. I hope this helps. I just thought of a second option...go on a cruise or somewhere romantic and get married, just the two of you and then hold the two receptions like people have already suggested.
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Fly them both in.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
Can anyone think of a single war that DID NOT the revolve around money?
Can anyone think of a single war that DID NOT the revolve around money?
This is in the RELIGION section because this was part of my response to the question... 'Is religion slowly killing us?" http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803234305AA0RQz0&r=w#F7h5DWrkFFjS1VJUqF6J "if it wasn't in the name of god, it would have been in the name of money.greed, gold, whatever else you want to call it." Everything is about money! They use God and ideaologies as bait for those who have little money. How could they possibly convince the poor... "Go fight for me so that I can make more money." No instead, the rich wrap things up in ideaology, fight to save us. fight for freedom. for God and country... Support the troops! But even when they are defending us, it is because someone else wants OUR money. No, ALMOST EVERY WAR IN ALL OF HISTORY was about MONEY. Think about it a second and if you can come up with even ONE that wasn't feel free to message me! WWII- Germans had to pay reparations for WWI. The German mark was tanking. Hitler didn't like that so he started to expand Germany to bring back it's wealth and pride. American Revolution- No taxation without representation. Civil War- Slaves were PROPERTY. The War on Drugs- the dealers cartels or whoever make money off of their product because there are people willing to buy it. At the same time it costs the government billions because of rehab programs, law enforcement, social services for family members. The Cold War- two different economic systems battling for world power. Don't be too quick to answer "Power" or "Land"... Without money, one's power is GREATLY diminished, even non-existent. (Look how the poor are treated!) Land- What is land good for? NATURAL RESOURCES. Which helps society make MONEY. The Vietnamese may not have gotten richer, BUT the Vietnam War was apart of the Cold War. Russia and the USA used countries like Vietnam as pawns on the map. Because of the Crusades, trad with the Mid East and Asia increased greatly. Side effect of original intent, both can be argued. The Trojan War was a part of Greek MYTHOLOGY not History. (You can Google it up if you'd like.) David v. Goliath was about LAND. And if the Israelites had failed, they would have been forced into slavery. WWI- Economic Imperialism The 30years war- claimed as a religious war, but was actually a rivalry between France and the House of Hapsburg for political power. War of the Roses- House of Lancaster and York. Power Struggle. Land expansion was also involved. War of the Roses Yes. But why were the British and Scottish in Ireland? There had to be something they wanted (resources). The motivation for the Irish themselves was self defense. But for the Brits/Scots who were invading, it was money/resources... My examples were OVER simplified for efficency and readability. Thank you ALL for you input!
Religion & Spirituality - 20 Answers
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I don't think the Vietnamese got richer. *The Vietnam "Police Action" was about Communism not money as was the cold war.
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You could try the crusades. All they wanted was to kill Muslims, burn mosques, and take Jerusalem. Sure the soldiers looted and pillaged, but that wasn't the actual intention of the war, that was just soldiers being greedy. Your wars revolve around America. Try different eras and nations, you'll find some good wars. Edit: Ah, but the intention of the Crusades was not its side effect. Weak argument. Trade occured on the part of opportunists and merchants, not generals and kings.
3 :
the civil war was partially about slavery but slaves were not money....i think that war was more about the confederates trying to keep the black man down. Technically, you could make every single action that has ever happened about money.
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The revolutionary war didn't solely revolve around "no taxation without representation"
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i consider the civil war to be more about freedom and equality rather than property. sure, one side wanted to keep slavery, but the war itself was fought over freedom and liberty. -Christian
6 :
star wars- a young boy who has sex with his sister works out his daddy issues. cartoon wars- cartman wanted to have family guy taken off the air because he thought it was stupid. Kyle liked family guy so he tried to stop him, neither had a financial interest so no money involved.
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War on Terror *snickers*
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The Trojan War. It was fought over Helen of Troy.
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If you want to understand wars, then ask what resources were being fought over. Money is a medium of exchange, it is the resources that are the cause of war. In the Civil War the resources that really caused the problem where the Western territories and who was going to control them. Slave states wanted to be able to exploit the resources with the slave property while capitalist interest with their own labor or with paid labor. Even the crusades were about control of land.
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Money may be a contributor, but I think the worst violence/wars are/were created because of religious intolerance!
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There were wars before there was money. Case closed.
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if you are refering to all the US wars then you are correct accept the war in iraq which is supposed to bring peace but is destrroying you have over looked the fact that there has been thousandths of wars like the trojan war where they fought over a woman
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The war when Israel fought the Philistines. This was the war with David and Goliath. It wasn't about money
14 :
Wasn't there a war, albeit a small one, that erupted between a bunch of soccer fans somewhere in Europe?
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WW I Thirty year's war War of the Roses
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I think you've simplified it too much with "money". My personal belief is that wars are fought over resources (many times because a lack of them) and that religion helps people pick sides.
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I think it is a fair statement to say that many wars have economic bases. But there are notable exceptions, for instance the 1967 War (The Six Day War) was about occupation of Gaza and (from the Israeli POV) border security. Yes it was land, but not particularly valuable land from a resources perspective. The War on Drugs is not about monetary gain, and is not really a war. More of an oppression. The Civil War was not about slavery, but about States rights vs Federal Gov't's rights. It had vast economic EFFECTS, but was not prosecuted from economic reasons. Just a few thoughts. I still agree with your basic thesis that many wars have economics as their root causes.
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You asked the question in the right forum: 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
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War is the shooting stage of an economic struggle.
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the civil war in ireland and the civil war in northern ireland were caused by religious & political issues, regarding the invasion of england and plantation of scottish and english settlers on irish soil.
This is in the RELIGION section because this was part of my response to the question... 'Is religion slowly killing us?" http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803234305AA0RQz0&r=w#F7h5DWrkFFjS1VJUqF6J "if it wasn't in the name of god, it would have been in the name of money.greed, gold, whatever else you want to call it." Everything is about money! They use God and ideaologies as bait for those who have little money. How could they possibly convince the poor... "Go fight for me so that I can make more money." No instead, the rich wrap things up in ideaology, fight to save us. fight for freedom. for God and country... Support the troops! But even when they are defending us, it is because someone else wants OUR money. No, ALMOST EVERY WAR IN ALL OF HISTORY was about MONEY. Think about it a second and if you can come up with even ONE that wasn't feel free to message me! WWII- Germans had to pay reparations for WWI. The German mark was tanking. Hitler didn't like that so he started to expand Germany to bring back it's wealth and pride. American Revolution- No taxation without representation. Civil War- Slaves were PROPERTY. The War on Drugs- the dealers cartels or whoever make money off of their product because there are people willing to buy it. At the same time it costs the government billions because of rehab programs, law enforcement, social services for family members. The Cold War- two different economic systems battling for world power. Don't be too quick to answer "Power" or "Land"... Without money, one's power is GREATLY diminished, even non-existent. (Look how the poor are treated!) Land- What is land good for? NATURAL RESOURCES. Which helps society make MONEY. The Vietnamese may not have gotten richer, BUT the Vietnam War was apart of the Cold War. Russia and the USA used countries like Vietnam as pawns on the map. Because of the Crusades, trad with the Mid East and Asia increased greatly. Side effect of original intent, both can be argued. The Trojan War was a part of Greek MYTHOLOGY not History. (You can Google it up if you'd like.) David v. Goliath was about LAND. And if the Israelites had failed, they would have been forced into slavery. WWI- Economic Imperialism The 30years war- claimed as a religious war, but was actually a rivalry between France and the House of Hapsburg for political power. War of the Roses- House of Lancaster and York. Power Struggle. Land expansion was also involved. War of the Roses Yes. But why were the British and Scottish in Ireland? There had to be something they wanted (resources). The motivation for the Irish themselves was self defense. But for the Brits/Scots who were invading, it was money/resources... My examples were OVER simplified for efficency and readability. Thank you ALL for you input!
Religion & Spirituality - 20 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
I don't think the Vietnamese got richer. *The Vietnam "Police Action" was about Communism not money as was the cold war.
2 :
You could try the crusades. All they wanted was to kill Muslims, burn mosques, and take Jerusalem. Sure the soldiers looted and pillaged, but that wasn't the actual intention of the war, that was just soldiers being greedy. Your wars revolve around America. Try different eras and nations, you'll find some good wars. Edit: Ah, but the intention of the Crusades was not its side effect. Weak argument. Trade occured on the part of opportunists and merchants, not generals and kings.
3 :
the civil war was partially about slavery but slaves were not money....i think that war was more about the confederates trying to keep the black man down. Technically, you could make every single action that has ever happened about money.
4 :
The revolutionary war didn't solely revolve around "no taxation without representation"
5 :
i consider the civil war to be more about freedom and equality rather than property. sure, one side wanted to keep slavery, but the war itself was fought over freedom and liberty. -Christian
6 :
star wars- a young boy who has sex with his sister works out his daddy issues. cartoon wars- cartman wanted to have family guy taken off the air because he thought it was stupid. Kyle liked family guy so he tried to stop him, neither had a financial interest so no money involved.
7 :
War on Terror *snickers*
8 :
The Trojan War. It was fought over Helen of Troy.
9 :
If you want to understand wars, then ask what resources were being fought over. Money is a medium of exchange, it is the resources that are the cause of war. In the Civil War the resources that really caused the problem where the Western territories and who was going to control them. Slave states wanted to be able to exploit the resources with the slave property while capitalist interest with their own labor or with paid labor. Even the crusades were about control of land.
10 :
Money may be a contributor, but I think the worst violence/wars are/were created because of religious intolerance!
11 :
There were wars before there was money. Case closed.
12 :
if you are refering to all the US wars then you are correct accept the war in iraq which is supposed to bring peace but is destrroying you have over looked the fact that there has been thousandths of wars like the trojan war where they fought over a woman
13 :
The war when Israel fought the Philistines. This was the war with David and Goliath. It wasn't about money
14 :
Wasn't there a war, albeit a small one, that erupted between a bunch of soccer fans somewhere in Europe?
15 :
WW I Thirty year's war War of the Roses
16 :
I think you've simplified it too much with "money". My personal belief is that wars are fought over resources (many times because a lack of them) and that religion helps people pick sides.
17 :
I think it is a fair statement to say that many wars have economic bases. But there are notable exceptions, for instance the 1967 War (The Six Day War) was about occupation of Gaza and (from the Israeli POV) border security. Yes it was land, but not particularly valuable land from a resources perspective. The War on Drugs is not about monetary gain, and is not really a war. More of an oppression. The Civil War was not about slavery, but about States rights vs Federal Gov't's rights. It had vast economic EFFECTS, but was not prosecuted from economic reasons. Just a few thoughts. I still agree with your basic thesis that many wars have economics as their root causes.
18 :
You asked the question in the right forum: 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
19 :
War is the shooting stage of an economic struggle.
20 :
the civil war in ireland and the civil war in northern ireland were caused by religious & political issues, regarding the invasion of england and plantation of scottish and english settlers on irish soil.
Friday, December 7, 2012
How do I get a bank card in USA ?
How do I get a bank card in USA ?
I would like to know how to get a bank card in usa makes. So I live in Germany and wants to immigrate to usa i also saved money I will make my money on a usa bank become i a bank card please help me
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When you immigrate, you open a bank account and deposit money into it. The bank will then give you a bank card.
I would like to know how to get a bank card in usa makes. So I live in Germany and wants to immigrate to usa i also saved money I will make my money on a usa bank become i a bank card please help me
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When you immigrate, you open a bank account and deposit money into it. The bank will then give you a bank card.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
raising money for a trip?
raising money for a trip?
I recently had a foreign exchange student from Germany and she left this morning. Now it is my turn to visit her this summer in Germany but i have to raise 1,300 dollars myself before the trip. I need ideas on appropriate ways to make money. The group im going with is selling candles as a fundraiser but i think its kinda lame and im not going to get all the money i need. Here's some ideas I already have in progress. -Yard sale -Selling an ipod -Selling old clothes to Plato's Closet any more ideas?? please hellpp!!
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Get a job? Ask people who love you for money? You could make specialty candles and sell them. You could have two models. One would feature a picture of Obama looking all angelic and everything. The other would have a picture of Obama looking like the devil. Certainly most people would want to buy one or the other, but maybe not both. You could present it as a way to vote in an opinion poll about our president. Soon, you'll be sponsoring other people for this trip, after all, if you have more money, you should 'share the wealth.'
I recently had a foreign exchange student from Germany and she left this morning. Now it is my turn to visit her this summer in Germany but i have to raise 1,300 dollars myself before the trip. I need ideas on appropriate ways to make money. The group im going with is selling candles as a fundraiser but i think its kinda lame and im not going to get all the money i need. Here's some ideas I already have in progress. -Yard sale -Selling an ipod -Selling old clothes to Plato's Closet any more ideas?? please hellpp!!
Personal Finance - 0 Answers
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Get a job? Ask people who love you for money? You could make specialty candles and sell them. You could have two models. One would feature a picture of Obama looking all angelic and everything. The other would have a picture of Obama looking like the devil. Certainly most people would want to buy one or the other, but maybe not both. You could present it as a way to vote in an opinion poll about our president. Soon, you'll be sponsoring other people for this trip, after all, if you have more money, you should 'share the wealth.'
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